Personal Opinions on the Middle East SituationUnited States. of the
The current “weapons” situation in the Middle East appears to have incomplete arguments and supporting evidence. In an era when the American economy is in a depression, it seems the president of the United States is trying to create controversy through emotional appeals to the American public. Not only is his evidence unfounded, President George W. Bush’s method of influence is misguiding the uneducated portion of the population he represents.
In an October 6th article from the Associated Press, there was an article entitled “Bush: Saddam threat will grow with time”. In an attempt to rally the American population, President Bush claims Saddam Hussein is a “murderous tyrant, (with) an unrelenting hostility”. To justify Hussein’s disposition, he “is simply too great that he will use (weapons of mass destruction) or provide them to a terror network”. These statements were made at a museum in Cincinnati, OH, in attempt to gather support for his cause.
Not only are Bush’s statement astonishingly bold , there is virtually no evidence behind his claims. Where exactly are these weapons of mass destruction being reported? Is there any physical evidence that these weapons do indeed exist? While Saddam Hussein has been a thorn in the USA’s side during the Persian Gulf conflict of the 1990’s, what has this Iraqi leader done recently that has spurned all this media coverage? Where has his “relenting hostility” been displayed? The answers to these questions are the following: zero evidence.
Until physical evidence of these claims are made, the movement into Iraq will be on unfounded grounds. The news article implies “Bush sought to tie the Al-Qaeda terrorist network to Saddam, noting that both “share a common enemy””.
If such claims were implied by Bush, he would be relying on illusory correlations (the idea that two related items must have the same outcome).
The “unaware” public may fall prey to Bush’s tactics, while he paints a negative front for this international figure.
In no way is Saddam Hussein a saint, but more demanding evidence should be necessary to provoke American involvement in the Middle East.
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