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The Policy Assumptions Behind Bush’s War on Terror
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By Dr Sharifullah Dorani* ‘[T]he nature of the response [to 9/11] was also shaped by some deeply embedded assumptions and beliefs within the administration about foreign policy and the appropriate role of the military.’[1] Introduction The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks prompted the George W Bush administration to initiate the Global War on Terror…
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Iraq War’s Impact on Afghanistan and Bush War Cabinet
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By Dr Sharifullah Dorani* ‘I have a real concern that given our preoccupation in Iraq, we’ve not devoted sufficient troops and funding to Afghanistan to ensure success in that mission….Afghanistan has been the forgotten war.’ President George W Bush[1] Introduction As studied in my other article,[2] the Global War on Terror (GWOT), which the…