information access, and democratic participation: The national and international implications of the Bush administration's information politics. Government Information Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 4 (2007): 840-859.] [8: David Mednicoff, Compromising toward confusion: The 9/11 Commission Report and American policy in the Middle East. Contemporary Sociology, vol. 34, no. 2 (2005): 107-115.]
Instead of misleading the American public, the Bush administration could have profited more by cultivating a better relationship with Muslims both in America and abroad, according to the research of Mantri (2011), who notes that "the biggest secret weapon in the U.S. arsenal is its large, prosperous, well-integrated moderate Muslim population" for… Continue Reading...
Bush administration worked overtime to convince Americans that what they were seeing was the work of a ‘few bad apples,’ whom the president said exhibited ‘disgraceful conduct’ that ‘dishonored our country and disregarded our values.’”13 Likewise, in July 2003, the U.S. Army Inspector General, Paul Mikolashek, characterized the Abu Ghraib prison incidents as “abuses [that] should be viewed as what they are: unauthorized actions taken by a few individuals."14
According to Human Rights Watch, despite the fact that President Bush issued an apology for the torture incidents at Abu Ghraib… Continue Reading...
Bush administration leveled at Iraq at the time). Controversy only grew with NATO’s role in the Bosnian War in 1992. Bombing of Kosovo in 1999, and Afghanistan post-9/11, followed by Iraq, the Gulf of Aden, the Libyan intervention which eventually led to regime change and the brutal murder of Gaddafi (and now a failed state), all showed signs of NATO speeding up its “peacekeeping” missions now that the Cold War was over: humanitarian aid at the barrel of a gun or on the back of a bomb—this was its delivery… Continue Reading...
measures within the nation. The OHS or Homeland Security Office instituted under the Bush administration post-9/11 has a comparable, though more holistic, objective linked to terrorism (Anderson, 2002). The American Congress’s discussion on the structure and outlines for homeland security’s federal administration may encompass reflection on the agency’s mission, a novel collection or frame of agency authorities, and how far the mission coincides with assignments considering the new Office.
EMPG (Emergency Management Performance Grants)
EMPG aids local and state governmental authorities in sustaining and improving their crisis management initiative’s efficacy (Homeland Security, 2011). The initiative offers formula-based finances to every territory and state… Continue Reading...