Causal Argument

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We as a nation have finally called Saddam Hussein’s bluff, and are currently attacking Iraq on all fronts: covert operations from the north, a more standardized ground warfare from the south, and bombings of major cities and palaces throughout the country. Secretary of State Colin Powell and President George W. Bush have been pleading their case to the United Nations for several months, hoping to ease political tensions in regards to our nation’s goal of removing Saddam Hussein from power and ultimately disarming Iraq of their weapons of mass destruction.
Major television networks are flooding our screens with video footage of missiles striking Iraqi targets, shattering Presidential Palaces, and bombarding Iraqi military positions. Iraq is responding to the Coalition offensive strikes as best it can; Saddam is encouraging his troops to fight vigilantly, that Iraq is positioned to successfully repel the Coalition forces. Of course our nation, with the help of other Coalition forces, is overpowering Saddam’s military and are accomplishing its military initiatives without much resistance from the opposition. Iraq, however, is using the Aljazeer network to broadcast footage of American Prisoners of War being tortured and killed to inspire its people to stay committed to the defeat of the United States.
President Bush has been telling the American people for months that Iraq is a major threat to our homeland security and is guilty of committing heinous crimes against humanity on his own people. He claims that they are attempting to develop nuclear weapons capabilities and already have the technology needed to produce biological and chemical weapons such as Anthrax and Small Pox. President Bush has stated repeatedly that Saddam must be removed from power in order for United States citizens to be safe from terrorism and Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. It seems that President Bush simply added right before we went to war tha...