| Just five years was enough for changing American | | | | rights discourses and finally the use of "world opinion" |
| foreign policy from "Iraq Liberation Act" to "War on | | | | for showing isolation of Iraq from the world; "Iraq |
| ttrror"! The huhman Right project which started for | | | | must accept" according to "once voice of the world" |
| expanding democracy and defending poor Iraqi | | | | as called by Clinton, are pointed to the power |
| people, annoyed by evil dictator, became defending | | | | discourse that USA is representative of the world. |
| all of the World's people, in other words, program of | | | | Exceptionalism and stereo type also are main points |
| attacking Iraq in four days changed to attack for | | | | in Clinton's comments that are perceptible easily; talk |
| more than four years! "In the mid- 1970s, when | | | | about "U.N. Security Council" for giving the relevant |
| American Congress instead of U. S foreign policy paid | | | | resolutions for Iraq problem (its weapons of mass |
| considerable attention to human rights, all | | | | destruction), "our willingness" and "our military" for |
| administrations have listed human rights among the | | | | encouraging importation of US nation in this process, |
| official priorities of their foreign policy" (Weiss and | | | | are pointed to American exceptionalism, "its |
| etc,2004:77), who could believe US's claim of Human | | | | weapons" and "it must accept all weapons of mass |
| Right would be an important plea for considering the | | | | destruction-related resolutions"(the forth article of |
| other countries? | | | | conditions that was enforced to Iraq" are rooted in |
| Bill Clinton was a democrat president of America, the | | | | stereo type of thinking that conducted Clinton in his |
| only Democrat president between Republican boy | | | | actions. |
| and Republican father. Although differences between | | | | The Profit of our Century |
| Clinton and Bush are rooted in their political tendency | | | | In competition to Clinton, the discourses of justice |
| but I think they had common plea for attacking Iraq, | | | | and war are more titled in Bush discourses, in |
| the December 1998 bombing of Iraq (code-named | | | | December of 2006(2) Bush in the press conference |
| Operation Desert Fox) was a major four-day | | | | said: "this war on terror is the calling of a new |
| bombing campaign on Iraqi targets from December | | | | generation", so Bush, five years after 11th |
| 16-December 19, 1998 by the United States and | | | | September and the fire of War talked about the |
| United Kingdom. It was a major flare-up in Iraq | | | | Calling, and declared profitably that War on Terror is |
| disarmament crisis. Clinton who designed this attack | | | | "calling for new generation", and it could be said that |
| stated the cruise missile and bombing attacks to | | | | this discourse also rooted in American Exceptionalism. |
| "degrade" Saddam Hussein's ability to produce | | | | Also in fifth anniversary of 11th September(3), |
| weapons of mass destruction. March 20of 2003, also | | | | connection between these two discourses is clear: |
| is the date of invasion of Iraq in another time, by | | | | "With our help, the people of the Middle East are |
| United States in the program of Bush " War on | | | | now stepping forward to claim their freedom, from |
| Terror" that is created after 11th September and | | | | Kabul to Baghdad to Beirut." I have to add that Bush |
| according to his comments one of the elements of | | | | in his previous comments in this speech explained |
| the axis of evil. | | | | "our help" with the "war", the tactic "that America |
| But expanding "American peace" on Iraq has not | | | | must confront threats before" enemies "reach our |
| been done so easily! Yet the conflicts of power were | | | | (Americans) shores". So in this time, in Bush's |
| not finished in the country that Clinton and Bush | | | | discourses, American's interests are important |
| claimed to send Freedom gift for its people. "War | | | | because they are the world's interests! |
| Plan Iraq, Ten Reasons against War on Iraq" is the | | | | From the government to the nations |
| title of Milan Rai's book who works on the interests | | | | Maybe differences of these two presidents comes |
| of American foreign policy (2002). Milan in this book | | | | from their times! Or their policy! Or the situation of |
| works on breadth of opposition like the control of oil | | | | the Middle East! But with attention to analyzing their |
| and some reasons against war like a humanitarian | | | | discourses, I think attention to public opinion is a main |
| disaster. This is a very interesting point ''How cloud | | | | point for study; I want to say that in Bush discourses |
| USA, who claims to defend human right in the world, | | | | we see War and Justice together, and this is for |
| be accused of destroying Human right in Iraq? I am | | | | nothing only convincing the public opinion! Although in |
| to work on the main differences between discourses | | | | Clinton discourses we have power and human right |
| of these two presidents for attacking Iraq. So | | | | discourses together but his concepts of human right |
| analyzing the discourses help in finding the | | | | was around the governmental institutions (like UN) |
| differences. | | | | not the people, and it is meant that the governments |
| Power is a main articulation in Clinton's discourses. | | | | were more important in Clinton discourses than |
| Power and human rights discourses were points in | | | | nations. |
| Clinton's speech in november15, 1998 (1), who gave it | | | | So it could be said that attention to public opinion is |
| in Iraq one month before Iraq Liberation Act. "United | | | | the main difference between Bush and Clinton's |
| Nations Security Council's'' votes for demanding | | | | discourses for representing their policy. |
| Saddam Hussein reversed course pointed to human | | | | |