Review On Bush And Clinton's Discourses For Attacking To Iraq

Just five years was enough for changing Americanrights discourses and finally the use of "world opinion"
foreign policy from "Iraq Liberation Act" to "War onfor showing isolation of Iraq from the world; "Iraq
ttrror"! The huhman Right project which started formust accept" according to "once voice of the world"
expanding democracy and defending poor Iraqias called by Clinton, are pointed to the power
people, annoyed by evil dictator, became defendingdiscourse that USA is representative of the world.
all of the World's people, in other words, program ofExceptionalism and stereo type also are main points
attacking Iraq in four days changed to attack forin Clinton's comments that are perceptible easily; talk
more than four years! "In the mid- 1970s, whenabout "U.N. Security Council" for giving the relevant
American Congress instead of U. S foreign policy paidresolutions for Iraq problem (its weapons of mass
considerable attention to human rights, alldestruction), "our willingness" and "our military" for
administrations have listed human rights among theencouraging importation of US nation in this process,
official priorities of their foreign policy" (Weiss andare pointed to American exceptionalism, "its
etc,2004:77), who could believe US's claim of Humanweapons" and "it must accept all weapons of mass
Right would be an important plea for considering thedestruction-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, thestereo type of thinking that conducted Clinton in his
only Democrat president between Republican boyactions.
and Republican father. Although differences betweenThe Profit of our Century
Clinton and Bush are rooted in their political tendencyIn 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-namedDecember of 2006(2) Bush in the press conference
Operation Desert Fox) was a major four-daysaid: "this war on terror is the calling of a new
bombing campaign on Iraqi targets from Decembergeneration", so Bush, five years after 11th
16-December 19, 1998 by the United States andSeptember and the fire of War talked about the
United Kingdom. It was a major flare-up in IraqCalling, 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 tothis discourse also rooted in American Exceptionalism.
"degrade" Saddam Hussein's ability to produceAlso in fifth anniversary of 11th September(3),
weapons of mass destruction. March 20of 2003, alsoconnection 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 onnow stepping forward to claim their freedom, from
Terror" that is created after 11th September andKabul to Baghdad to Beirut." I have to add that Bush
according to his comments one of the elements ofin 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 notmust 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 Bushdiscourses, American's interests are important
claimed to send Freedom gift for its people. "Warbecause they are the world's interests!
Plan Iraq, Ten Reasons against War on Iraq" is theFrom the government to the nations
title of Milan Rai's book who works on the interestsMaybe differences of these two presidents comes
of American foreign policy (2002). Milan in this bookfrom their times! Or their policy! Or the situation of
works on breadth of opposition like the control of oilthe Middle East! But with attention to analyzing their
and some reasons against war like a humanitariandiscourses, I think attention to public opinion is a main
disaster. This is a very interesting point ''How cloudpoint 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 amnothing only convincing the public opinion! Although in
to work on the main differences between discoursesClinton discourses we have power and human right
of these two presidents for attacking Iraq. Sodiscourses together but his concepts of human right
analyzing the discourses help in finding thewas 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 innations.
Clinton's speech in november15, 1998 (1), who gave itSo it could be said that attention to public opinion is
in Iraq one month before Iraq Liberation Act. "Unitedthe main difference between Bush and Clinton's
Nations Security Council's'' votes for demandingdiscourses for representing their policy.
Saddam Hussein reversed course pointed to human