Poverty During The Iran-Iraq War

Throughout American history wars have played a huge part. From the start of the country to the present wars have played a lagrge part in shaping America into the national power that it is today. Not only is America the most pwerful nation in thwe world but it is also the policeman for the entire world, making and checking up on the world and all the interactions of foreign countries worldwide. Being born in born in the early eighties prohibitied me from experiencing many of the Americas war firsthand. This however changed early in the 1990's.

At the start of the Cold War society was not concerned with poverty. There was a sense that poverty was not an issue and did not need attention by the government. The mood was that the United States was in an era of prosperity. Many of the poor even became scattered in areas to which the nonpoor did not visit. Even though society was not accepting of poverty there were some programs there created in the early 1950s.There were also programs that acknowledged poverty and tried to make a dent in the growing problem. Views changed after the war and people started to notice the impoverished issue. Kennedy supported the beliefs that poverty wasn’t prevalent, and Johnson created a war on poverty that turned into a disaster.

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The Iran-Iraq War, taking place from 1980-1988, started when Iraq, led by Saddam Hussein, tried to invade Iran, sparking an armed war between the two countries. This war had many effects on the oil industry, led to many weapon innovations in Iraq, showed the world who Saddam Hussein was, and how the treaty with the United Nations affected the world.

Wars have been apart of this world almost as long as anything else has. Even in the Bible days there are records of wars. There are many reasons that states choose to go to war. Sometimes it is for the expansion of a nation or state, other times it is for financial gains, and it also could be for security or defense purposes. Whatever the case may be, wars have been apart of human life and will always be. There were no differences when it came to the Persian Gulf War. This war involved the United States, Iraq, and Kuwait. When trying to determine the purpose behind this war I chose to view it from a comparison of both the realist and liberalist views on the war.

Today in the United States poverty is a big problem that gets worse by the day and not a whole lot gets done about it. Poverty in the United States comes from the prolonged economic recession that forced millions of Americans into poverty, with nearly 15 percent of the population or roughly 46.7 million people living below the poverty line in 2014. What most people think the way money is divided up in the United States is actually pretty far off what the reality is. Over the years there has been reforms to help those who are living in poverty, but those reforms have been holding many people back from moving up the social ladder.

To begin with, poverty has existed in our society for many years and just been increasing worldwide. In the article “War on Poverty”, by Jennifer Parson talks about the poverty rate in the United States during the 1960’s. During the 1960’s in the United States the poverty level was still slightly high since it decreased in the 1930’s. Even though in the 1960’s the economy was rising and abundance of jobs were available, poverty still existed. The poor were very uneducated, had numerous health problems, had little to no money, and were unable to find good homes and jobs. Lyndon b. Johnson and his advisors started to acknowledge this problem and started the “The War on Poverty” legislation which was part of “President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society program,

Poverty is a problem throughout the world and throughout recorded history. Poverty in America has been around since the founding of this country; when the first poorhouses were established. Handling the issue of poverty has been debated just as long. No matter how rich the United States is there will always be people at the bottom of the income ladder. We all agree that poverty is a problem and we want to solve it, but what exactly is poverty? Is the current welfare system working to eliminate poverty in the United States? No.

The Gulf War was much more than a fight to liberate Kuwait. It was the first non-conventional war; in which new, fairly new, or even experimental weapons were used. The Gulf War displayed much new technology that you will learn lots about in this paper. This paper may sound very technical, but that is what it is about, the new weapon technology vs. the conventional types of weapons used in previous wars. This paper is about the advancement of weapon technology, and how the military changed the tactics used before.

A families or individuals Poverty levels can be determined using the 1975 Henderson report, this report

The authors describe their early work during President Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty initiative of the 1960’s, which focused on the early acquisition of language among preschool children. The children were engaged with activities designed to broaden their vocabularies and the researchers used this data to evaluate their language growth and to compare the language growth of children in the program who were of a low socio-economic standing with preschool children of professors who taught at the University of Kansas. Hart and Todd found that the increases in the vocabulary of the children of poverty, although initially encouraging, were distressingly, short-lived. Although the children could be taught new words, the rate at which the new vocabulary

As can be compared to other nations such as those in Eastern Europe or even developing nations, I would state that this is not poverty. A household’s income cannot be used as the only way to measure poverty. This mono-focussed categorisation is misguided and as Hunt notes, it imposes categorization impressions

Poverty is not easily defined, because it plays out in many different ways. To be in poverty, one is generally making at most three times the amount of money they would need to sustain themselves and their family members living a minimalist lifestyle. These families tend to eat cheaper food, use public transport, have less access to good educational institutions, are exposed to harmful environments, and have less access to healthcare, among many other things. Through the lenses of conflict theory and functionalism, one can begin to understand why poverty so affects many aspects many people’s lives in ways that carry them through adulthood, and sometimes pervades later generations of their families.

SOCIALLY, following the war with Iran in 1988, Iraq was ranked 50 in the 1990 UNDP Human Development Index, which measures national success in education, GDP, and health. Iraq was nearing the top of the middle range of countries in regard to the implementation of basic social services and infrastructure. However, under Saddam’s rule, the prosecution of Shiites and Kuwaitis was a normal occurrence. Called by some a genocide, the period of murder, terror, and persecution faced by these groups was the foundation for a long-lasting unrest within the hearts and minds of Iraqi citizens. The rest of the Iraqi citizens, however, lived normal, comfortable lives. In the late 20th century, many traveled from afar to utilize and learn from Iraq’s intricate network of hospitals and social centers regarded as the best in the region. (CIA 2) However, constant war drained Iraq’s wealth and decimated its people. In the Iraq-Iran War, Saddam Hussein unwillingly forced Iraq into a disastrous attempt to overthrow the Islamist government in Iran. When the dust settled, over 200,000 Iraqis were dead, and more than twice this number were wounded. Iraq’s increasing debt, nearing about 75 Billion, soon had the Arab

Every year, hundreds of expatriates arrive in Kuwait because of their poverty, and the reason behind that is that their governments’ economy is essentially weak. In addition, those people who live under poor conditions cannot earn their basic needs. For example, poor people cannot afford proper education and that would prevent them from getting a decent job to be able to provide their necessities. As a result, we have heard about those tragedies all over the years. Therefore, poor people leave their countries in order to survive through working outside their own country to ensure their needs and their family life. In the meantime, expatriates face a lot of trouble while working outside their country.