What Leads To Intervention?: A Case Study Of Intervention During The Bush Administration

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inherited was of a vastly different
character then that of all his predecessors. The Cold War environment that the
world had just left behind had provided a clear framework for national security
policy and the use of the US military. The environment that Bush walked into was
an environment filled with disagreement and confusion over the new framework
with which the US should operate. It was also an environment with which the
role of Congress was almost eliminated as President Bush continually authorized
military operations without the full consent of Congress. It was an environment
where the executive held the power to use the military based on his own intent.

During his term in the Presidency, George Bush was confronted with many
opportunities to demonstrate his intent for the US military. The four years
while Bush was President saw crisis situations occur with alarming frequency. In
each of these crisis areas, gross human rights violations were committed. In
some cases he ...

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