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المستخلص
The very beginning of the 21st century witnessed a number of very dramatic incidents, the most significant of which was September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre (WTC) in New York. In the months following the September 11, 2001 attacks upon the United States, the ethos of the Presidency allowed George W. Bush to fetch the issue of Iraq to the forefront of world discourse, portending the American intent to use hard power to uproot Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Bush’s strategy was and remained the creation of the image of a new opposing pole in order to justify American unipolar hegemony. The persuasive influences employed by the President were a troubling concoction for much of the world audience; the dissonance displayed was rooted not in the justice of the war, but rather in the overt justification of American hegemony. The raw display of American power on the persuasive front and in Iraq, dictating action rather than successfully persuading doubters of its prudence, won the day. However, it indeed may have been somewhat of a political and philosophical Pyrrhic victory, auguring greater political troubles ahead for the United States of America.