The American way of life

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The American way of life

• True dream or
• nightmare

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The Vietnam war

• In 1965 the USA and their Allied Forces joined
  into a war with the Republic of Vietnam ( South
  Vietnam ) against the Democratic Republic of
  Vietnam ( North Vietnam ). Today its called a
  Cold War escalation because the two superpowers,
  America and Russia, found a way to fight against
  each other without a direct war status. The next
  pictures will show some popular snapshots of this
  war.

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The result of 10 years war

• Vietnamese soldiers dead 1,330,000
• Vietnamese soldiers wounded 900,000
• US dead 58,191
• US wounded 153,303
• Australian dead 500
• South Korea dead 5,000
• South Korea wounded 11,000
• Civilian dead (total vietnamese) c. 24 million

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About 20 years after the Vietnam war

• The United States of America defended Kuwait
  while Iraqi forces tried to invade the country.
• Years later after the successfull defense of
  Kuwait and after 9/11 , US Forces attacked the
  Iraq again to avoid that Sadam Hussein gets
  weapons of mass destruction. After the
  successfull war the US had to admit that the
  Iraq didnt had weapons of mass destruction.

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The Time after the wars against the Iraq and
after 9/11

• While the US Forces stay in the Iraq they have
  nearly daily casulties on their own side.There
  are also many casulties around the civilian side.
• Until today the total body count of Iraqi Deaths
  is above 100.000, mostly civilians.
• Nobody knows exactly how much civilians died
  because of collateral damage.
• The U.S Forces reported 2500 death soldiers and
  more then 15.000 wounded soldiers.
• The total war costs the United States more then
  80 billion dollars.

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Problems at home

• Due to the American Dream that everyone can
  become whatever he want if he only works hard
  enough to reach his goal.

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• Estimated 750,000 people are homeless in the
  United States.
• The normal American didnt care much about
  their problems. They live with their idea of the
  American Dream and that everyone is responsible
  for their own life.

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• But its not all negative about the U.S.
• There are several examples where the
  American Dream works for people who belive in
  it.
• Also it arent all American citizens that
  support the war in the Iraq and they also dont
  support the decissions of their Goverment.

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• Whats your opinion about the main question ?Is
  it a true dream or is it a nightmare?
• Lets discuss it in class now