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The current conflict surrounding a war on Iraq at the moment is a huge issue. This issue has many smaller issues that go with it to make it as big and serious as it is. One of these issues is Saddam Hussein. Hussein is the leader of Iraq and is said to be an evil person. While America is planning a war on Iraq, Hussein is conjuring up plans of attack and defence.

The upcoming war on Iraq is filling nearly every newspaper in Australia and all over the world. For about two months there has been articles, opinion columns and letters to the editor throughout newspapers, magazines and the Internet. Television coverage has also been very large with not only the news and current affair shows but also bulletins and documents going on for months.

The four texts are all opinion columns.
‘Long march to ignorance,’ is by Robert Horvath and was published in The Australian on the 20/02/03. This column is a fairly lengthy piece and touches on several different points about...