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In 2003, President Bush Determined That It Was Vital to the National

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In 2003, President Bush determined that it was vital to the national security of the United States to invade Iraq and force the removal of Saddam Hussein's government. In addition to the brutality Hussein inflicted on his people, including the use of chemical weapons, the Bush Administration believed Hussein was in possession of weapons of mass destruction. Colin Powell appeared before the United Nations to show aerial photographs that were interpreted as proof that Iraq was pursuing a nuclear weapon. Hussein's refusal to cooperate with international inspectors lent credence to this belief. Further, the President accused Hussein of cooperating with al-Qaeda. The pursuit of Saddam Hussein caused many civilian casualties among the Iraqi people. The civilian casualties were not intended; in fact, great care was taken to keep the civilian casualties to a minimum. According to the ________________, then, the act of toppling Hussein was considered a good act.

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Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how much the values deviate from the mean.

Exponential Random Variable

A type of random variable that represents the time between events in a Poisson point process, characterized by a constant mean rate.

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of these numbers by the count of numbers in the set.

Standard Deviation

A tool for assessing the scope of variation or dispersion among a series of figures.