"separation of church and state" was written in the first amendment of the constitution.<span />
There were numerous attacks during his administration on the USA and its allies, yet Clinton administration seemed out of touch with reality, and did little to deal with the new vice.
Clinton approached the investigation as a law-enforcement issue. In doing
so, he effectively cut out some of the government’s most important
intelligence agencies. Whenever, a terrorism bombing occurred, Clinton was always occupied with other issues, ranging from scandals, to reelection efforts, and international obligations that hindered him from dealing with the problem.
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The fact that McCarthyism was so widespread and powerful tells us that American anxiety was extremely strong back then. After the World War II, the U.S. were victorious, but so were the Soviets. So, the two great economic and political powers opposed each other from the ideological point of view: communist vs. capitalist propaganda took place. McCarthyism didn't just try to protect the American way of life and capitalist ideology. It ascertained that everyone who wasn't for it was in fact against it, thereby declaring enemies everywhere, instilling fear and paranoia into every citizen. In the course of establishing the cultural notion of "American dream", the red anti-capitalist discourse (which had already been present in popular culture) was unwelcome and had to be banished.
They had their own governer didn't they?
