In addition to the potential threat Iraq posed to the U.S., Pres. Bush had to take into consideration the threat against U.S. allies in the region. The 2003 invasion of Iraq resulted in the arrest of Saddam Hussein and the removal of his regime.
The Articles of Confederation withheld many powers of governance from the federal government, causing it to be simply too weak. For example, the federal government could not collect taxes, which is necessary to governance. The federal government could not properly enforce laws, since any states could decide to ignore a law it didn't like. It didn't even have judicial power as the Courts weren't invented under the Articles of Confederation.
It created a federal government that was too weak to even govern.
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The second choice is the correct answer: <span>Both Israel and the Palestinians claim Jerusalem as their capital.</span>
General Winfield Scott wanted to blockade all Eastern and Southern ports in the Confederate state, divide the south by claiming the mississippi river, and to take over Tennesse valley and then go to the Georgia coast.