Synthesis University of the People There is a scar on America’s heart: the September 11 attacks. This invisible wound has not only taken a great tool on the whole continent‚ but also had an immediate impact on many innocents in Iraq‚ Afghanistan‚ Syrian‚ and wrapped the people’s values fundamentally. In light of this‚ I visit the UoPeople library and find a source for the non-fiction story I read in unit 5 which has to do with the 9/11 subject matter. Next‚ I will introduce it a bit‚
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‘Generation Kill’ is a memoir on the story of the First Reconnaissance Battalion; a group of highly trained marines that spearheaded the war in Iraq in 2003. Written in the perspective of Rolling Stones writer Evan Wright‚ it’s a first hand account of the emotions‚ the battles and everything that happened with the Battalion from their base in Kuwait to the streets of Baghdad. Generation Kill however is not specifically an account of war‚ but rather an in depth analysis of the new generation of US
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states will soon be a history and a memory to the next span of humanity. Or they may soon see their nation journeying the fate of invasion. Minerals exhausted by human misdoings and soon lead the nation to the ashes of defeat. The three wars that wanted to have peace but having the lives of men at stake in order to reach its goal: Operation Iraqi Freedom- the invasion of Iraq that has not been ended until now. The desire to have peace comes with a price to pay‚ a price that can never be easy to pay
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Megan Nelson November 3‚ 2011 English Unit 4 paper: War versus Peace Should the United States have gone to war in Iraq? The United States has been in a war with Iraq for over a decade. They say they are in it for the protection of the American people. There are three groups of people whose decisions should be taken into consideration. People who are for the war‚ people that are against the war and people that are neutral to the whole situation. If the United States did not go to war what might
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Saddam Hussein‚ had left his country in shambles. Throughout his long rule as the President of Iraq‚ he mistreated and murdered his own kind. Saddam Hussein developed many enemies throughout his reign and engaged in conflict that left Iraq ruined. He was also a Sunni that was running a country that also had Kurds and Shiites living in it‚ whom he discriminated. Saddam Hussein had a negative impact on Iraq because he committed crimes against the human rights of his people‚ engaged in conflict that he
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part of Iraq." We did this...from the south. Sustainment nightmare. Let’s back up two months.... The 4th Infantry Division was given orders to pack up and prepare to deploy to the Middle East where it was believed we were going back into Iraq for the second time. This time we were stopping until we took down Saddam. The 3rd Infantry Division was already in Kuwait and would strike from the south. The 4th would come down from the north using Turkey as a staging ground. In January 2003‚ the Ivy
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first major crisis for the United States immediately afterward was Operation Desert Storm. Operation Desert Storm started out as Desert Shield due to the fact that the United States was shielding Kuwait from the armies of Iraq. Looking back the United States had been supplying Iraq with military supplies for the better part of the 80’s‚ so that they could fight the Soviets. The Iraqis’ in turn used those supplies to attack Kuwait. Desert Shield became Desert Storm by President Bush giving Saddam
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War Is Pointless Wouldn’t it be horrific‚ to awake at dawn in your hajib‚ to hear those Air Force Jets scream past your neighbourhood? Wouldn’t it be horrific‚ to smell the burning shrapnel detonated from those who have torn your country apart. Wouldn’t it be horrific to think of the 99‚700 human beings‚ including your friends and family‚ now a bunch of bodies piled high? Wouldn’t it be horrific to look at fear on your sons’ pain-stricken face‚ after his mother is one of five-hundred daily civilian
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Lead‚ Direct‚ and Assess In 2003‚ Major General David H. Petraeus led the 101st Airborne Division as they deployed to Iraq to conduct combat operations. The combat portion of that deployment was short-lived and the 101st soon found themselves tasked with rebuilding a nation that was struggling from the aftermath of war and the policies of its former government. MG Petraeus moved the 101st into the Nineveh province and began the challenging task of providing stability and restoring essential services
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Lack of democracy and just global governance‚ Belief that violence and warfare are inherent in human nature‚ Local community violence‚ and lastly religion. I know that people including the government have their reasons to support the present war in Iraq. Reasons like 1) Saddam Hussein is wicked; 2) he won’t be able to put up much resistance; 3) we need a cheap supply of good oil; 4) the economy is stuck; 5) our missile warheads are rusting away; 6) new destruction weapons must be tested; 7) it would
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