War is not the answer! Are innocent lives in exchange for uncertainty really the answer? War does not guaranty solutions however it does promise death. When a government takes the lives of young children with motives of power and profit‚ always claiming that its reasons are pure and morally just‚ for example‚ "Operation Iraqi Freedom"‚ it violates its promise to the country of its pursuit of happiness. War does not discriminate. Everyone is affected
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approval ratings and support‚ especially during elections. Public can constrain freedom of action (if the public hates something‚ the president isn’t going to do it)‚ and the public generally supports war when it is a security issue. It opposes casualties though‚ and in the case of the Vietnam War‚ the public urged the U.S. to back down. If the public does not like something: * permissive (could allow president to do something risky) - tends to rally round the flag whenever the president
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COLLATERAL DAMAGE IN THE GULF WAR: EXPERIENCE AND LESSONS THOMAS KEANEY The Gulf War of 1991 introduced a new set of issues concerning collateral damage. Although the U.S. military had faced controversy concerning the targeting and effects of aerial bombing in previous wars of the 20th Century‚ the day-by-day reporting and political context of the Gulf War brought increased scrutiny of the air attacks. Ironically‚ attention increased even as the employment of precision weapons decreased the occurrence
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A significant theme in a text that I studied this year was change. This was in the text Tomorrow‚ When the War Began‚ by John Marsden. This theme is significant to the plot in this novel as the changes wrought by the attack of Australia sets a domino of change in action. The teenage characters in this novel had to respond to the changes brought to their environment‚ the way they had to live and personally develop resilience‚ bravery and adaptability. On the world stage‚ change is a significant to
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to the War of 1812. By 1811‚ the British Royal Navy had impressed at least 6‚000 mariners who claimed to be citizens of the United States. In addition to impressments‚ Americans were dismayed by British agitation of the native population on the western frontier. Congress declared war on June 18‚ 1812. Constitution and the War USS Constitution fought and won three major engagements during the war. Her most famous battle was against HMS Guerriere. Two months after the declaration of war‚ Constitution
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“Vietnam Ten Years After” is about how Vietnam War affects both Vietnam and America. The book includes a variety of national magazines about the state of Vietnam today and the articles that debate the question of American involvement in Indochina and the future direction of U.S. foreign policy. After Vietnam War the notion of an invincible United States was called into question‚ and policy makers no longer assume that American troops can intervene effectively against Communist expansionism anywhere
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the relationship between war and culture found in the Lee chapter you read for this week. Chapter 9 discusses artificial war as it relates to using weapons from the air and those used for long distance bombing. During the Gulf War air strikes and long-range missiles and artillery was far more superior in winning this conflict. The terrain was extremely accessible and the enemy seemed to be easily marked. This conflict changed the military culture for boots on the ground as this strategy dominated
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In the gripping short story “Second Grade Sniffles” by Lillian Browser‚ it talks about how a boy in second grade named Andrew is suffering from a case of second-its. It makes it so that Andrew cannot sit in his second grade classroom or else he gets sick. So the doctor gives him the option to either repeat 1st grade or go into 3rd grade. He ultimately chooses to repeat the 1st. The best character trait that best describes Andrew is that it is mysterious. Andrew is mysterious because he had to go
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War Photographer by Ms. Duffy This poem is the only one by Ms. Duffy (in this selection) which is written in the third person. It is about a person who is clearly not the poet. The surface subject of the poem is the war photographer of the title but at a deeper level the poem explores the difference between "Rural England" and places where wars are fought (Northern Ireland‚ the Lebanon and Cambodia)‚ between the comfort or indifference of the newspaper editor and its readers and the
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Iraq War (Persian Gulf War and the present day Iraq War.) The Persian Gulf Wars took place in the country of Iraq‚ located in the Middle East between Iran and Saudi Arabia. It is also bordered by Jordan and Syria to the west‚ Kuwait to the south‚ and Turkey to the north. Only thirty-six miles of Iraq’s borders touch the Persian Gulf. During that period‚ Saddam Hussein was president of the Republic of Iraq‚ secretary general of the Ba’ath Party‚ chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC)
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