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    The Revenge of Geography “What the map tells us about coming conflicts and the battle against fate.” The author‚ Robert D. Kaplan traces the history of the world’s hotspots by examining their climates‚ topographies‚ and proximities to other embattled lands. He then utilizes the teachings learned to the tragic‚ present day occurrences in Europe‚ Russia‚ China‚ the Indian Subcontinent‚ Turkey‚ Iran‚ and the Arab Middle East. The result is a complete understanding of the next cycle of conflict throughout

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    lived according to that. They were also responsible for the Salem witch trials‚ an event in which many people were killed for supposedly being witches. However‚ although the Puritans caused much distress and grief during the witch hunts‚ they were justified in doing this because they were acting in accordance to their laws against a perceived threat that they thought could have seriously and severely

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    against any person whatsoever. As such‚ there are different perspectives on the ethics of its usage as well. While some believe that the use of torture becomes necessary at times‚ others believe that whatever the circumstances are‚ torture can never be justified. Some very pertinent issues related to the use of torture are‚ “Suppose a child has been kidnapped and a person has been suspected of committing the crime. Is it justifiable to torture that person in order to try to extract information from

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    Was the Mexican War justified? As Americans‚ we might not view America as a bully‚ but during arguments with Mexico during The mid 1800’s‚ Americans obviously pushed around the Mexicans. In 1821‚ Mexico gained its freedom from Spain. The young nation was about the same size as the United States‚ and the U.S. government immediately developed a lust for Mexico’s land. Arguments arose‚ leading to the Mexican-American war. Like most wars‚ it had its supporters and critics. Looking back at the

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    Malcom X’s assassination is a perfect example of backstabbing. Malcom X was a civil rights leader for the nation of Islam. The assassination of Malcom x was justified because members of the nation of Islam saw Malcom as a threat after his departure and many thought Malcom X’s way of protest was dangerous and put many lives in danger. However Malcom was a man who fought for blacks to be the superior race “at any means necessary.” After Malcom was released from jail he went to the nation of Islam

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    the U.S. justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?” The Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki dropped or not‚ were ones of the man-made disasters that occurred on August 6 1945‚ and August 9 1945 respectively. The launching of the atomic bomb has numerous opinions and aspects on whether United States of America should be justified for launching atomic bombs on those cities or not. The essay question for our class is‚ “To what extent was the United States justified in dropping

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    must be termed as justified belief for us to believe that it is a true belief. For a belief to be justified it must follow a certain standard of principles . Believing and knowing are two different things‚ belief is not a true indication of the truth and is not sufficient for knowledge if there is no justification. According to Roderick Chisholm’s attempt at revising justified true belief; truth is a necessary condition for knowledge. Attempts at revising the theory of justified true belief all have

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    causing them to attack the states. This attack was uncalled for‚ as behind the Japanese planes left utter chaos‚ 2‚403 dead‚ 188 planes destroyed and the remains of the Pacific Fleet that included 8 damaged or destroyed battleships. The U.S wanted revenge for killing all those innocent people in one swipe‚ so they designed the Atomic bomb‚ a weapon that would cause mass destruction in a matter of seconds. It was so

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    �PAGE � �PAGE �1� THE WAR OF 1812: THE AMERICANS WERE JUSTIFIED Over the years The United States of America has forged itself a reputation of declaring wars. Ironically‚ declaration of war was most justified in one of its least acknowledged conflicts‚ the War of 1812. The United States was justified in its attack on British North America‚ which was a colony of Great Britain at the time. The reasons for this justification were Great Britain’s breach of Maritime rights‚ their support for the Natives

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    Was Truman’s Decision Justified? Would you rather fix a problem with something that would cause minimal damage or fix it with something that causes mass destruction? This question didn’t seem to come to thought when Truman was deciding between invading Japan‚ or bombing it using the atomic bomb. Truman’s decision to bomb Japan was not justified because he killed a bunch of innocent people‚ he destroyed major cities instead of only his main targets‚ and in the end‚ Europe was still left divided.

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