OPERATIONAL STUDIES www.operationalstudie.com Copyright © 2007 Targeted Killing: Self-Defense‚ Preemption‚ and the War on Terrorism By Thomas B. Hunter April 29‚ 2005 Introduction This essay will endeavor to examine the concept of ‘targeted killing’ in the international war against terrorism by assessing the norms states employ in justifying the offensive use of force in countering the threats posed by individuals involved in terrorist activity against the state. Specifically‚ due to the asymmetric
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Steinbeck‚ George definitely picked the right choice by killing Lennie. Lennie is always causing problems and doing things that ruined George’s life. “You hadda‚ George. I swear you hadda. Come on with me.” (Slim 53) “Course you did. Well‚ look. Lennie- if you jus’ happen to get in trouble like you always done before‚ I want you to come right here an’ hide in the brush.” (George 8) This quote shows that George thinks that Lennie is going to do something. George is so certain that Lennie is going to
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Why is the killing of Candy’s dog a significant incident in the novel? As Carlson first initiates shooting Candy’s dog‚ Candy is described to be extremely uneasy and tries to avoid the situation‚ “I had him so long. Had him since he was a pup.” Candy has been in the dogs company for so long and this animal has been the only true companion that Candy has ever had. The friendship between the two could be viewed as unusual as most of the ranch workers would not think of an animal as a companion but
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and Men is a story that revolves around George and Lennie life. Since Lennie likes to touch velvet like thing‚ he had grabbed a girl dress causing her to scream rape. This resulted in George and Lennie get chased out of their town‚ Weed‚ and having to find a new job. During their time working on a ranch in Soledad‚ Lennie had encountered some problems. For example‚ Lennie had accidently killed his puppy and also on the same day he killed Curley’s wife. Lennie is a childlike big guy who cannot control
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Challenging Roles of George Milton In the novel Of Mice and Men‚ by John Steinbeck‚ one of the main characters‚ George Milton‚ plays three different roles throughout the story. He is a dynamic character throughout the story. He goes between the roles of being a worker‚ a caretaker‚ and a friend. works on a ranch‚ he’s a friend to many‚ and he takes care of Lennie. He starts off as a worker‚ then goes from a worker to a caretaker‚ and because of what happens between him and Lennie‚ in the end he’s
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Biography John Milton Cage Jr is an American composer of the 20th century. John Cage was born on September 5‚ 1912 in Los Angeles‚ California and died August 12‚ 1992‚ in New York‚ New York. During his 80 years of life Cage had accomplished many achievements and left a great legacy that still remains today. Cage impact in the world of music is he proposing that the primary act of musical performance was not making music‚ but listening. While attending Pomona College for a short period of time‚ Cage
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Satan in the Path of the Hero In this paper Satan in Paradise Lost will be put to the test of the path of the hero. People may think Satan would not be considered a hero but does the hero have to be good to be a good character? Even though Satan is evil he follows he Path of the Hero extremely well. Satan is a hero to the rebel angels in the story he is their leader and is considered their hero. Satan in the book became angry when God gave a position to his son when Satan felt that he deserved
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TD Canada Trust 1 Describe how TD Canada Trust competes. Td Canada Trust competes with the other banks in many various ways. One of the ways that they compete is by offering what other banks do not. A good example of this is how TD offers Sunday banking hours. No other banks have Sunday banking hours; they are all closed except for TD. Another example of this is extended banking hours. This is huge because lots of people get caught up in traffic on their way home‚ and not only that but people may
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Bowdoin‚ Joseph Warren and Samuel Pemberton who were in charge of submitting an official account of the Boston Killing of many people of March 5‚ 1770‚ the resulting document was titled "A Short Story of the Terrible‚ scary Killing of many people in Boston". This document included statements (in court) from witnesses and (instances of watching‚ noticing‚ or making statements) before the killing of many people and was submitted to a town meeting in Fenueil Hall on March 19th. It was approved for printing
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and Men” George wants to believe that Lennie will not go against his words. However‚ this complete trust that Lennie has in George can work against him. Lennie trusts that George would never lead him wrong and that George’s words are final. However within chapter five‚ readers and Lennie realize that this is not always true. In chapter five‚ Lennie is in the barn with his puppy. However‚ the pup is dead due to Lennie’s hand. Lennie knows that George will be upset due to the fact that George had specifically
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