Years of controversy and debate have surrounded Guantanamo Bay‚ a United States military base that has been used as a detention facility for accused foreign terrorists since January 2002 (Kaplan 2005) following the September 11 terrorist attacks. The facility holds around 500 to 600 detainees at any given time‚ and most of these are‚ or are thought to be‚ members of known and dangerous terrorist organizations which are direct threats to the United States’ government and its citizens‚ such as al Qaeda
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When is war acceptable? That is the question that the Just War theory (jus bellum iustum) attempts to answer. Guided by an evolving set of criteria‚ this tradition attempts to provide a framework by which the both the reasons for a war and the combatants’ behavior may be judged to be ethical and morally justifiable. This theory or doctrine‚ has roots in both philosophical and historical contexts‚ having been shaped by conventions and rules observed through ages of war as well as the thoughts of
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Pat Tillman: A Cover-Up at the Highest Level Pat Tillman was a professional football player who left his career to serve his country and paid the ultimate price‚ only to be exploited by politics. “Pat had it all‚ intelligence‚ movie star good looks‚ a loving wife‚ athletic prowess‚ fame. A lucrative and promising career. Who among us could walk away from riches and a job we love?" said Maria Shriver‚ California’s first lady‚ about Pat Tillman. Instead of pursuing a multi-million dollar paycheck
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responded by drastically expanding its navy in a very short time. Within two months the Romans had a fleet of over one hundred warships. Because they knew that they could not defeat the Carthaginians in the traditional tactics of ramming and sinking enemy ships‚ the Romans added the corvus‚ an assault bridge‚
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Throughout the pop culture of science-fiction and action comics‚ video games and films‚ sequences of super-human experimentation proved effective over enemies. The Pentagon has been bringing the idea of an Ironman or Superman-like combatant to life by developing methods to enhance American soldiers towards forming a the most advanced‚ efficient military (Jacobsen). These methods stem from biotechnology‚ dating back thousands of years ago‚ and during the biotechnology revolution of the late 20th century
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“eco-terrorist for example was coined to apply to those who destroy or damage property as a symbolic act of resisting environmental impact economic trends and policy.” Terrorists rely heavily on surprise. They often seek to demoralize and paralyze their enemy with fear. This sometimes works‚ but it can also stiffen the enemy’s resolve. They often rely on organized crime to fund their activities that include kidnapping‚ drug trafficking or robbery. For example‚ Osama Bin Laden is the head of Al-Queda‚ a
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Delbert Mann‚ explores the savage and harrowing warfare of World War One. Conveying the horrifying experience of the front line from both sides – the Allies and the Central Powers – these texts show the futility of a traumatic war‚ that left all combatants if not dead‚ eternally destroyed by its inhumanity. The overriding theme of both texts is the terrible brutality of war‚ with its catastrophic levels of carnage and violence‚ its battles which lasted for months and the weapons of mass destruction
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Muslim immigrants by the thousands when there was anything dubious about their status; including the claim that our president had the constitutional authority to imprison indefinitely‚ without trial‚ any person on the planet he deemed an “unlawful enemy combatant”. The United States is still involved in the Middle East to this day. The changes from 9/11 continue to have effects across the globe‚ particularly in the Middle East‚ where American-led military operations helped foment rebellions and ongoing
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also have a good deal of influence over the ultimate destinies of Romeo and Juliet. The first minor character to be mentioned should be Tybalt. He was a butter enemy of Romeo‚ and had he not been ’slain’‚ Romeo would never had been banished. In Act 3‚ Scene 1‚ Tybalt kills Mercutio when Romeo attempts to come between the combatants and averts the fight. Out of blind rage‚ Romeo kills Tybalt. "And in my tmeper soften’d valours see!" Had Romeo not decided to exact revenge on Tybalt‚ perhaps the
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As a general in the war I would use natural features such as rivers to form defensive lines against the enemy. This would restrict the enemy from using frontal attack and they would therefore have to use the flanks. This was the strategy used by confederate generals to hold back union troops. The confederates used the Virginia Rivers to give strength to long defensive lines
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