The Iraq War The Iraq war was an armed conflict in Iraq that consisted of two phases. The first was an invasion of Ba ’athist Iraq starting on 20 March 2003 by an invasion force led by the United States. It was followed by a longer phase of fighting‚ in which an insurgency emerged to oppose coalition forces and the newly formed Iraqi government. The U.S. completed its withdrawal of military personnel in December 2011. However‚ the Iraqi insurgency continues and caused thousands of fatalities
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The Trojan War has been regarded as one of the most recognized‚ noteworthy‚ and memorable wars (Stewart 20). Almost everyone has heard the story of the Greeks hiding in a big wooden horse to sneak into the great city of Troy‚ but did it really happen? The story was originally told by Homer‚ a great Greek poet‚ during a time when society considered everything he wrote to be absolute fact and regarded it like a history book (Stewart 20-21). In the 4th and 5th centuries‚ many Christian theorists became
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The War in Uganda “We make war that we may live in peace.” This is a quote that the famous Aristotle said but is this always true? The civil war that is currently going on in Uganda is a case that the war being made is not so the people can live in peace‚ but rather live in a country that is completely divided. The war in Uganda is driving the people of this country to vast extremes and far away from peace. Throughout this war‚ it has always been the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) against the government
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Use of elephants as war animals has been dated back to as early as 331 BC by the Persians. King Darius the 111 of Persia was the first to use elephants in the battle of Guagamela‚ against Alexander the Great of Mecedon. Kind Darius’ army consisted of 15 well trained Indian elephants which was used to frighten the opposition. War elephants were used in elephantry which involves a parade of elephants with military troops mounted on top. These elephants were used to charge at the enemy‚ separate their
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Heroes of the Trojan War: What is a hero really? Everyone has their own beliefs about what a hero is‚ but the beliefs greatly vary from each other. In the movie Troy for example‚ lots of people think that Achilles is a hero because he is such a great warrior. In reality though‚ someone needs to be a lot more than a great weapon-handler to be a hero. A hero is a man of distinguished courage or ability‚ admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities. A hero is a person who is regarded as a model
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Wars are fought for the freedom of a country‚ the land it desires‚ or even the religion it foretakes. Most wars are fought for a worthy reason‚ but some are just mistakes that never should have happened. The war in Iraq is a significant American mistake that has been ignored for years as a result of Iraq always being portrayed as the “bad guys.” When American troops were sent to Iraq‚ they took control over the people and their way of life. Unfortunately‚ the United States troops had mostly gone
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The Mexican War marked a major turning point for the fledgling American nation and its military – not only did it redefine the Southern border with Mexico‚ but it demonstrated the capabilities of the U.S. Army during an offensive engagement following a prolonged period of peace. The Mexican War is not a commonly cited conflict in U.S. history‚ but the lessons learned from it are relevant even today‚ as it combined conventional warfare with the struggle of being a small‚ occupying force in both rural
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Drugs and the Different Between Them Chiet Garvin Kaplan University CJ411: Drugs and Alcohol in the Criminal Justice System Pages 1 The three drugs that I decided to explore a little more are alcohol‚ crack‚ and ecstasy. In this essay I will be discussing the difference between each drug. I will also be talking about how each drug effect the person
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Amy Jones PHIL 1400 May 5‚ 2010 America’s Unjust Drug War It has been said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over‚ expecting a different result; this statement fairly sums up the War on Drugs. Let us imagine a scenario of two men‚ one of them has killed 4 young women in cold blood‚ for ‘sport’ as he likes to say; the other man was caught with a large amount of an illegal drug. In prison it would not be unlikely for these two to share a cell‚ but my question is
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Peloponnesian War • The Peloponnesian War paved the way for the Macedonian takeover of Greece and Alexander the Great’s empire. Thucydides on the Causes of the Peloponnesian War “I think that the truest explanation (prophasis)‚ but the one that was least made public‚ was the growth of Athens’ power and the fear that this caused among the Spartans made war inevitable” “But the grounds of complaint (aitiai)‚ which where openly stated by each side and led them to break the peace and go to war were
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