The United States needs an ally in the Middle East that is also pro-Israel and democratic. Supporting an independent Kurdistan would improve the United States’ presence in the Middle East through having another vital ally in the fight against the Islamic State. The Kurds have proven that they can maintain the fight against ISIS. The only argument against an independent Kurdistan
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As with any war‚ World War II had many events that changed much about the direction in which the war was headed and how everyone was involved. For the United States‚ three such turning points were the Battle of Midway‚ D-day‚ and the Allies’ success in Italy. Each of these events had significant impact on the state of America’s involvement in the war. In the Battle of Midway‚ Japan attempted to seize the island of Midway‚ located over one thousand miles northwest of Honolulu. If Japan could secure
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thus having a large influence in the Entente Power’s victory. However‚ the significance can be limited because of the factors that have no direct link to naval warfare‚ yet played a role in deciding the victors of WWI‚ technology‚ Germany’s weak Allies and poor management. Germany were fighting numerous battles on their own streets‚ such as the ‘Butter riots’ in 1915‚ the government was put under pressure by the Socialist Democratic Party and the general public to pull out of the war‚ this lack
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By the end of August‚ the Allies had already pushed through Normandy and Paris had been liberated from the Germans. The reason the Allies invaded Normandy in the first place was due to the need to invade Europe and transport all the troops for the invasion. This battle was vital to the whole war. If it failed‚ we may not have liberated France from Germany at all. We may have been able to invade Germany‚ but it would have made it a lot more difficult. Around the end of June‚ the Allied forces had
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and began the inevitable decline and eventual defeat of Germany and her Central Powers allies. To begin it is necessary to briefly outline the nature and objectives of the battle itself. The Battle of the Somme was an epic battle that lasted from 1st July 1916 till the winter of the same year. It began with an 8 day bombardment of the German trenches‚ in which over 1 million shells were fired. The allies then proceeded to send wave after wave of men forward in a sustained but ultimately futile
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otherwise known as D-Day. The impacts of this invasion completely changed the entirety of World War II and lead to the Allied Victory over the Axis armies in Western Europe. To begin with‚ D-Day lead to the Nazi army having to fight against the Allies on two fronts‚ making it much more difficult for them to defend their conquests throughout Europe. Before D-Day‚ the majority of Allied attacks against the Nazis in Europe had been by the Russians in the east. Russia had been able to push the Germans
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Margaret Thatcher‚ Iconic Leader in History (King‚ 2002)Chellee Nemec Abstract There are too few iconic women leaders in history when in which female leaders of today can aspire to. While the numbers are small the women that did make their mark in history are notable leaders for women of today to emulate. After learning more about her life‚ Margaret Thatcher may very well be the most influential female leader of our time. No other female leader and many men for that matter have been able to accomplish
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Final Post 9/11 Intelligence Reform Impact and the Way Ahead Daniel Ratner INTL 444 Professor Mead October 8‚ 2012 Introduction After 9/11‚ an event so shocking‚ and humiliating to both the American people‚ and the U.S. Government‚ vast reforms were identified to ensure that an attack of this magnitude never happened again. From the ashes of this despicable act came two major pieces of Intelligence reform. These documents were the 9/11 Commission Report and The Intelligence
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Union‚ not the United States‚ was responsible for the development of the Cold War. There were many ideological differences between the two superpowers. The Soviet Union wanted a weak Germany and a communist government. The United States and there allies wanted a democratic government and a strong Germany. The United States was also worried over the Soviet spreading communism throughout Europe. The Soviet Union wanted to produce a world dominated by communism and the USSR. America felt aggressions
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Allied Forces sought to perform joint operations during Operation HUSKY‚ but the joint operational concepts taken for granted today were underdeveloped in 1943. The awkward attempt by the Allies to command and control this operation combined with the unfamiliar practice of integrating joint functions prevented the Allies from fully from recognizing and exploiting the opportunities for decisive action on Sicily. This paper first evaluates the operational level command and control of Operation HUSKY against
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