War vs. Environment “Warfare is inherently destructive of sustainable development. States shall therefore respect international law providing protection for the environment in times of armed conflict and cooperate in its further development‚ as necessary.” – 1992 Rio Declaration From the Romans in 146 BC salting fields around Carthage to impair food production to the looting of Iraqi nuclear facilities in the last decade‚ the environmental destruction resulting from war has had an enduring legacy
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destroyed by two planes and also there were two other planes one was supposed to hit the White House and the other the Pentagon. This started the war in Afghanistan. It’s been eight years since this incident‚ and the United States and President Obama still want to keep this war going. Next year they are going to send 30‚000 troops to Afghanistan and Iraq. There are three reasons why they shouldn’t send them: one for their safety; two Afghanistan should keep their business to themselves; and three
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Syrian civil war the Syrian civil war‚ also known as Syrian uprising[55] or Syrian crisis (Arabic: الأزمة sus السورية)‚[56][57][58] is an ongoing armed conflict in Syria between forces loyal to the Ba’ath government and those seeking to oust it. The conflict began on 15 March 2011‚ with popular demonstrations that grew nationwide by April 2011. These demonstrations were part of the wider Middle Eastern protest movement known as the Arab Spring. Protesters demanded the resignation of President
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Throughout the war the British fleets were superior. This was probably due to its large empire. 1914 The first naval battle was on August 28 when the British raided Heligoland Bight. British destroyers entered this German naval base and fired torpedoes but the Germans sent out cruiser ships‚ which were bigger and stronger. The destroyers retreated to open sea whilst being chased by the Germans and shot at by Battle ships. In September‚ submarine warfare began when German submarine U-9‚ sank 3 British
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War started long ago‚ long before we were born. Even the Bible states that the first war happened in heaven when Lucifer wanted to take over the place of Jesus Christ. From the Israelites fighting the Palestines in the Old Testament to the Christian Crusades to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims‚ one of the great paradoxes of history is that war and religion are inseparable. Though few people in the United States think the alliance forces against Iraq are fighting for religious reasons‚ most
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In the following “A Drone War Is Still a War” by Michael Kinsley speaks of the issue that using military drones causes civilian casualty and an unfair advantage. Kinsley addresses that we have already become used to the use of drones and that we treat the fact like a usual tactic of combat. The advantages of using drones is quite obvious. No American lives are put at risk‚ and the precision minimizes collateral damage‚ including the deaths of innocents who happen to be nearby. Kinsley states that
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To what extent was there a post-war consensus? (45) Despite some historians trying to argue that the notion of a “post-war” consensus becomes more blurry and inaccurate the closer one studies modern Britain from 1951-2007‚ there is a wealth of resources and abundant forms of evidence to firmly claim confidently that a post-war consensus did exist; permeating and diffusing throughout British politics‚ economics‚ societal events and also foreign affairs. Economics: From 1951 to 1979 both parties
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George Washington once said: “To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means for preserving peace.” As much of an irony it is‚ war is needed to safeguard our amity and to ensure that the balance of power will not be disturbed. The idea of war has been received with countless different altercations. In history‚ we learned that governments have glorified war to recruit young men to join the army by using propaganda. Soldiers who have died for their country were depicted as heroes‚ fighting
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who were killed during World War two. The war was felt worldwide in every country across the globe. It was almost impossible for someone to not be affected by that war. Things are different in today’s society. Nowadays when wars happen most people brush it off like nothing‚ just another war. This was not the way that Moacyr Scliar saw things. He thought was war was a thing that should not be taken lightly no matter how small. Moacyr Scliar intended for Peace and War to be about society’s numbing
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Was The Trojan War Just? The Trojan War was a Greek mythological war waged on account of the beautiful Helen‚ wife of the Spartan king Menelaus‚ being stolen from Greece by Paris‚ Prince of Troy. It is one of the most important‚ if not the most important‚ event in Greek mythology. The dispute originated from a quarrel between three goddesses‚ Athena‚ Hera‚ and Aphrodite. They were fighting to see who was the fairest among them. They were sent by Zeus to Paris in order for him to judge them
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