Is it ever ethically justified to torture a terrorist to save millions of innocent lives‚ or is it always unjustifiable to torture a person? Imagine one summer day when all the news stations broadcast a message saying that a terrorist has planted a nuclear bomb in New York City and that the bomb will detonate in approximately one hour and two million civilians will parish. The news then says that the terrorist has been captured‚ but the only way to find out the key information to stop the detonation
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Operation Anaconda was the first large scale military operation that involved conventional military forces in Afghanistan. The goal of the operation was to eliminate the al-Qaeda fighters and seize key terrain in the mountainous Paktia Province. Part of that key terrain was the Shahikot Valley where an estimated two hundred enemy fighters had dug in and created an enemy stronghold. A contingent of special operations forces was assembled and given the task of establishing observation posts and reinforcing
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September 11‚ 2001 is a day that will tug at the heartstrings of America. In the midst of erupted chaos‚ President George W. Bush delivered a speech that was informative‚ yet comforting. The use of pathos exhibits sorrow and the sliver of hope that remained. Logos reflects the ensurance of efforts to assist the citizens in need and hunt down the people responsible. Rhetorical devices emphasize meaning‚ intrigues the audience. Bush’s speech on September 11‚ 2001 is a rhetorical speech of hope
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Suppose congress wants to make a new national holiday honoring an important event. I am going to do 9/11 has the event. Its going to be talking about how it is important holiday. I am going to talk about why is it an important holiday and why they celebrate. So I’m going to try to make a good grade on 9/11 because it is and special event. Ok so I’m going to be talking about how the event 9/11 is important.9/11 is important because a lot of people died family kids adults and everything it was
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History is always a way to see an event that happened and it is timeless. One of those events that we call today is 9/11. It was a terrifying event that happens and causes many people to run in terror and fear. On this day is when the whole country felt bad for new yorkers. All Americans were asking was‚ why was this happening to us and at that time no one had an answer. Soon as everyone found out it was a terrorist attack‚ everyone had questions. 9/11 was a bad day for everybody because some the
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On September 11‚ 19 people from from the Islamic extremist group‚ Al-Qaeda‚ hijacked four planes and did the unthinkable. They flew two planes‚ one for each tower‚ into each World Trade Center. These attacks caused a lot of death and destruction. On a beautiful Tuesday morning‚ the city of New York was woken up by one plane striking the north tower of the World Trade Center‚ near the 80th floor trapping hundreds of people on the above floors. It left a gaping hole in the side instantly killing
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The events that occurred during 9/11 have played a monumental role in today’s America as normal. When planes crashed into the trade center‚ pentagon as well as the remote field‚ it finally coerced America open its eyes to the importance of the inhabitants and the Dharma (role) that we all play in this world. As said in an article‚ history is never concrete. From what we can tell‚ history always reflects the current things going on. After 9/11‚ historians started to think about changing the study
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9/11 in Nebraska The September 11th attacks on the World Trade center not only affected New York but also affected the entire country in a way that no other event has. The attacks shook the way of life of many people including those in the classrooms around Nebraska. After the attacks George W. Bush said‚ “Today‚ our fellow citizens‚ our way of life‚ our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts.” It was just that the way of life of citizens was threatened
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Los Maestros The Los Maestros goal as a terrorist group is to expand our drug operations into the South-West United States by influencing state governments through terror. We seek economic gain through the selling of drugs. The government is harassing us and slowing down our distribution; we want to take revenge. By attacking our selected places‚ we will be able to strike fear into the citizens and the government; we mean business. Attacking Hill Air Force Base will serve the groups goals and
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In Benazir Bhutto’s Islam and Democracy‚ Bhutto thinks that Islam and democracy are compatible. Bhutto points out people misunderstand the relationship between religion and democracy in Islam world. She first proves that freedoms‚ the opportunity for education‚ and liberty are the elements of democracy which Muslim try to seek with the preamble of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan. In other words‚ there is no problem with their religion. Muslim does not conflict with the West or democracy. However
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