The War in Afghanistan A basic overview of the war in Afghanistan After 9/11‚ President George W. Bush gave the rulers of Afghanistan an ultimatum: hand over the terrorists responsible for 9/11‚ or “share in their fate.” The Taliban—the Islamic fundamentalists who ruled the country—refused to surrender their ally‚ terrorist leader Osama bin-Laden. Air strikes began on 10/7/01‚ less than a month after 9/11. American‚ British and other soldiers fought together with Afghans opposed to the Taliban
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Economics of Military Spending during Iraq/Afghanistan war People are under the impression that wars are beneficial to an economy. They seem to create jobs and give a variety of businesses work. But do they really turn a profit or is there more spending being done than profit being turned in. The Iraq and Afghanistan war has been very controversial. Part of that controversy comes from the economic perspective of the war. One of the many sub-topics to the war is job creation or job loss. For every
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WAR ON TERROR Brief discussion on the “War on Terror” “WAR ON TERRORISM” means war against terrorist worldwide. The attack of the World Trade Center on September 11‚ 2001 in New York City was the start of the campaign against terrorism. The War on Terror was the response of the Bush administration to that barbaric act of Sept. 11 committed by the Jimaa Islamia with a clear agenda to eradicate and eliminate all terrorists’ acts and bring order and justice through the enactment of a domestic and
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After the Second World War‚ cold war was on. The United States faced heavy loss in Vietnam episode and then the then President of U S‚ Nixon formulated a doctrine which stated that‚ “Asian boys must fight Asian wars”1 . This doctrine thus then turned out to be the future policy of United States. Russia then took control of Afghanistan by sending armed forces into the country. The West could not tolerate the occupation of Afghanistan by Russia and they saw the Russian intervention as Russia’s attempt
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States getting involved in the war with Iraq? There are many speculations that one considers when answering this question. Essentially the U.S. points fingers to one guy in particular and that is Saddam Hussein. His actions lead to the U.S. joining with allies in the motion to contain Iraq‚ and later the result of the U.S.’s choice to retaliate against threats against them by Saddam Hussein. Today‚ the U.S. is still struggling‚ as well as benefiting from the war in Iraq. Based on the causes
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War in Afghanistan and Iraq The United States of American is the greatest country in the world and because of that‚ the attraction for terrorism is always a concern. On September 11‚ 2001‚ the concern became reality when the world trade centers were attacked by terrorists and as a result‚ thousands of Americans lost their lives. America reacted by launching anti-Taliban operations‚ the first starting in Iraq then in Afghanistan. The first mission was Operation Iraqi Freedom. The purpose of this
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“Is The War On Terrorism A War?” The Global War on Terrorism is a military campaign that began shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001. First used by George W. Bush‚ the phrase ‘war on terror’ has become to be conceptualized as a term used to signify ‘global military‚ political‚ lawful‚ and conceptual struggle targeting both organizations designated as terrorists and regimes accused of supporting them.” The war on terror main focus has been with Islamist militants and Al-Qaeda
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Necessary The War on Terrorism In a world where the integration of cultures‚ prolificacy of international trade markets‚ and blurring of state borders has become a widely accepted norm‚ the distinction between standardized warfare and‚ the newly prescribed term‚ “war on terrorism” has become increasingly relevant and paramount to define and combat in the modern world. Though the “War on Terror” is considered modern vernacular in a new globalized sphere‚ the idea of terrorism has been
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To go to war‚ or to not. Obviously to not. At the end‚ America should not have gone to war with Britain. The cons of going to war completely outweigh the pros of going. People only wanted to go to war because of investments to make money or profit. Not only that but the poor and minorities are the ones that will be sent to war while the rich class will stay and not participate. Finally‚ banks “brainwashed” people into thinking war was the best option because banks wanted to not lose money on investments
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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 it’s going to affect the economy big time. First of all President Obama is going to send 30‚000 troops to Afghanistan next year. My
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