different types of biomes and substantial agricultural productions. Geographers ask the basic questions that answer much more complex questions. This leads to the “My Country Profile Assignment‚” for which I have been assigned the country of Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s radically different seasons‚ political geography‚ and its involvement in recent world affairs makes it a great country to geographically analyze. I will spend the next segments of this country profile report describing the basic concepts
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Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan By Seth G. Jones RAND Corporation‚ 2008‚ 144 pages Reviewed by: Mariely Norris‚ Student Overview Taking a look at this monograph we can find a close examination of the counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan followed by the appearance of the Taliban regime in 2001. It is based on repeated trips to Afghanistan‚ Pakistan‚ and India from (2004-2008). The author focused on the early stages of the insurgency (2002-2008) and examines how and why it began. The
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idea was released to have parts of the CIA to help the Afghans in beating the Soviets in the Iraq war in supplying them with goods and training. It is known that in 1984 a director of the US CIA wanted Afghans to learn to strike missiles and learn war tactics to fight against the soviets. They wanted to this be a covert operation‚ they didn’t want any other countries to know that the U.S. was helping Iraq. Reagan wanted to train the Afghans hard because he thought there would be a large soviet
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Kimberly Matunis‚ M.Ed English 04 6 November 2014 Should the US have Gone to war in Iraq? The Iraq war has brought out a lot of debate and opinions over the years. Some suggest it was an act of revenge over the infamous 9/11 attacks‚ others believe that even if they were threatened‚ the US has no right to go to war. Over this essay I will evaluate both sides and sustain enough evidence to back my opinion. Whether the war was the right thing to do or not‚ I believe that we need to look at the situation
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terror attacks of 9/11 on March 20‚ 2003 the US declared war against a corrupt Iraq. George Bush believed that the Iraqis had Weapons of Mass destruction (WMD). The world has known of Iraq having chemical weapons‚ in 1988 the government ordered a chemical weapon attack against the Kurdish Iraqis‚ whether they had a nuclear bomb was still a question. The potential threat of Nuclear warheads in Iraq could be a threat to any opposing country to Iraq including: US‚ Israel‚ and any other ally of the US and
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Take for example the Koran‚ in which to a western ear sounds like a song. However‚ the recitation of Koran according to Afghanistan isn’t music. In Afghanistan “the concept of music is closely linked with musical instruments….Unaccompanied singing in itself is not labelled as “music”(Baily 21). There cultural representation of music varies from the westernized interpretation of music‚ however
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In 1985‚ The Iran and Iraq war is feuding overseas and America had an embargo against selling arms to Iran. Our President was Ronald Reagan and the National Security Adviser was Robert McFarlane. “Iran made a secret request to buy weapons from the United States‚ McFarlane sought Reagan ’s approval” McFarlane told Reagan “that the sale of arms would not only improve U.S. relations with Iran‚ but might in turn lead to improved relations with Lebanon‚ increasing U.S. influence in the troubled Middle
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the capability to develop strong‚ fit and to be positive when something bad happens. During 40 years of civilization war‚ Afghanistan people had been overextended and perverse a lot mothers and fathers lost their children’s countless women lost their partners‚ numerous people lost their friends and several brothers lost their sisters. Due to that happen the population of Afghanistan‚ some became crazy and once they saw their family gone‚ and many people fell in to different mental diseases‚ such as
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The Culture of Iraq SFC Christopher L. Bess SLC 13P Class 001-16 What exactly is culture? Culture can be described in so many different ways. Culture is the beliefs‚ customs‚ art‚ or even the way of life that different societies live by. Soldiers in the military constantly are learning about different cultures. Afghanistan‚ Iraq‚ South Korea‚ The United States all has different beliefs on how to live life. Iraq’s location‚ economy‚ and war on terrorism all play a major role in their way of
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Researching the Women in Afghanistan has informed me about the many different aspects that have shaped these women into who they are today. They have survived through incredibly harsh periods when education for women was illegal and when being out in public without a male accompaniment was a punishable act as well. Not only have the women of Afghanistan survived through these terrible times‚ but they never seemed to give up home schooling girls in their homes and searching for a way to better their
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