War in Afghanistan Just War theory points out that there can be motives for going to war that do have a moral content‚ and just war theory claims that war can‚ under certain conditions‚ be morally justified. Proportionality is perhaps the most utilitarian of all Just War tenets. It calls upon leaders not to lose their head and engage in costly conflict if there are cheaper (e.g. economic‚ diplomatic) options available to them. There are three main opponents to the Just War theory: the decision to
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According to dictionary.com the definition of peculiar is‚ ¨strange or odd; unusual." In the memoir‚ Going Solo‚ written by Roald Dahl‚ Roald meets many of these peculiar people on his trip to Africa. Two of the characters were Miss Trefusis and Mdisho‚ who had different approaches to life. Dahl´s overall impression of these two characters are that Miss Trefusis was a germaphobe and Mdisho was fascinated by war and killing. Dahl’s overall impression of Miss Trefusis is that she is a very odd person. Dahl
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question: Was the United States justified in going to war against Mexico in 1846? Use the primary source material on pages 3–5 of this document and the information in Chapter 16 to help you answer the question and provide support for your answer. Refer to the scoring rubric on the last page to see how your essay will be scored. (100 points) Score Write an essay that answers the following question: Was the United States justified in going to war against Mexico in 1846? Answer: I think
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War Poetry First World War Poetry. Pre-1914 Prose Assignment. “Choose two patriotic poems and two poems that reveal the reality of war. Write about the four poems in as much detail as possible‚ comparing the different attitudes of the poets.” In English‚ we have read four World War One poems: ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’‚ ‘Disabled’‚ ‘The Call’ and ‘Who’s For The Game?’ Two different authors have wrote these four poems‚ Wilfred Owen‚ who had served his country in the Great War and Jessie Pope‚ who had
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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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2011 H I G H E R S C H O O L C E R T I F I C AT E E X A M I N AT I O N English (ESL) Paper 2 — Modules Total marks – 40 Section I General Instructions • Reading time – 5 minutes • Working time – 1 hour • Write using black or blue pen Black pen is preferred Pages 2–3 20 marks • Attempt either Question 1 or Question 2 • Allow about 30 minutes for this section S ection II Pages 4–5 20 marks • Attempt either Question 3 or Question 4 • Allow about 30 minutes for this
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Alex: Hey Jane‚ John‚ there is a musical concert in the park. You want to go see the band play? Jane: I am done with my homework; I can go. John: Me too. Let’s go. Jane: Hey‚ look at that sport car. Isn’t it neat? Alex: That is exactly the kind of car that I want once I get a good job. I bet it is very fast. I want mine to be red though. Jane: Keep on dreaming‚ Alex. That car costs a fortune. Alex: It does not hurt to set high expectations. Maybe one day I will make a lot of money‚ and I might
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SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL I Unit V: States of Matter 5.7 KINETIC ENERGY AND MOLECULAR SPEEDS Molecules of gases remain in continuous motion. While moving they collide with each other and with the walls of the container. This results in change of their speed and redistribution of energy. So the speed and energy of all the molecules of the gas at any instant are not the same. Thus‚ we can obtain only average value of speed of molecules. If there are n number of molecules in a sample and their individual
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I read the book “Going Bovine” by Libba Bray. I selected this book because I read another one of Libba Bray’s work which was a historical fiction/ fantasy series titled the Gemma Doyle trilogy. Since I liked those books‚ I decided why not try Going Bovine? I saw it on GoodReads and it got fantastic reviews. I also read the summery of the book to decide if it was serious or light hearted. Libba Bray had two different writing styles; either she’s really serious or she’s witty and funny like in Beauty
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considering an angel led the three wise men to baby Jesus‚ but other people may see angels as a bad omen. If they see one‚ they may think of death or the end of the world. Lieutenant Sidney Martin is portrayed as a morally ambiguous character in Going After Cacciato‚ as
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