“We had just been hit by a foreign enemy—leaving 3000 Americans dead‚ more than we lost at Pearl Harbor” (Cheney). Cheney is implying that enhanced interrogation was the necessary response to the 9/11 attacks‚ just as America’s commitment to World War II after Pearl Harbor. Throughout the rest of the article‚ Chaney continues to deliver numerous facts‚ each one expanding his argument. However‚ Cheney’s greatest argument is found in the emotion that he evokes from the
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The delay in gaining communications with any available close air asset made for the enemies ease of producing casualties. The fog of war can be blamed for some of this‚ as many radios were bullet laden or had dropped their frequencies. Another issue is the willingness to accept risk by key leadership. At the end of the day‚ we have Americans fighting for their lives‚ some dying for
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is impossible to be certain. Perhaps the biggest risk comes from the rebel forces that might seize control of Syria if Assad’s regime does fall. While Syria has never attacked the United States‚ we have been attacked by al-Qaeda and we remain at war with al-Qaeda. Do we really want to fight alongside our terrorist enemies in Syria? Do we want al-Qaeda fighters to get their hands on heavy weapons? We should not be teaming up with the enemies‚ we should be destroying them. This idea of bombing
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Religious Extremism Religious violence and extremism‚ sectarian narrow mindedness and shallowness are such special features‚ which do not have conformity‚ any accordance with the real teachings of religion. Islam teaches religious toleration and peace for all‚ not only for its followers but also for the infidels and idolaters as well. Surah Alkafiroon is a living example and evidence of that. Allah talks to people through Prophet (s.a.w) as follows: Say:o disbelievers! I worship not that which
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QAEDA PLOT LEAK HAS UNDERMINED U.S. INTELLIGENCE How often do we‚ as United States citizens‚ consider how safe we actually are in our country? Without further research we may not realized the potential nationwide threat that has been previously discussed between Ayman al-Zawahri (head of Al Qaeda) and Nasser al-Wuhayshi (head of the Yemen-based Al Qaeda). Hopefully‚ the United States’ intelligence agency has intercepted these messages soon enough before any major action has been made.
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Terrorism is “The use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of trying to achieve a political goal” (merriam-webster.com). Terrorist attacks obtain international attention by targeting specific locations which demonstrate their disagreement on distinct situations both social and political. This acts kill innocent civilians in the pursuit of political or ideological goals. (terrorism-research.com) The first terrorist attack ever reported took place in the 14th century by the
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I chose news anchor Brian Williams false memory report claiming that there was a threat to his life when his helicopter had come under fire in an Iraqi war zone and it was shot down in 2003. In the case of Brian Williams‚ that misleading information may have been in the form of seeing the footage of him and his film crew examining the damage to the helicopter that was hit and seeing it repeatedly. According to researchers about journalists‚ false and flawed memory suggests that journalists must feel
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conspiracy theorists are coming from though. They always bring up building seven and say that there is no way that a plane could bring down an entire skyscraper so quick. They also say that the events of September 11th were just an excuse to go to war. So‚ the article has impacted me by making me think a little more about the events that happened on that day‚ but not enough to change my mind. I guess I might be a little naïve but I just do not think that the government whose job is to protect us
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The debate of whether or not drones are an ethical form of warfare can be viewed from many standpoints. For the sake of my argument I will focus in on the fact that drones cause less civilian causalities and how it is able to save more lives while still conducting warfare. This paper will discuss the ratios of civilian causticities in drone strikes compared to traditional forms of warfare. I will also discuss the ethics of using drones and the effect it has on civilians and the public image of the
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Hamid suggests that in difficult times people and nations retreat into nostalgia. How is this explored in the novel? Mohsin Hamid’s one man monologue narrative ’The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ provide us with an interesting insight of the difficult times faced‚ in the past and present of the novel’s protagonist Changez. It is considered that ’nostalgia’ has a audacious effect on the main characters of the novel‚ and most unrecognisably‚ the United States of America. Throughout the novel it is suggested
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