Vietnam grew and in 1963 John.F.Kennedy was assassinated. President Johnson felt that‚ to keep in with the US foreign policy of containment‚ he would have to send a vast amount of young troops into Vietnam to help fight the rising influence of the Viet Cong. For over 10 years‚ the Us pledged thousands of soldiers and billions in financial aid until public opinion and guerrilla tactics forced the US to withdraw from Vietnam. Many reasons had an impact on the war which forced America out‚ which will all
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How did the Gorilla lost its tail and got its strength A long time ago‚ about 100 years‚ the first Gorilla that had ever walked the earth actually had a tail believe it or not. His tails made him stand out in the jungle. The Gorilla was called Kong and Kong was real wonderful friends with an old wise turtle named Jim. Jim was always the one who knew everything; because every time Kong had a question Jim will always have an answer. Now there is no telling how Jim came to be or how he ended up meeting
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There were many protests and many people stopped supporting the war. The U.S. no longer saw a need for being involved in the war‚ but it was too late. They weren’t fighting for a cause‚ they were fighting because they had to. The troops got drafted and forced to fight a battle that they didn’t feel was theirs to fight‚ even if it was. The military underestimated
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Prime Minister Sir Eric Gairy until 1979. In this year‚ attorney Maurice Bishop took over by a basically non-violent coup‚ and became Prime Minister. Bishop was a socialist and wanted the country to become a socialist country. Even so‚ the country did extremely well‚ with things such as an increase in schools‚ literacy‚ growth in the economy‚ and free healthcare. Some evidence of the socialism was the repression of newspapers that opposed the government‚ the absence of promised free elections‚ and
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After the construction of this great nation of ours‚ America was a neutral and secluded place protected by mighty oceans on all sides. We traded with people we could trust‚ accepted people and did not get into wars that did not involve us. Even though we came from Europe‚ why get into the fights that they frequently go into? On June 28‚ 1914‚ the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was killed‚ forcing countries to pick a side. The assassination of Franz and the forcing of choosing a side
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‘Why Did I Get Married Too?’ Review Tyler Perry is back with another spontaneous movie‚ ‘Why Did I Get Married Too?’‚ the continuation from ‘Why Did I Get Married?’ Filled with laughter‚ love‚ drama‚ and tears‚ Perry and the rest of the folks from the 1st movie reunite once again at a couple retreat to the Bahamas. Perry also plays a part in the movie‚ Terry‚ as a loyal and loving husband whose wife becomes very secretive from him. The drama begins once everyone arrives at the retreat. Patricia
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In April 1917‚ the United States entered World War 1 on the side of England‚ France‚ and Russia for many good reasons. Such as Germans using unrestricted submarine warfare‚ the Zimmerman Note and the U.S. “ turning tides of the war”. One reason that the United States should have went to war with Germany‚ is because of the sinking of the Lusitania and the Sussex. “Germany announced that it was beginning unrestricted warfare . This meant that Germany would attack any ships attempting to bring good
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end when Adolf Hitler and the Nazis were defeated‚ but the Pacific Theater was still in progress. The Pacific Theater is generally forgotten when it comes to WWII‚ but in reality the war between the US and Japan was strenuous and horrific. This war did not seem like there would ever be an end until the US decided to unleash their new weapon of mass destruction‚ the atomic bomb. I feel that the bomb was unnecessary and unjustifiable for a variety of reasons. One reason was the amount of innocent citizens
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sleds‚ taking us where we could never go alone. Others sniff out drugs‚ detect heart attacks‚ or listen to sounds in the forest we could never hear. Some dogs fill stewpots while luckier ones sit on cushions in royal halls. Look at any picture or literature of any class in the history of Man‚ and there is a dog. They are heroes and villains. They are lab rats and show stock. Some dogs go off to war for us‚ while others simply let us hold them until we can’t cry anymore. They have helped us live‚ work
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military reason for attacking the US is the presence of US in Saudi Arabia. In August 1990‚ the Gulf War occurs between multiple forces from 34 nations led by US against Iraq in response to Iraq’s invasion and annexation in Kuwait. During the war‚ US sent 5‚000 troops into Saudi Arabs‚ and the Operation Southern Watch enforced the non-fly zones around Saudi Arabs. Since the Arabs established holiest houses in Islam‚ many Muslims were agitated about the presence of US military. Bin Laden was outraged
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