Drone Warfare‚ enacted by George Bush and expanded on by President Obama to provide a haven for Americans against the terrorist group‚ al-Qaeda. The use of weaponized unmanned surveillance drones allowed for far better independent targeting decisions‚ rather than retrieving intelligence from sources within the real country where the warfare would take place. These strategic implications created a question among Americans‚ is the use of drones to target individuals right? This question has arisen
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Shailey Ostlund Final Exam—English 11 AP For a story to be considered a true war story‚ according to Tim O’Brien in his book The Things They Carried‚ it has to fit specific parameters set up by O’Brien himself. There has to be no moral‚ no generalizations‚ no covering up the brutality of war‚ and it doesn’t have to be real. The characters and plot points don’t have to be real or even believable this is true‚ however the story does have to portray real feelings and emotions about war‚ and not try
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Chemical Warfare Final Draft Do you think it’s right to use chemical toxins to harm or kill people who are defending‚ or fighting for their lives? I don’t and that is why I am aganist chemical warfare. There are other ways which can be used to defend your country without taking away the lives of many people in such a barbaric fashion. Chemical warfare takels many innocent lives even when they haven’t done anything wrong! Chemical warfare is a way of torturing people with nerve‚ blister‚ and choking
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In If I Die in a Combat Zone‚ author Tim O’Brien argued that the Vietnam War was unjust through his depictions of his internal struggles‚ the soldiers’ experiences in Vietnam‚ and how lives were pointlessly altered. To begin‚ O’Brien argued that the war was unjust through his depictions of his internal struggles. For instance‚ the author expressed his opposition to the war and sought counsel in an attempt to relieve his distress. When O’Brien expressed his concerns to the chaplain‚ the chaplain
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1. Dehumanising aspect of war The anti-war poem ‘Homecoming’ delineates the dehumanising aspect of wars upon the human race as a whole. With the usage of visual imagery throughout the poem‚ Dawe accomplishes in writing poetry that has an extensive universal appeal underlining the savage but real nature of war. “The noble jets are whining like hounds” produces a simile which accentuates the explicit baleful components of war. The quote produced despises dogs as sympathetic feelers of human emotion
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It was a very hot and humid day. I will never forget that awful day. I just had gotten home from work; the traffic that day was horrible. The mail was in top of my dining room table‚ and there it was on top of all the mail‚ the only thing o saw on the envelope was draft and I was the addressee. My reaction was “Oh My God”‚ my heart was pounding very heart it felt like it was about to jump out of my chest‚ my ears were burning. All I could think was that we are told that we are helping people and
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English III (B) The Leader Without Leadership During the war‚ there must be a leader who is responsible for the whole team and is able to lead a group of people. In the novel‚ The Things They Carried written by Tim O’Brien shows many different kinds of leaders during the Vietnam War. Jimmy Cross is one of the leaders in the book. He represents the failure as being a lieutenant of Alpha Company. As being a failure‚ he often gets distracts on a girl named Martha‚ who is his unrequested college
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Tim O’Brien wrote The Things They Carry‚ an emotional story about soldiers leaving home to fight in the Vietnam War and the items they carried with them. O’Brien begins his story‚ when soldiers go into combat and overseas to serve our country include military issue equipment as well as personal items‚ which hold memories of fear or emotional value. O’Brien shows readers the weight soldiers carry while serving in the military. The love for family and country are important and how memories can be carried
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Students are taught about what war was like in the past but they have never been able to see what it looked like. Oliver Stone’s movie Platoon showed the main character (Chris Taylor) and his companions throughout the war. The movie showed what happened during the Vietnam war and how it changed the view of soldiers from the beginning of entering the war to the end. Some major themes were Empathy vs. Ruthlessness because we see Sergeant Elias being understanding when taking over the village because
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The ordeal that a soldier experiences during a war is often unshakable‚ haunting both memories and the current happenings in one’s life. In the beginning of The Things They Carried‚ by Tim O’Brien‚ O’Brien describes the lasting turmoil both he and Lieutenant Jimmy Cross feel as a result of the war: “... Jimmy rubbed his eyes and said he’d never forgiven himself for Lavender’s death. It was something that would never go away‚ he said quietly‚ and I nodded and told him I feel the same about certain
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