War on Terror Do you ever have one of those moments in your life in which you will never forget where you were? I remember waking up early on September 11‚ 2001‚ getting ready for school and my dad telling me hurry up to watch the news with him. Being in 8th grade at the time‚ the news really wasn’t something I would watch in the mornings so I knew it had to be something important. Then I saw it. An airplane crashing into a tower‚ people panicking‚ and mayhem ensuing in a city very well known to
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Justified in Going to War With Mexico? Page 2 Was the United States Justified in Going to War With Mexico?
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once said‚ “My first wish is to see this plague of mankind‚ war‚ banished from the earth” ( www.brainyquote.com) This shows that among historical figures against war‚ George Washington‚ general in one of the biggest defining moments in American history is against the commodity he was a part of for so long. People all over the world have fought each other since ancient times‚ Mesopotamia in 2700 BCE being the first war ever recorded. War seems unavoidable‚ but when thought deeply about‚ it is believed
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| |7/27/2010 | |CAUSES OF WAR | | | | AKINBAMIRO MICHAEL AKINLABI War is a behavior pattern exhibited by many primate species including humans‚ and also found
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The French colonization of Indochina‚ consisting of Vietnam‚ Laos and Cambodia was over‚ when Laos became a French protectorate in 1893. The Second World War opened new avenues for anti-colonial movements in Southeast Asia. On the wake of the Japanese occupation of Indochina‚ the Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969) set up Vietnam Doc Lap Dong Minh Hoi (League for the Independence of Vietnam) or Viet Minh. He gave the call in August 1945 to liberate Vietnam and Hanoi was occupied. The
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The Vietnam War throughout history has been debated as whether or not it was a necessary war. Some say the war is considered necessary because President Truman was simply trying to help stop the increase of communism in Southeast Asia so that communism wouldn’t spread to other nations. While others say the war was unnecessary because it was the first war the United States lost. In the text‚ Major Problems of American History‚ it was stated that people even consider America’s involvement in the Vietnam
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repression‚ and humiliation from other nations to "they hate our values”. We have such a strong and prominent position in the “war on terror” that it has gone to the point that if a terrorist can create fear in America‚ he can do it anywhere else. However‚ people such as Phillip Gordon‚ Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy‚ believe that there’s only one solution to win the war on terror; he noted- “Victory will come only when Washington succeeds in discrediting the terrorists ’ ideology and undermining
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In the book The Trojan War‚ by Bernard Evslin‚ Ulysses and Agamemnon both contribute to the Greek’s victory. Many considered Ulysses to be the real brains behind the Greek forces. Although Agamemnon was the leader of the Greeks‚ many would say he was not a good one. Even though Agamemnon did some good deeds during the war‚ many of his actions caused problems‚ and Ulysses often had to come to his rescue. With Ulysses on the Greeks side they had amazing intelligence and bravery. Many great things
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War is not a game people play to win prizes or gain recognition for their skill. After one side surrenders‚ and a treaty is signed‚ one side does go home feeling like a winner. Both sides suffer irreplaceable losses. For this reason‚ there are no true winners in war. Some people may feel that they came out of the war victoriously‚ but as Agatha Christie said‚ To win a war is as disastrous as to lose one. For example‚ in the American Revolution‚ we won‚ but is it really victory when 8‚000 Americans
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The Vietnam War greatly changed America forever. It was the longest war fought in America’s history‚ lasting from 1955 to 1973. The Vietnam War tarnished America’s self image by becoming the first time in history the United States failed to accomplish its stated war aims‚ to preserve a separate‚ independent‚ noncommunist government. It was the first war ever broadcast on television. The public was able to see what happened on the battlefield. One of the chief effects of the war was the division it
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