...Ending the War in Iraq for our Military Troops Point Paper Final Bernetta Epps Contemporary International Problems-POL300 Ending the War in Iraq for our Military Troops Brief Background It all begin on September 11, 2001 (now known as 9/11) when 19 Islamist terrorist hijacked four American commercial passenger jet airliners. New our City Twin Towers were the first to be hit. One plane hit one tower and half hour later; a second plane hit the other tower. Everyone on board was killed along with thousands on the towers and surrounding the area. The impact of both airplanes caused both towers to collapse. The third plane hit the Pentagon in Washington D.C. also killing everyone on board. The fourth plane crashed into a field with no survivors. There were a total of 2,974 people who were killed in this attack on the United States. Ninety countries lost citizens to the attack at the world trade center in New York. The United States of America was under attack by terrorist. The United States was not prepared, did not see it coming and had to gain control. President George W. Bush announced to hic country we were now going to war. President Bush sent our military troops over to Iraq to fight for three main reasons. First, Bush sent the troops over to Iraq to find weapons of mass destruction. Second, Iraq had sponsored the terrorism that happened on 9/11. And third, to capture Osama Bin Laden. The United States military troops were to be a war for how...
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...Referring to my FY2021 Defense Budget, I maintain the position of spending 67% on infrastructure and 33% on war-fighting systems, which includes any marginal spending. Since infrastructure is a critical element of warfighting capability, maintaining the stated proportions is vital for consistency and effectiveness. In fact, treating trade-offs at the margin in the same manner as budgeted spending indorses future defense budget spending levels. Relative to infrastructure, while some employees consider infrastructure important for their performance, some others feel the work itself is more central to their performance. In fact, infrastructure allows a person and their loved ones to have an improved quality of life, yet also leverages the...
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...than a Thousand Bayonets.” The military – media relations have been characterized by mutual suspicion, disagreement and competing objectives (Carlos, 2003). This is because the military adopt the principle of secrecy for execution of its operations as opposed to that of openness adopted by the media. The military conducts its operations in a manner that offers the best conditions of security for personnel, equipment and the aim of the operation. On the other hand, the media considers it a duty to inform the public about events as and when they unfold without any imposed restraint, especially during conflict. However, the nature of modern warfare has necessitated that the media and military compliments each other’s roles in order to build a virile nation. This is because, the influence of media on military operations is invaluable. The media has the capacity to influence the conduct of hostilities, particularly through its impact on popular sentiment. In order to maximize the effects of media on military operations, commanders must grant unrestricted access to journalists during operations without jeopardizing the operational plan. This will not only encourage team bonding between the media and military, but...
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...affects the things you want most, more than others. There are two things that motivate me more than anything else; my family, and my careers in the military and as a civilian. My family is very important to me. Especially my daughters; they mean the world to me. As a father, I want to be able to give my children more than what I had. Having a degree will open up more opportunities, so I can better provide for my family and me. I have been in the Army National Guard for over six years. This has assisted me with being able to go school. Having tuition assistance through the military gives me no excuse to not be able to afford school. Earning my degree will allow me to further my career, and allow me to pursue the officer side of the military. One of my other big motivators is fighting. I began fighting four years ago, and haven’t looked back. I’m currently an amateur, but will be fighting professionally in the very near future. The money I earn from fighting will be used to invest and set myself up for a better future. I will eventually retire from fighting and the military. Then I can utilize my degree to pursue financial and business endeavors. Between my work experience and my degree, the sky is the limit! There will be many challenges along the way. Such as; time management, computer issues, scheduling conflicts, military duties, to name a few of many possible challenges. Having a great support system is one way to deal with challenges. Letting family and friends...
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...while serving in the military. The (DADT) also prohibits superiors from initiating investigations of a service member's sexual preference without credible evidence of "homosexual conduct”. The policy should be repealed because the personal privacy of someone should not dictate their fighting ability or duty fulfillment as long as the job is being done correctly. According to The Declaration of Independence, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”(Jefferson, Thomas). The great thing about being in America is that a person can be whatever or whomever he or she pleases; people are supposed to be able to express themselves in any way, shape, or form. The psychological toll on gay and lesbian service members has come at a great cost; they are forced to conceal their identities and live in fear of being “outed” (Samuels 10). The only thing a person wants to do is live their life, and be treated equally. Prejudice and ignorance are two of the most disturbing problems of our society today. The way gay soldiers are treated today is no exception. Many have been forced to resign due to their sexual orientation, which has little or nothing to do with their ability as soldiers. People should not be judged on the basis of their sexuality, an issue which has nothing to do with your strength, will, and fighting ability to serve...
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...War Reporting Journalism covers the principles of reporting in different circumstances such as the time-based news as in press conferences or untimely news of crisis, disasters and conflicts. Even though the reporting objectives are vast, and the journalists are expected to perform their duties without any fear or bias, it is the responsibility of the journalists to observe certain ethical considerations. At times, what journalists consider their responsibility may prove to be harmful for others. The policy of embedded journalism is debated mainly because, it compromises the military’s safety, security and strategy, through its bias and unethical reports; the presence of embedded journalists should not be allowed alongside fighting forces. Ethics of Journalism and War Reporting The question whether something is ethical or not, is gaining worldwide scrutiny these days. With the advent of social media, people have access to so much detail regarding the circumstances of the world. The journalists who are active through social media seem to provide all the minor details to their followers notwithstanding the ethical aspect of such information. The line between what is professional journalism and what is not is getting thinner every day with unnecessary reports being presented to the media consumers. Journalists seem to forget the ethical aspects of journalism when they report about someone’s personal issue. ...
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...foreign affairs and military strategies. In President Richard Nixon introduced the “Guam doctrine” during a trip to Guam on July 25th 1969 which would coincide with the exact day in which American forces would start their retreat from the jungles of Vietnam. This doctrine being issues was seen by the President as a way of reversing the countries previous stance of protectionism encouraging the countries allies to use greater resources in their own defense allowing the U.S to have the ability to respond to the new international issues it was facing during the cold war. President Nixon believed this was an important stance for the country to take as The nation’s military was being spread too thin and could not keep going at this pace without the ability of these nations to supplement the U.S. military with their own forces. This step would make it more realistic for the U.S. to continue to assist these nations with economic and military assistance. During the cold war the relationship between the U.S. and Vietnam was at an all-time low as the U.S was entrenched alongside the South Vietnamese in a war against the communist held North. This fighting has been ongoing since the 1950’s when Ho Chi Minh came into power and was seeking to spread his power to the south. In 1960 a team of specialist sent to Vietnam by President Kennedy recommended the U.S. increase the amount of economic and military aid to the South Vietnamese. By 1963 the number of military personnel from the U...
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...Grant and Lee Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee are two of the most effective military leaders in American history. These men have become symbolic of the two nations at conflict during the Civil War. Both had very different backgrounds and personalities. One grew up in the North and the other in the South. These very different regions shaped each man to become great military leaders. The civil war had many great soldiers fighting for what they thought was right for their country. It also had some of the greatest generals the United States of America has ever seen, sadly, some of these generals were on the losing side, but this fact does not make them any less great. [117] General Robert E. Lee grew up with and stood for a noble way of life. He believed in tradition, and personified that with English knights and country squires. (Catton 319) He assorted to the fact that all men were alike and the chances that were given to them should be equal for all. Lee believed that esteem and fortune came through land ownership, and felt that there...
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...word SLOVYANSK, Ukraine – Fresh violence erupted in eastern Ukraine on Friday as fighting broke out around a eastern city that has become the focus of an armed pro-Russian insurgency as government troops made attempts to retake control. Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said the offensive "effectively destroyed the last hope for the implementation of the Geneva agreements" which were intended to defuse the crisis. A Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman told Fox News that two Ukrainian helicopters were shot down and two of their crewmembers were killed. Several Ukrainian soldiers were injured in the fighting around the southeastern city of Slovyansk. The Ukrainian Security Service said its forces were fighting "highly skilled foreign military men" in Slovyansk. The Security Service said one helicopter was shot down with a surface-to-air missile, which they said countered Russia's claims that the city is under control of civilians who took up arms. Stella Khorosheva, a spokeswoman for the pro-Russian militants, said one of their men was killed and another injured. She offered no further details. A Reuters photographer said he saw a military helicopter open fire on the outskirts of the town and a reporter heard gunfire. Pro-Russia forces told Reuters they were under attack and that at least one helicopter had been shot down. Vyacheslav Ponomarev, the insurgency-appointed mayor of Slovyansk, told Fox News that three Ukrainian helicopters had been shot down...
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...of the bloodiest wars in history. It first started on august first 1914 and ended november eleventh 1918. The two sides fighting the war were the Central powers and the Allies. There are arguably many different reasons for the cause of this war. These causes include militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism. Militarism is a policy of glorifying war and having an army ready to fight at all times. Alliances are agreements between countries to fight with each other during war. Imperialism is a policy of colonizing weaker countries for resources. Nationalism is the belief that people should be loyal mainly to their own country. The main underlying causes of World War I are militarism and alliances. Militarism is a policy of glorifying war. Countries that practiced militarism would spend great amounts of money on their militaries. In the year 1914, Great Britain spent 79 million pounds on their military with over fifty percent of that money going towards their navy (Document C). In the same year, Germany spent over 100 million pounds on their...
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...The United States had a victory in the Revolutionary War for multiple reasons. They were able to be relatively organized under General Washington, had the drive that comes with fighting for a cause, had a “home turf” advantage, and were able to fight a defensive war, while the English were fighting offensively. America also had allied itself with France, successfully helping its army. The first aspect to note is England’s side of the war. England severely underestimated the colonists, especially initially. While there were many Americans that George Washington or other leaders could draw from for their military, they had no formal standing army and had a severe lack of citizens with any military training. Due to the fact that America...
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...Building and War-fighting in Historical Perspective 4 Post Cold War Approaches to Nation-building: The Case of the United States: 6 Nation Building and War fighting: A Snapshot of the Record 8 Germany and Japan: misleading historical lessons, specious claims: 9 CONCLUSION 10 BIBLIOGRAPHY 11 ASSESS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WAR-FIGHTING AND NATION-BUILDING. Nothing is, and will remain in such short supply in the greater majority of the polities of the world’s ‘countryside’, as a sense of political community; and yet no such crucial term as ‘nation building’ has of recent been subjected to so much trivialisation and casual usage. This essay attempts to lay out what it is that nation building entails, as a background to assessing whatever linkage it may have with war fighting, causally or by coincidence. I outline existing schools of thought on nation building and demonstrate that it bore a clear relationship with war fighting especially in the dusk of the extensive empires of Western Europe. I argue that the United States had a much rosier experience by virtue of its geographical isolation, and of being constituted by an immigrant population, and as such, it may the least qualified actor to enforce nation building however construed. The essay points out the prevailing fallacy of conflating short-term post-conflict reconstruction with protracted nation building and state making and concludes by asserting that, recent ‘successes’ in war fighting and ‘nation...
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...the Chinese government sent in their military armed with loaded weapons, ordered to clear the square by 6 a.m. on June 4th. The video of the square shown was all different clips that were recorded by foreign reporters and photographers who were watching the scenes in horror from the balconies of the hotels overlooking the square. The interviews with those reporters as well as the former student leaders who were there at the protests are used to give detail on the timeline of the events that...
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...had. The reds were victorious in the civil war due to the skill and leadership of Trotsky who had been made commissar for war in 1918. He restored harsh military discipline and professionalism to the ‘worker’s and peasants red army’ by reintroducing the death penalty for those who did wrong which meant that men were made to fight as more of an effective fighting force. He also reorganised the army and so it had a strict hierarchy and he brought back thousands of former Tsarist officers to train and command the units. To do this he held their families hostage which meant that their loyalty was ensured. In addition to this he attached a political commissar to each army of the unit and ended soldiers committee’s and officer’s elections which meant that the loyalty of the officers was ensured so he would retain power, For those men who were unable to fight, due to age or physical inability, formed labour battalions. This meant that the Front received more help and nobody had an excuse to not fight in the army and so it would prevent people from thinking they could use injuries to get out of the fighting. His good leadership is significant because he gave the military direction and so they were able to fight in a co-ordinated way which meant that they were a more effective fighting force. Although Trotsky was not much of a military strategist, he was the overall person in charge and his strengths were his energy, passion and organisational abilities. He made regular visits...
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...American Involvement in the Vietnam War Late 1940’s: America began sending aid to the French fighting in Vietnam and the rest of Indochina. France was fighting the Communist rebels led by Ho Chi Minh. 1954: Ho Chi Minh defeated the French. America became officially involved trying to stop Communists in Vietnam. Financial aid and military advisors were sent to help the South Vietnamese fight Northern Communists as they fighting in the South. The U.S. worked with Ngo Dinh Diem and other leaders to set up a separate government in the South. The U.S. worked with Ngo Dinh Diem, the South Vietnamese Premiere, to create separate governments in the South. President Dwight Eisenhower expressed concerns over Domino Theory. He believed that if Vietnam fell completely to Communism, then Communism would spread elsewhere, like how if the first domino falls, the rest follow. The Domino Theory is the central reason for America’s involvement in Vietnam. 1954-1964: U.S. involvement in Vietnam continued to increase. Eisenhower sends military advisors to South Vietnam to train South Vietnamese Army. 1964: August: North Vietnam attacked the USS Maddox in international waters. Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that allowed President Johnson to increase America’s military involvement. It allowed him to "take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack...and to prevent further aggression." 1965: Pleiku Raid: Viet Cong attacked a Marine barracks killing eight and injuring over a...
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