...''Tonight to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans, I ask for your support,… for the more divided we are at home, the less likely the enemy is to negotiate …. Let us be united for peace. Let us also be united against defeat. Because let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that "(Nixon). After President Nixon got elected, he wanted to gradually fade out the Vietnam War, because he did no want his American citizens getting killed. In the speech “the great silent majority” Richmond M. Nixon uses pathos, logos, and rhetorical questions in order to slowly fade the Americans out of the Vietnam War, and to persuade Americans this was a good plan. To start off, President...
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...World War I World War one was a outrageous war that hurt a lot of innocent people. And the following reasons are why I think that the U.S should have not gone to war. I think the U.S should not go to war because I honestly think that there was no reason for America to interfere. Should the United States have entered the war? The first reason why i think the U.S should not go to war is because wars cost a lot of money. A lot of money was needed to provide the weapons,transportation,and the basic needs for the soldiers. This money didn't come cheap, people got taxed and war bond got developed. One positive side about this was that more jobs have gotten open to help make weapons. My second reason why the united states should have not go to war is because it was not there war to fight. The war was between Germany and Great Britain. Germany had attacked britain, and the americans died on the lusitania. The United States were trade partners with Great Britain and Germany didn't like it because the united states were helping out Great Britain with supplies. But sooner or later this lead germany attacking U.S ships that were sent.After they attacked the ships the u.s had no choice but to declare war. Although the u.s were weak britain could easily have defended itself without any american help whatsoever. Another reason why is because we just might have declared an embargo against the shipping from the american ports of any of the merchandise to either one of these governments that...
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...Should we the colonists go to war for peace? Patrick Henry presented a speech to the Virginia Congress to try to convince them to go to war with Great Britain because we the colonies want our liberty. Patrick Henry used logical appeal to try to persuade them. The colonies should go to war with Great Britain. Patrick Henry altercated that Great Britain is preparing for war. Patrick Henry claims, " They are meant for us; they can be meant for no other", because Great Britain has the enemy that they have called forth their accumulation of navies and armies toward (Henry 45-48). We defend this argument because Great Britain has sent their soldiers into our soil control us, and they still envisage us to let their soldiers into our...
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...Going To War Com/156 Going To War In today’s world there are many wars and rumors of wars. No matter where we turn we are hearing about one conflict or another. Often it make one wonder has there ever been peace in the world. Looking back on history our world has constantly moved from one war to the next. Trying to understand why it is that mankind feels the need to fight one another is not simple to answer. Many reasons have been given as to why war are started everything from religion, expansionism, ethnic cleansing and even in the name of peace itself. No matter what the reason is that people claim to be fighting for when you get down to the basic of it all. In the end people go to war for power and control, even when the purpose or perception to do so suggests otherwise. To better understand the reason wars are started we need first talk about why people go to war. Matthew O. Jackson and Massimo Morelli wrote (when researching for the book “The Handbook on the Political Economy of War.”) a list of the reason why people go to war. They included the following: religion, revenge, ethnic cleansing and other ideological mass killings, asymmetric information, bargaining failures, first strike advantages and preemptive war. (2009, The Reasons for Wars – an Updated Survey). As complete as this list was I found that often the reason for war was not simply one of the above topics. Often those declaring the wars would use multiple reasons as for the need. This often...
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...War has been, and always will be a harsh reality within every single society today. In “War is kind,” by Stephen Crane is a horrific poem which contrasts between the reasoning of war, and the experience of war. The poet uses several language devices such as irony and setting to help me understand a main idea of War being anything but kind. In the poem, the poet has 5 stanza’s- These of which he has set out extremely confusing but of which convey the idea of War being horrible. The odd numbered stanza’s (1,3,5) tell the audience that it has something to do with someone who informs the families when the soldier has died. Stephen Crane is constantly talking about someone as if they had been “shot” or killed. “Because your lover threw wild hands toward the sky,” as if the solider has been shot and jolted forward as he dropped dead. He repeats at the end of each stanza of 1,3 and 5 “Do not weep. War is kind.” This indicates that someone was informing the family that the soldier had died. Stanza’s 2 and 4 (the even numbered stanza’s) shows that it has something to do with someone who commands soldiers on a battlefield, “these men were born to drill and die,” as if someone is commanding and reminding them the reason why they were there at war. We see the Irony of the poem when in paragraph 1,3 and 5 are repeated “Do not weep, maiden for war is kind”, “do not weep, babe, for war is kind”, and the last “do not weep. War is kind!”. This is effective because the irony is, is that War...
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...Everyone makes mistakes whether the mistake is intentional or unintentional there is a lesson to be learned from every mistake, similar to what Timothy Findley portrayed in the short story “War”. In this short story there is a boy named Neil who is a young 10 year old visiting a friend, Arthur Robertson over the summer in Muskoka Ontario. Throughout the story Neil shares his experiences of 1940 he has when Neil’s father registers to join the army to fight in World War II. Throughout the story Neil questions himself about what he had done wrong that is making his father leave. Findley examines three different conflicts within the story in which the protagonist must overcome to completely understand why his father is leaving. The first conflict Neil overcomes his thoughts is Neil himself verses his own self-conscious, The second conflict Neil faces is when Neil verses society lastly the final conflict Neil overcomes is Neil verses his parents all of these conflicts help Neil overcome his feelings for his father’s departure. Findley’s short story “War” is about a depressed young boy whose father is being deployed to fight in the war. Findley shows a hidden relation along the lines of how Neil’s character development is shaped by conflicts in the story. Timothy Findley shows young Neil go through a series of events that help him overcome his feelings for his father. There are multiple ways that help Neil overcome the feelings that he has over his father joining the army. One...
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...6 countries without congress approval that he had felt had something to do with 9/11. In this article we will talk about why it is wrong that the president has the power to bomb anyone, also we will talk about what power the president has, and what power the congress has. Unfortunately the majority of American does not know the power the president has and to what extent he can use it. According to Article II of the US Constitution the president has the power to control the military which includes The Army, The Navy, and The National Guard; however the president cannot send the Army off to war without the...
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...America is at war. We have been fighting drug abuse for almost a century. Four Presidents have personally waged war on drugs. Unfortunately, it is a war that we are losing. Drug abusers continue to fill our courts, hospitals, and prisons. The drug trade causes violent crime that ravages our neighborhoods. Children of drug abusers are neglected, abused, and even abandoned. The only beneficiaries of this war are organized crime members and drug dealers. The United States has been engaged in a “war” for nearly 25 years. A war in which there is a great deal of confusion as to why we are engaged in it, and if we are in the war for the right reasons. The resolution of the war is curtailed by varying opinions and subjective statistical proof. The war which has been a continuing struggle, is the “war on drugs” At the heart of this war is a fundamental question: Is this a battle the United States can win? It is likely everyone will agree drugs are harmful, they have serious medical side-effects. Drugs are addictive; can ruin a family, a job, a life. I agree that drugs have very negative side effects, but is the solution to fight a very costly and ineffective battle to eradicate drugs entirely? Is this even a possibility? I am not so sure, and this paper will show that the war on drugs has likely caused much more harm than good. Further, it will explain why not all drugs are the same, explore some options, and look at the future of the United States, and of the world ...
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...-Rifles For Watie- The Civil War had a total of more than 650,000 deaths. Many of these deaths were made through tough decision making. Each decision could affect the future of the individuals in the war. Each army man benefited their sides of the fight. Each individual worked countless hours for their side. That is why decision making is so crucial in war. In a book called Rifles For Watie, the main character named Jefferson Davis Bussey, made the decision of volunteering for the army. He became part of the Kansas Volunteers. On his way to the army, two other men joined him to go serve in the army. His decision was the first main decision that would affect his life and experiences throughout the book. For the duration of the book, he makes many compromises and agreements that will change army life and even his future. Some decisions were extremely tough to choose. He could not seem to figure out if his decisions had a wrong answer. That is why some decisions are difficult to make because they are neither wrong nor right. Jeff's...
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...“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” - G.K. Chesterton. This quote shows Tim O’Brien’s feeling towards going to Vietnam in The Things They Carried. The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien talks about a platoon of U.S. Soldiers in Vietnam, organized in short stories. O’Brien’s decision to go to war reflects mine. The reasons include a love for the country, a duty to serve, and a desire to be a part of something bigger than myself. First, service would happen because of a love for America. America is a place to be proud of, it is and a place of security. O’Brien, who is weary of the war says “Who started it? When, where, and why?” (O’Brien 38) A feeling of uncertainty...
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...Michael Willar Professor Walton International Relations 04-14-2013 “Major war will not occur in the future because the international community has created a set of international institutions that make it impossible.“ Many people believe that a major war will not happen again because international institutions would prevent it. I tend to agree with that notion because I believe that many things have changed since the last great power war in the 20th century. The League of Nations was the primary international institution after World War I. The United States however was not a member and the League of Nations, often failing to resolve conflicts in a diplomatic manner. Post World War II, many other international institutions were created which had the objective to manage the world economy and prevent another major war. These institutions included the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, the European Union, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and the World Trade Organization (WTO). The league of nations turned into the United Nations (UN), which today has a total of 193 member states. The UN suggests that every country has a desire to solve conflicts diplomatically first and not start a war immediately. In case a country has a conflict with another country , both can state their cases and opinions in front of the United Nations. The United Nations then tries to mediate between those countries and solve the conflict diplomatically without any military...
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...Hiroshima, a peaceful place in current times where children go to school, parents go to work, and the citizens come to live in peace and harmony for the most part, but this was not the case if it were over 70 years ago. During world war two, Hiroshima was one of the main military bases for imperial japan fighting with the axis powers; they declared war on American ground by bombing Pearl Harbor in 1941 in response we went to war with them. About 4 years later the U.S. have perfected the atomic bomb and dropped it on japan after Truman gave the ok, this bomb was a devastating blow to Imperial Japan taking out about 75,000 people at once. Shortly after Hiroshima we bombed Nagasaki to which japan decided to surrender to the allied powers. Why does any of this matter? Well in today’s world as an ongoing topic, everyone in both japan and today’s America ask why drop the bombs to begin with? Why kill so many to end a war...
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...Richie Burner ENWR-106 How to Tell a True War Story 26 February, 2013 If you don’t know how to analyze writing and don’t understand metaphoric speaking then this is not a story for you. O’Brien constantly goes against every Americans thoughts of a war story; he tells the reader that they’re all fake. O’Brien believes war stories don’t actually have to do with people do with heroic things, because every solider is a hero. The average person who was not in combat would not get a true war story because no one has experienced what soldier’s experience. They have seen things and felt things emotionally that no other person will ever see or feel. A ex soldier out look on life is completely different than your average person because they are use to different life style. So all this boils down to one thing, no one will ever understand soldier’s and O’Brien uses “How to Tell a True War Story” to prove this. Through out the story O’Brien talks to the reader as if they don’t know anything. Although he has to approach the reader like this so he can thoroughly explain his point. Since no one understands a soldier’s life he has to write this way, the misunderstanding of soldiers is proven within the first page of the story when rat explains his friend to his sister in a letter that he sent her. “ Stainless steel balls, Rat tells her. The guy was a little crazy, for sure, but crazy in a good way, a real daredevil, because he liked the challenge of it, he liked testing him self, just...
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...‘There are no just causes for war’ Many argue that there are just reasons for going to war however others state that there are no just reason at all, some reasons to go to war can be fighting for human rights or defending your religion however these can be overseen due to the amount of innocent people who die during war. A just reason for war may be to restore or protect human rights. Many people will claim or demand for better human rights and will want to oppose anyone who will go against them, this is a just reason for war as people are standing together and uniting as one to get what they want which is a better life. Augustine said that a just cause for going to war was ‘defending from attack’, if human rights were violated citizens may feel attacked and under threat therefore in order to restore peace they will have to go to war as they will see this as the only sensible response. The general rule is that only those people fighting you are legitimate targets of attack. Those who are not fighting should not be attacked as this would violate their human rights. Another just cause for going to war is self-defence; the clearest just cause is acting against an aggressor, for example in an invasion, many people are patriotic and would rather die instead of giving up their country to invaders therefore will start a war as a sense of self defence. Augustine said that a just cause for war was ‘recapturing things taken’; this view can be used here as invaders would be trying to...
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...about the Vietnam War, such as dates, places that the war took place, and straight statistics of the war. The parts that were left out are the tragedies, and the permanent scars this war left. Students are told about the number of deaths that occurred, but they are not told about the lives that were affected, or how disturbing the war really was to the soldiers that fought in it. Much can be interpreted by what people write. The great thing about interpretations is that each writing can be interpreted differently. Just like Tim O'Brien's book titled "The Things They Carried." It is a very deep and touching collection of stories about the Vietnam War and many people’s experiences in this destructive war. One story that is a touching and very intriguing is titled, "The Man I Killed." A reader can look at this story and relate it back to things they learned in school, but the point of the story is not this but rather things that cannot be taught in public schools. This specific story goes inside a soldier's mind and shows the reader what they are thinking when they kill someone. The way that O'Brien starts this story is with great description that helps the reader visualize what is going on. He describes a mangled body that someone had recently killed; again not part of teachings in public schools. The story goes on to tell what the victims background may have been in the eyes of the soldier. How maybe he was a scholar and his parent’s farmers, or maybe why this young man was...
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