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sons seems to have been shot to death in 1889 in a brawl over a women. The other died from Alcoholism-related pneumonia in 1913” (398). In “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” Ambrose Bierce shows the reality and consequences of war for soldiers and civilians and their homes. The short story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge demonstrates the reality of war, especially for both the Union and Confederate Soldiers. “From the battlefields to the home front, the cost of the war was steep...its…

Drones are not the Answer to our Problems Does bombing a terrorist-occupied area actually help decrease terrorism in those areas? Drones do not help with counterterrorism in terrorist occupied areas because they terrorize the population of innocent civilians and cause increased amounts of hate towards the American lifestyle. Also, many people are unintentionally killed by drone strikes. By defining the issues of drones being used to terrorize innocent people, by refuting counter-arguments over…

military, and even innocent bystanders who died just because of where they lived in the world. An astonishing thirty four million civilians were brutally murdered because of what their countries and the military were fighting for. Disturbingly there were more civilian casualties than there were military, and the civilians weren’t the ones out fighting the enemy each day. The civilian casualties wouldn’t have been at such a high figure if the United States had never dropped “Little Boy” and “Fat…

Under its traditional definition, a civilian is presumed to be innocent unless proven otherwise. However, what if the legitimate target looks like a civilian? Uniforms are no longer prevalent among enemy forces and these forces also tend to disguise themselves amongst the civilian population. These two factors of irregular war heighten the difficulty of differentiating between a combatant and a non-combatant. Without a specific uniform and hidden amongst the civilian population, enemy forces are…

police officers harm innocent civilians or otherwise abuse the public they are supposed to serve, that too is even worse than an otherwise comparable crime committed by an ordinary citizen.”12 When a new police officer is sworn in he is to live by the motto outlined by the police department, to protect and serve. Police officers are meant to help the public, and keep citizens safe. The public trusts officers to arrest criminals, find murderers, and keep every civilian on the streets safe.…

world. The unmanned capability of these aircraft combined with precision weaponry has proven to be a highly effective asset to strike at terrorists, all while minimizing risk for U.S. personnel. However, opposition to drone strikes cites innocent civilian casualties and potentially damaging political repercussions as harmful effects of these attacks. The controversy surrounding the U.S. use of armed drones strikes…

between the U.S and the Japanese. Killing many soldiers and civilians. The way many of these people died was by an atomic bomb dropped by the U.S. The United states should not have dropped the bomb because the use of the bomb was illegal, it was racially motivated, and inhumane. The U.S. should not have dropped the bomb because the bomb was illegal. “Any attack on legitimate military objectives must be carried out in such a way that civilians populations in the neighborhood are not bombed…

As such, recognizing the police’s perception of the dual nature of physical structure that MOVE members occupied as both a house in a civilian neighborhood and as a compound of suspects, the understanding of the situation as an eviction that warranted bringing military tools and strategy makes sense. Since the police would be entering a war zone, they had to bring effectively superior tools…

enforcement officers should be required to wear body cameras during their shifts has been widely discussed. In recent years, cases of police brutality have made headlines. The use of body cameras by police officers would protect the officer and the civilians involved in everyday encounters and could provide clear evidence of any misconduct or criminal activity involved in the interaction. This would increase the trust between the police and the community. There are many pros and cons associated…

He argues that “the close-quarters conditions of asymmetric war, widespread civilian participation, the inability to distinguish combatants from noncombatants, and the prospect that each side can adopt tactics without fear of ‘payment in kind’” (Gross 233) has led belligerent to adopt a different paradigm in modern warfare. Such…