101st Airborne Division

In the 1980's, America was at war but not traditionally. America was not committing troops but was investing supplies and money to help defeat the soviets from invading Afghanistan. Many wondered what and how Americans were involved, but most of us knew that communism had to be stopped. Charlie Wilson's War movie portrayed the events during the 1980's and how a Texas congressman succeeded to defeat the soviets. Charlie Wilson's War, otherwise known as Operation Cyclone, is a movie telling the…

who was the Assistant Division Commander for the 1st Marine Division, stated “Lewie’s [COL Puller] command post was located in advance of his battalion commanders.”¹⁸ His position on the battlefield demonstrates his willingness to accept prudent risk when the stakes are high. Another example was when he gave CPT Hunt the mission to take “The Point” which was an important strategic stronghold. COL Puller knew that “The Point” needed to be taken in order to protect the divisions left flank from…

What would you do if someone you knew brother/sister or child was being held hostage and the person that captured them won’t tell you where they are unless you give them $5,000,000? Well for one, I doubt if many people have that much money just sitting around. And secondly don’t think the criminal will tell you he/she is keeping your loved one if you just say please. According to Michael Levin’s “The Case for Torture” torturing the individual might be the best option to get information out of…

Shabbetai Zevi was a Jewish man with a Spanish background who contributed to the history of the Jews. He pretended to be the Messiah and gave the Jews hope during a miserable time. Even though he was not the true Messiah, he gave the Jews someone to believe in. During the 17th Century, everyone thought the Messianic Era was approaching to coincide with the predictions that had been made. After initial disbelief, the Jewish people began to accept that Shabbetai Zevi was the Messiah. He rose…

Medieval Romance consists of many characteristics. They mainly consist and can tie into the codes of chivalry. They can contain fairytale like settings, supernatural elements, and people with heroic qualities. In the movie Seal Team Six There are many scenes and reasons that make this a modern medieval romance. The fact that it is about the mission that was put upon a seal team makes it a medieval romance because they have a job or quest they must complete and they will not stop until they are…

Osama Bin Laden,founder of al-Qaeda, was the most wanted person all over the world for his terrorist attacks, including his biggest terrorist attack against the Pentagon and the World Trade Center. Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden also know as “Osama Bin Laden” started off fighting in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union in 1986. At that time the Soviets sent millions of their troops towards Afghanistan invading them. One of the main causes of this invasion was because the Soviets did not…

By the mid-1990s, a fundamentalist group called the Taliban took control of the country. The Taliban ruled according to Islamic Sharia law and instituted extremely harsh restrictions on the country. Osama Bin Laden, a veteran of the fight against the Soviets, became a leading figure in the Al Qaeda terrorist organization, one of the largest and most sophisticated Islamic terror groups in the world. It was from within Afghanistan that Bin Laden and his followers plotted to strike against the…

In an evaluation of this film, an extraordinary impact will be presented on those who watched it and did not know much about the hunt for Osama Bin Laden. For those who watch this film as their only information of the situation and do no further intelligence gathering on the matter, they are going to be very misinformed. The conflict portrayed in the film was the hunting of Osama as stated earlier in this paper and it was shown extremely poorly within the film. For example, a big discretion…

Osama Bin Laden claimed the support of thousands around the world while causing terror around the globe. The Al Qaeda leader was a supporter of all things violent and was guided by his Islamic beliefs. Osama Bin Laden’s assassination was the result of years of terrorization, oppression, and persecution that aggregated to overall justification of his death, however america has been criticized for the violation of civil rights and the vulgar celebration and assassination of a considered “figure…

Usama ibn Mohammed ibn Awad ibn Ladin, also known as Osama bin Laden, was the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks on September 11th. Bin Laden was responsible for 2,977 overall 9/11 deaths that include the strike at the Pentagon and the airliner crash in Shanksville, Pa.” (McCoy). After a decade in hiding, Bin Laden was found and killed in his compound in Pakistan. While this execution was justified and necessary, many events leading up to it were not. Many individuals who were thought to…