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In 2003 George W. Bush finally told America that Operation Iraqi Freedom had started. The operation was to kill the dictator Saddam Hussein. They wanted to kill him because he was able to get weapons of mass destruction. The U.S was just one of the military groups there. The countries that were involved were United Kingdom, Australia, Spain, and Poland. So it was a pretty big war. In 2003 the Iraq war started with the U.S military rushing into Iraq. It was an operation to take away the heavy…

Attention Gainer: In a letter to 1st Marine Division in 2003, then Major General James Mattis stated “Demonstrate to the world there is ‘No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy’ than a U.S. Marine.” (2013) Today we will discuss the United States Marine Corps “Division Breakdown” and Transformational Leadership. At this time please silence all cell phones and set aside all of your electronic devices. Please ask as many questions that you would like throughout this presentation. The Marine Corps is a…

Present Conflict in Iraq: Informed or Ignored In the last decade alone, half a million people have died from conflict-related causes in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003 (ABC), and has become the site of intense struggles both domestically and internationally. There have been different types of debates about whether Iraq has improved since the toppling of Saddam Hussain’s government. Opponents of the current conflict believe the worst is over in Iraq and the country has regained stability.…

In July of 1988, Khomeini and the Islamic Republic officially accepted UN Resolution 598, a truce agreement between Iran and Iraq that neither named Iraq as the invader nor made either nation pay war compensations. After 8 continuous years, the war outcomes of the war were drastically destructive to both sides, Iraq and Iran. The Iran Iraq war was not only the longest war in the twentieth century; it was the last conventional war in history. Most of the war routine was made of armored and…

Mr Devine, Unconventional Warfare (UW) inherently links to the Title X versus Title 50 debate. Your comments regarding Special Forces (SF) and the CIA understanding UW while policy makers don’t, is the issue. When the line separating Title X and Title 50 blurs or crosses politicians, this applies to solider and agency personnel too, become nervous. This level of anxiety hinders the application and employment of UW in support of strategic goals. The Harvard National Security Journal Vol 3…

Over the past decade Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) regulatory statutes, treaties, and sanctions have significantly decreased in their efficacy to prevent state and non-state actors from proliferating WMD materials, information, and technology. The World Summit failed miserably to agree upon a singular stance on any particular WMD issue during the 2005 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference sending a clear message that WMD counter-proliferation efforts are no longer a priority. [1]…

Although Washington’s Farewell Address was written 221 years ago, Washington’s words of wisdom stay timeless. Washington laid out valued advice, and even though Washington gave this advice long ago many of it still shows up into today’s events. I believe Washington’s advice should be followed with dignity. $19,943,535,767,897. Most people wouldn’t have even read that whole number, but it doesn’t matter very much because even though I only typed that about 30 seconds ago, it has gone up about 5…

From Lost Innocence to Gained Experience War does not only include army warfare, but also personal experiential wars. Feelings of fear, hostility and indignation dominate peacefulness; as we all identify rivals in the world around us and “pit ourselves” against them so as to have an object for hate. Personal or political wars may result ignorance in the human heart and result in inability to understand self and others. Furthermore, realities of life permeate and threaten peace in the…

Threats and attacks from terrorist groups have caused citizens from many nations to live in fear from what's coming next. Over the past few years the United States have been receiving threats from a militant group in the Middle East called ISIS. The group named ISIS stands for “ Islamic state of Iraq and Syria.” Citizens in the United States are scared and don’t understand why our country isn’t doing anything about it. The United States military should act more aggressively to stop the ongoing…

In beginning the Historical Investigation, I chose my topic of the controversy behind the Tonkin Gulf Resolution because I had an interest in what may have influenced our defeat in the Vietnam War and I wanted to research a topic that not many people may know about. To find the information for my topic, I found a book, Vietnam: A History, which provided an overall perspective of the Vietnam war as a whole, and I found a book concentrating mainly on the controversy of the decision-making system…