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Images last week from an ISIS video appearing to show a child executing a hostage were horrific. The very idea of the "cubs of the caliphate," as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria dubs them, is stomach-churning.”) This statement and photos show that the children in the video are no more than 14 years old thus they would not have had enough experience in the world to make the right decision. (captaindarwin ) While some did this do to lack of experience while others did this because they were…

History has always prevailed itself by showing people fighting over territorial sanctions, ideas revolving around politics as well as the simplicity of faith itself. It’s these motions ad violence that affect us as humans. It greatly impacts the ideology of political and economical interest to society today, a pursuit that radicalizes a forth coming of how wars will leave a rationalized foot print in history to come. Through wars one is able to assert their dominance and through that one is able…

Terrorism and 9/11 INTRODUCTION Events in 9/11 had to involve Al-Qaeda which is in Afghanistan and Iraq because both countries invaded the U.S and destroyed ones’ property in so many unexpected ways and too many times. President Bush stated that they all will be defeated. The U.S did respond to 9/11 appropriately because of the protection from security and borders to protect our country. In this paper i will explain how i believe that the U.S responded to 9/11 appropriately. I will also…

According to Washington Post, American Sniper is about a retired Navy SEAL sniper, Chris Kyle, one of the most deadliest snipers in the United States military history. He has a confirmed “160 official confirmed “kills” in the Iraq War, between 2003 and 2009 (“Sinai”).” Chris Kyle attempted two times to join the Navy; luckily “on the second time, a recruiter asked if he was interested in becoming a SEAL (“Sinai”).” Washington Post wrote that Chris Kyle “joined the Navy in February of 1999,…

Since the beginning of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, many service men and women come home and “return with a war that keeps haunting their dreams, their memories, and their behavior." Marguerite Guzman Bouvard convinces the reader that service men and women are tormented by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and return home with invisible wounds caused by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which affect their ability to reintegrate with their previous lives. She states society fears some…

The United States government is made up of three branches, the judicial, legislative, and executive. Each branch has specific powers, some of which they share. Of the three branches, the executive and legislative branches are supposed to be the primary two holders of the war powers. I believe that through history it has been shown that the legislative branch and the executive branch are fairly equal with one another when it comes to their war powers. There have been several occurrences…

the United States Watch List of Terrorist Suspects. He was held in the United States for the next thirteen days for questioning. After the thirteen days he was sent to Syria where Arar spent the next year being tortured. He was released on October, 2003 after the Canadian government’s investigation on Maher Arar. The Syrian Ambassador, announced that there was no connection between Mahar Arar and terrorism. The reason he was Sent to Syria was because of an American program known as…

formation hearing the names of the fallen being called out. Most memorials services were held in an open area at the flagpole of the compound. With the flag flapping from the winds, names would be called off. Whether it was one name or multiple, every single one rang like a shot being fired in the air. As the name is called off you look at the desert colored pair of boots, with the rifle in the middle, helmet on top, and the dog tags dangling off the rifle. Every service I attended I noticed the…

What is the Just War theory? According to Augustine there is no right to kill. One can kill only under the authority of God. Augustine believed that in wars there was a right intention. He also state that wars should not be fought with hatred, that they should be a desire to defeat evil and injustice. “The wise man will wage just wars”. This means that they are not fighting just to get paid. There are seven criteria by which a war can be judged to be just. Among the rules are Just Cause, there…

Everyone has heard of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Whether you see her on a debate or on Fox News, you probably have heard a lot about her. On the other hand, not everyday do we hear about her fellow Democrat running, Bernie Sanders. What distinguishes Sanders from all other candidates is that he refuses to accept large campaign contributions from large corporations. This allows him to remain uninfluenced by corporate interests. Other candidates may find it difficult to ignore…