Abu Ghraib

One of the many Army clichés LTC Kunk tries to operate by is “teach, coach, [and] mentor” (Fredrick, 2017, p 27). Teaching, coaching, and mentoring is defined as “…[instructing] by precept, example, or experience”, “one who instructs or trains, and “a trusted counselor or guide”, respectively. With this knowledge, it becomes clear if a person were to follow these three ideals they would more than likely be an engaged and effective leader. The significance of being an engaged leader is often…

Richard Notkin’s piece, All Nations Have Their Moment of Foolishness was altered once I read his artist statement. The way my analysis changed was the reasons behind Jesus’ feet, George Bush, and the hooded prisoner. Further, the hooded prisoner in Abu Ghraib Prison is an image of war and destruction according to Notkin’s artist statement . When originally saw the man my first thought was that he was part of the KKK because of the hood he is seen wearing but upon receiving more information…

could successfully repel the insurgency. The result was that they used hard power to gather up mostly innocent Iraqis and used interrogation techniques like those at Guantanamo Bay in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq (Losing Iraq 2014). Losing Iraq shows how “The biggest single tactical mistake was to stuff Abu Ghraib with tens of thousands of Iraqis, who may have been neutral about the Americans when they went in, but weren’t when they came out” (Losing Iraq 2014). The unintended consequence was…

On March 19th, 2003, President George W. Bush announces to the world that the United States military would soon be conducting operations in Iraq to free its people. Only two years after the biggest terrorist attack on America, Americans no longer felt safe. President Bush stormed through Iraq in search of the alleged nuclear weapons Saddam’s regime was said to have only to come up empty-handed. He also accused the Iraqi government of harboring and supporting al-Qaeda. The War on Terror was still…

teenagers during riot. (Warning: These images are distressing) This image is of a youth detained at the centre, who was put in a spit mask, choked and exposed to tear gas, all techniques similar to those used by the US government in the illegal Abu Ghraib prison. This is a violation of human rights. This and two other boys have recently won a settlement which gave them $53,000. Is this enough? No better is another famous detention centre that Australia is holding asylum seekers in, Manus Island.…

Normative vs. Descriptive Why Sun Tzu’s moral law could still lead to the destruction of world? The Art of War is one of the most influential military treatises in the world, it precisely details the necessary factors to win a war in just thirteen chapters, which is probably the reason that, even in contemporary history, this book is still considered as the reference or guide in the battlefield. In this way, The Art of War is undeniably a successful battle book, and Sun Tzu a talented…

responsibilities outlined by the APA, including their most important responsibility as a health professional, to do no harm. One of the better-known instances of this ethical violation is the report that was released on the treatment of individuals in Abu Ghraib, a US military prison in Iraq. This report showed the public pictures of the kind of inhumane and degrading techniques that the psychologists implemented, all of which were clear violations of Principle A of the APA ethical principles.…

The definition of evil is the “exercise of power” (“The Psychology of Evil”), according to psychologist Philip Zimbardo. In consonance with this definition, people execute an evil act “to intentionally harm people psychologically, to hurt people physically, to destroy people mortally, or ideas, and to commit crimes against humanity” (Zimbardo, “The Psychology of Evil”). Based on this, evil is committed with the intention to inflict harm on people and the environment. The incentive to perform…

The Stanford experiment separated two groups of people being the prisoners and the correctional officers. The objective of this experiment was to see the impact a position of power would have to a person. This would not only show how human nature changes when being put in this position but also explain why they act the way they do. Ordinary people are put into these positions and are able to do extraordinary activities due to their social psychological influences. This related to “The Lottery”…

Zimbardo decided to conduct the prison experiment because of his interest in social psychology. He was influenced by the milligram experiment that left a great impact on him as a person. According to Zimbardo, he said that he wanted to expand on the Milgram’s experiment and focus less on power authority and obedience. The prison experiment mainly focused on the human behaviors when asked to play a certain role in society. The experiment also resulted in the degeneration and breakdown of human…