Abu Ghraib

In “Why hasn’t the Guantanamo Bay prison closed?” PBS Anchor Megan Thompson has a conversation with two correspondents which focuses on the political turmoil that has prevented the Guantanamo Bay prison from closing. The highlights of the conversation are about how the Republican controlled Congress likes the message the prison sends to the world, but the Democratic controlled White House wants to close the prison. In “Closing Guantanamo?” by Jonathan Masters, he discusses two possibilities…

Guantanamo Bay has become famous for its torturing tactics, some of which influenced the tactics it Abu-Ghraib. While many people support the tactics used at Guantanamo Bay, there is a large portion that does not support them. Many of the tactics used at Guantanamo Bay are used to mentally and physically break down prisoners to gain intelligence for US forces…

1. To this day, the prison simulation administered by Phillip Zombardo and his colleagues Craig Haney, Curtis Banks, and Dave Jaffe at Stanford University remains one of the most well-known psychological studies. The objective was to test whether an individual’s internal behavioral tendencies would be abandoned or altered when influenced by situational variables, involving power and vulnerability. Zimbardo proposed such environments, like prison, have the ability to change behaviors, sometimes…

Alex K. Rich and Gerson Moreno-Riano are the authors of the article War on Terror. Gerson Moreno-Riano earned a doctorate in Philosophy and a Master of Arts degree in political science from the University of Cincinnati (Rich, 2016, p.7). The purpose of this article is to explain the overview and understanding on how the war on terrorism is fought. Although the authors mention several effect that war has throughout the world, the authors argue that the war on terror causes the largest impact…

“If Everyone Cared” – Nickelback It was a very difficult choice in terms of deciding between “If Everyone Cared” by Nickelback or “One” by Metallica regarding the subject matter of human rights in popular culture. However, I decided to choose “If Everyone Cared” for several reasons. First, when listening to this song, it is also very political in its nature. Second, it is very strong in the sense of karma being in the field of human rights. Lastly, it unveils the hidden works of morality in…

organize state behavior and deliver directions for proper reactions to curtail these costs (Stein, 1983 - 12). The material costs which states may sustain as a result of non-compliance with the laws of war, however, remain unclear. While the events at Abu Ghraib did a major blow to international credibility, some countries could not quantify those costs and weigh them in advance against the benefits of rising intelligence or intimidation…

death results to any person from conduct prohibited by this subsection, shall be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life.” (Cornell, 2001). This law was clearly not followed by the CIA during the use of black sites, such as Abu Ghraib during the War in Afghanistan. However, has now been brought to light and the public has been informed of these evil deeds. The US Senate also reviewed the torture used by the CIA and deemed it illegal. Torture is an ineffective way to…

The act contains racial and gender differences between the actors’ personalities, the dimension in which the portrait exemplifies each of the story character demonstrates that Gallimard is a French diplomatic man, in which for his political power he can perform at his own pleasure, having consequently an ethical failure. His personality is not the typical Westermann, he does not feel bigheaded, and aggressive with the opposite sex, however, his political colleagues persuaded him by the…

The United States of America is considered by many “The Great Melting Pot” because of its tradition to welcome people from different places of the world. In contrast to other nations, by the virtue of its fundamental principles, the USA is a country of diverse religions, races, cultures and ethnicities that according to the idea of the melting pot, fuse to form the notion of America. In the poem, The Melting Pot, Israel Zangwill, argues that while Israel is a nation where people from all kinds…

Lauritzen defines professional conduct as “a matter of asking what a virtuous professional would or would not do in a particular situation.” The danger of EITs comes when the administrators deviate from a professional way of conduct as evident in the Abu Ghraib abuses. In March of 2003, seven enlisted servicemen faced…