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The Cuban missile crisis is a outcome of the cold war when tensions were high between USSR and the United States. Shortly after the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista the former leader of Cuba in 1959 Fidel Castro took power over Cuba. Eventually Fidel Castro made Cuba under communist society. Since the USSR is communist as well, the Cuban relationship with USSR grew immensely. With high tensions with the Soviets during the cold war, the U.S. did not want Fidel Castro to rule over Cuba. In…

TU-95 “Bear” Strategic Bombers – The Tu-95, nicknamed by NATO reports as “Bear” is a strategic bomber and missile platform. It was designed during the Cold War and entered service in 1956. Reports from the Russian Air Force (RAF) expect it to serve until at least 2040. In its design, the propeller-blades move faster than the speed of sound which cements its position as one of the nosiest military aircrafts. Due to its size, sizable crews of 6-7 men are needed to successfully operate it. As it…

Along with conflict resolution and value erosion, pathological mass behavior and vulnerability to mass appeals can analyze the cause of ISIS. The beginning of ISIS began with the reign and terror of Saddam Hussein who intended to systematically exterminate Iraq society (Chalabi). His totalitarian control led him to strive for complete control of power from every aspect in a society. Hussein’s tendency towards political violence began at an early age when his father died and he was supported by…

name White Helmets because of the color of their protective hard hats. They sit on the tops of buildings, keeping an eye out for incoming Russian bombers and immediately search through the rubble, rescue whom they can and render aid when another airstrike hits. They leave there lives to attend 30 days of training in Turkey to earn the title of “White Helmet”. During those 30…

Musab al-Zarqawi spent most of life in and out of prison for selling drugs and getting charged for sexual assault. Zarqawi got out of prison and tried to take out the soviets but ended with Zarqawi back in jail. Zarqawi was killed by an American airstrike on June 7, 2006. After the death of the former leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was placed in power and since recruited many more followers. In 2014 ISIS had around 4,000 members and to the more recent date 100,000 people joined the group of…

were shocked that such an event happened, while others were worried about family and friends, and others were just wondering what happened. The government issued orders and when those orders weren’t met the U.S. and other allied forces performed airstrikes on the Al-Qaeda forces. The bombing of Taliban civilians was extremely criticized. President Bush gave two demands to Taliban leaders, which were to close terrorist training camps and to return all foreign nationals, including American…

1.What are ISIS; goals? ISIS wants to establish a new Islamic caliphate across the Middle East. Caliphate means a state created and Controlled/Run by Islam. So ISIS wants to control all of the Middle East and be feared by all the different countries. They want all of these countries to fear them so they won’t attack them and so ISIS looks like the top dog of the world. 2.How do they plan to achieve these goals? ISIS; plan is to expand like the Nazis did in germany. They want to eventually…

The Fight with ISIS “All wars have unintended consequences. No matter how cautious generals and political leaders are, war sets in motion waves of change that can alter the currents of history” (Tirman 45). The United States involved itself in an ongoing conflict that has spanned from Crusades to the colonization by the European powers. When the United States pulled out of Iraq in December 2011, a splinter group of Al qaeda headed by Abu Musab al Zarqawi attacked major Shia communities to…

Americans saw ISIS address them. James Foley was an American journalist who working as a freelance war correspondent during the Syrian Civil War, he was abducted in November, 2012, in Syria. He was beheaded in August 2014 as a response to American airstrikes in Iraq, thus becoming the first American citizen killed by ISIS. Through the use of these executions, ISIS is seeing more recruits flowing in “These highly ritualized killings have galvanized international opposition to the group – and…

The increasing role of the media as a military outlet post 9/11 has led many political scientists to address the War on Terror as a war of words. Western and Arab news outlets, across the political spectrum, have portrayed interrelated and sequentially organized stories. These serve to weave certain ideological desires within their target audiences to achieve specific objectives. In political science discourses, these stories are referred to as “narratives”. This paper will explore narratives…