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peril and carry on the work of peace. We will defend our freedom. We will bring freedom to others and we will prevail,” stated President George W. Bush on March 19, 2003 when he justified the United States’ need to invade Iraq (Khan 64). Within the borders of Iraq, US soldiers dehumanized Iraqi citizens by torturing them in a prison known as Abu Ghraib and photographed themselves doing so. Challenging the same ideals of freedom and justice that President Bush stated the need for, the Abu Ghraib…

budgets for defense-related agencies skyrocketed: Homeland Security’s discretionary budget jumped from about $16 billion in 2002 to more than $43 billion in 2011. Meanwhile, the budgets of the Coast Guard, Transportation Security Administration and Border Patrol have all more than doubled since 2001. In the last 15 years, millions of young U.S. soldiers have been deployed overseas, thousands have been killed, and many have returned home with debilitating physical and mental…

SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACKS AND EFFECTS ON NEW YORK CITY On September 11th 2001, it was an average day for any “New Yorker”. As the honking of horns and sirens reverberated between buildings, people were accomplishment their typical morning commute routines. Subway stations and city sidewalks were crammed with commuters walking to work, and making their way towards large business complexes, tall skyscrapers and most notably the World Trade Center. These commuters did not know that in the next…

Are We There Yet? On February 4th 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave an intriguing speech at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta Georgia, called “The Drum Major Instinct.” Within his speech, King talked about how humanity is called to harvest their drum major instincts. When harnessed correctly, a drum major instinct should be used for unselfish reasons as Jesus did (7-8). Incorrectly harvested it could become dangerous and unpredictable (4). Humanity today rarely correctly harvest their drum…

I. Leokadia Jaromirska Leokadia Jaromirska lived in the Warsaw suburb of Bialoleka. 1942, while on her way to work with another woman, they heard the cries of children and saw a little girl and an eight-month-old baby abandoned near the fence of a convent. Leokadia convinced the other woman to take the girls home with her. After work she hurried back to the other woman 's home, where she found out that the woman had panicked and brought the older girl to the police station. Leokadia took the…

September 11th 2001, will be a day forever etched in American history. On what seemed to be a perfect Tuesday morning, an American Airline flight holding 767 passengers crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center, instantly killing hundreds and trapping hundreds more. Nearly 20 minutes later a United Airlines flight holding another, 767 passengers was crashed into the south tower, killing hundreds. It was at this moment that America realized that they were under attack. Many people…

September 11, 2001 is a date in history that will never be forgotten by American’s. On this date, the World Trade Center otherwise known as the Twin Towers collapsed by two planes getting flown into them. This was a terrorist attack by the group al-Qaeda. They were able to overtake the two planes and run them right into the buildings. This is the reason why airport security is so intensive. The last thing most people want is another terrorist attack and one like this one. September 11, 2001…

If America and the coalition wish to defeat the Islamic State and re-stabilize Iraq and the Levant, Assad should be funded and the FSA discarded.The continual conflict in Syria is one of the most controversial and misconcepted engagements in the modern era, because of media organizations spreading these truthless allegations and misconceptions. Most westerners view the Syrian Civil War as a fight between an evil regime led by the brutal and malicious Bashar Al-Assad, and Peaceful democracy…

Red… Gold… Orange… Blue… Catching a glimpse of the blue skied day, the leaves rained down on me, swirled by the promise of winter approaching. A faint hint of kerosene perpetually tainted the air, assuring citizens what would occur from hoarding books. As I perched on the branch watching the mindless citizens lazily stroll by, I began to imagine a different world. The world that my uncle and his people describe in their retellings of all the burned stories. A world that appears to be forever…

Unfortunately, some companies have mismanaged their greatest asset—their brands. This is what befell the popular Snapple brand almost as soon as Quaker Oats bought the beverage marketer for $1.7 billion in 1994. Snapple had become a hit through powerful grassroots marketing and distribution through small outlets and convenience stores. Analysts said that because Quaker did not understand the brand’s appeal, it made the mistake of changing the ads and the distribution. Snapple lost so much…