Borders of the United States

In early August of 1990, Saddam Hussein, the leader of Iraq, ordered the occupation and invasion of its neighbor, Kuwait. In result of Hussein’s order, Egypt and Saudi Arabia called on Western nations including the United States to interfere. Hussein confronted United Nations Security Council demands to depart from Kuwait by mid-January 1991, and the Persian Gulf War had started with an enormous U.S.-led air offensive known as an Operation Desert Storm. Also, after 42 days of fierce…

was a mass shooting rampage with suicide bombing and hostage taking in Paris, and when the President Francois Hollande was notified he called this as an bizarre and extraordinary terrorist attack on France. So the government of France increased its border controls and increased the police’s power as the military prepare in a national emergency. The television and the…

migrations to the United States. People in the millions left their homes voluntarily to cross international borders in search of economic and social opportunity in an industrialized America, where the minorities were gradually becoming represented in politics and gaining benefits and jobs that these poor agriculturally-based labourers would have not received in their home countries. The Irish and Hispanic migrants similarly received anti-immigrant sentiments from the native born United States…

during the 19th century with the American expansion. This attitude affirmed that the United States could not only expand from east to west coast but that in fact, it was destined to stretch and gain more territory. However, the land expansion gave a new pride to the ideas about racial superiority and the US being on top and better than anyone else. Manifest Destiny was significant to the development of the United States as its beliefs were the primary force that caused the expansion westward…

Nobody really likes to move out of the country. At least I don 't. My parents were born in Mexico. They migrated to the united states. They moved to Stanford California. California was a really nice place to live in. Most of the times it was really sunny. The sun was so bright that people had to wear sun glasses. I was born a year after my parents got there. My parents and I had to go back to mexico. My grandma was really sick. The doctors said that she was really sick. I had no clue what was…

needed to successfully operate it. As it stands now the TU-95 is a glaring reminder of the Cold War, with its purpose being able to fly far enough to attack key United States positons and surveillance. In recent news, there have been multiple mishaps with the Tu-95. In June of 2015 a runway accident…

Bride, Groom, and 4,000 of Their Closest Unknown Friends Immigrants and refugees have been in the news for years, but the topic has heated up considerably in the past year. South American refugees have been flooding across the southern border of the United States with illegal immigrant Mexicans. They are often front page news, especially with the presidential debates going on. In Europe, migrants and refugees are dying in tunnels trying to get to England from France where they are stuck in…

in 2016, three countries made up over half of that incoming population (Facts about the Syrian Refugees, 2015). The Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is a rather large country in central Africa, had over 16,370 refuges come inside Americas borders. Syria followed in a close second with 12,587, which exceeded the goal of resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees (Connor, 2016). In third was Burma or otherwise known as Myanmar, a country stationed between Bangladesh and Thailand, had over 12,347…

The United States is experiencing an increase in Transnational Organized Crime (TOC), particularly from the Salvadoran gang Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13. President Trump identified this organization as a direct threat the U.S. national security during his campaign for office. President Trump reiterated this in the State of Union address in January 2018. Mara Salvatrucha’s rapid growth and transnational connections create a violent threat to the Nation Security of the United States. This essay…

The Korean War was an armed conflict spanning from June 1950 – July 1953 and involved two opposing sides, North Korea and South Korea. Each side was backed up by the Soviet Union and United States, respectively, and was part of the larger, long-term Cold War. The stage was set for a South Korean-U.S. victory with the allied forces pushing back the communists north of the 38th parallel and to the Yalu River in North Korea. However, victory could not be seized as the South Korean troops were met…