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rian-born radical Islamic terrorist who reportedly helped plan the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States has captured by the Kurds in Syria, according to Israel National News. The Kurds, an American aligned group in northern Syria, has helped the United States for years fight terrorism in the region. Rather than commit more U.S. troops, the Kurds have been bolstered by American military equipment to help with the fight on the ground. On Wednesday, senior Kurd officials revealed they…

The United States should accept foreign refugees facing imminent danger to their very lives. Allowing Syrian refugees to come to America will help America grow economically and aid in the fight against ISIS. Yet countless amounts of people in our government are blocking the efforts of Syrian’s looking for a safe place to reside. Ultimately, members of our government are helping refugees die in the place they stand when they refuse a certain type of person based on fear. The people of Syria are…

evident in the United States (US). In this particular instance, it is Latino Immigrants who receive insubstantial health care access. For example, immigrant women of Mexican birth “are at increased risk for developing many preventable health conditions due in part to limited access to healthcare and benefits” (Castaneda, et al. 2014). The issue is the US healthcare system is unequitable when it comes to immigrant status. I will examine if Latino immigrants coming to the United States receive…

to be growing. The joke “It’s easy to forget about Canada, all tucked away down there”, first off, is not very funny, it also is not even close to being a correct statement. In this essay Canada will be spoken about for its’ importance to the United States and also why it is so important for Americans to be in tune with Canada and its’ world affairs. After only doing a quick Google search, it was easy to find that this joke came from the popular Television show The Simpsons. This piece of…

America has become the melting pot of the world. In today’s society, you interact with many different cultural styles. Our system of government, is thought to be adopted from European culture but may have actually influenced by the Native Americans. When immigrants cross the ocean from the homeland and see the Statue of the Liberty, they see it as a sign of hope and relief. Here, these immigrants come to America in search of job opportunities, access to health care, and a better life for their…

War in return for Stalin’s renewed assurance to enter the Pacific war. They also decided on a plan for new international organization – United Nations. The new United Nations would contain represented members of respective nations, a Security Council would be comprised of temporary global delegates and permanent representatives of the five major powers (United States, Great Britain, France, China and the Soviet Union), each with veto power over the others. However, at conclusion of the…

In March 2003 under President George W. Bush the United States along with allied forces initiated the invasion of Iraq. “After the Gulf War in 1991 Iraq was obliged by the U.N. to get rid of all its biological and toxic weapons”(popsci) failure to comply resulted in the U.S. invasion. Iraqi President al-Bakr announced his resignation on July 16 1979, Saddam Hussein immediately succeeded him as President. Under Saddam tensions between Iran and Iraq escaladed due to violations of the 1975 Algiers…

defined as a theory or system of social organization based on holding all of the property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state. (Dictionary.com) What this basically means is that property ownership is divided equally among a community or owned by the state. When it is owned by the state, property is divided to the people. Everyone works and is paid by what they need. In history, Communism has played an important role. The concept of communism has…

involvement in trade with Britain made it inevitable that the U.S. would be drawn into WWI. Wilson’s idealism was characterized by a strong engagement with democratic ideals and restoration vs. destruction. When the United States was dragged into the WWI, Wilson justified it on idealistic terms, that “the world must be made safe for democracy” (Kaufman 52). This sentiment may ring familiar, for it was also used by President George W. Bush as reasoning for the invasion of…

Government. Your view of what that one word means likely depends on your experience with the behemoth that is our government. There are so many levels: federal, state, local and then sublevels within each level. Government and the laws they create and enforce usually happens without us thinking too much about it; pay your taxes, obey the speed limit, don’t kill other people. Do these basic generic tasks and we can believe our lives are controlled by our own actions. Most of us know governments…