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    War On Drones Essay

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    The only way to limit civilian casualties is to find a way to either prevent war (not going to happen) or find a way to perform surgical strikes on militant targets. William Saletan a journalist with Slate.com point to a U.N report focused on Afghan civilian casualties cause by the United Staes and other coalition allies. The U.N report mentions the fact that “civilian casualties from “aerial attacks” fell 42 percent”(Saletan). Later in the article it goes…

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    “Even today we raise our hand against our brother... We have perfected our weapons, our conscience has fallen asleep, and we have sharpened our ideas to justify ourselves as if it were normal we continue to sow destruction, pain, death. Violence and war lead only to death.War is beneficial and destructive at the same time.”(Pope Francis) War is beneficial and destructive throughout its many occurences; helping shape humanity at the same time. It is a state of armed conflict between different…

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    Madoff Scandal

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    I deeply feel that if people, in general, moved their emphasis on the casualties that were most in requiring it would most certainly influence the scandals result. In my opinion, organizations that are corrupted by scandal experience the stigma effects of shame a similar way people do. The Stigmatized associations may be disparaged in the media, have their magnanimous endowments rejected, and encounter a mass movement of capacity. The Securities and Exchange Commission said the trick went into…

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    reason Truman and his office did not have to worry about the public being mad when he ultimately deciding to bomb Japan twice. Instead American’s were happy that the war was ended early by the atomic bomb instead of having the millions of predicted casualties happen with the invasion of the Japan that was planned. There were surveys done after the bombing to see were the public stood on the bombing and the results were a staggering 85% approval, 10% disapproval, and 5% had no opinion. Thus,…

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    Civil War Innovations

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    The Civil War had casualty counts that remain the highest ever seen in American history. In comparison to the wars preceding it, such as the Mexican-American War with only around 18,000 total casualties, the Civil War had at least an unbelievable 640,000 combined casualties (United States 1). The Civil War had the awful, coincidental timing of beginning in the dawn of a new age of combat. Officers…

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    injury when experiencing a motionless casualty experiencing head/ spinal injuries would be best to: Identify head and spinal injury/possibilities • Unconsciousness - This occurs if the casualty is not responding to Aid being performed • Disorientation - Is caused when the casualty is unaware or unable to understand or respond clearly • Loss of feeling - This may occur if the spinal cord has been damaged. This may result in short or long term damage to the casualty • Loss of control of limbs…

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    The Vietnam War was a horrific war that the United States was apart of in an effort to prevent communism from spreading. The Vietnam War was horrific because it resulted in a large number of casualties. As a result of the amount of American casualties during the Vietnam War, President Richard M. Nixon decided to withdraw the majority of American troops that were fighting in Vietnam at the time. President Nixon announced his decision on withdrawing the majority of American troops during his…

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    to get involved and subsequently attack through the Somme. The battle of Verdun was the longest battle in World War 1 and over the span of 10 months, the battle caused 378,000 French casualties and 337,000 German casualties. (Australian war memorial, 2006) The battle of Verdun was significant because “The casualties from Verdun and the impact the battle had on the French Army was a primary reason for the British starting the Battle of the Somme in July 1916, in an effort to take German pressure…

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    After the Battle of Okinawa with more than 150,000 casualties, America pictured a bloody preview of the invasion of Japan. To avoid the mass number of fatality, Truman believed in order to save his military, the dropping of the atomic bomb was necessary. In his 1955 memoirs, Truman strongly believes dropping the bomb saved half a million American lives. World War II, which caused more than 50 million casualties, making it the most destructive war had similar deaths as the Pacific…

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    First Aid Importance

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    to the casualty’s home. First Aid provider is responsible for all of the following (remember 5 P’s) • Preserve life • Protect the casualty…

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