Collateral damage

War has plagued Iraq for quite some time. Starting back in the 1980’s with the Iran and Iraq war, moving into the first Gulf War when Iraq invaded Kuwait, moving on to Operation Desert Fox, in which the US and the UK enacted a “bombing campaign” to eradicate the chemical, nuclear, and biological weapons programs in Iraq, and the ongoing civil unrest, as well as the reoccurring conflict with the U.S., the people of Iraq have been exposed to a great deal of war and conflict over the last forty…

However, they conducted the assaults in a manner that had little concern for collateral damage. The argument against cheap drone strikes is focused on the intended targets. Many critics claim that the initial attacks are not concentrated on single suspected individuals. Instead, the aerial attacks performed are “signature strikes,” (Crawford…

Chlamydia is a pathogen classified as bacteria, and it is an obligated intracellular organism it is lacks of mitochondria, so it does not produce its own energy and depends completely on the host’s cell metabolism (Oligosaccharide that mediated chlamydial infection is identified, 1997). Chlamydia can affect both men and women. Usually, people infected with this germ do not show evidence of symptoms or if they do, they would be mild, and sometimes when complications associated with the disease…

Question 1, Base on the suggestions of the new CEO from Microsoft Ltd, below are the scenario and findings Scenario : 1/10 net 20 This information can be used to compute the credit cost of borrowing this money. X % Discount 100 - % Discount 360 Credit Period – Discount Periods = 1 X 360 99 10 = 0.363636 = 36.36%. Annualizing The Credit Cost The 10-day discount period occurs 36 times per year. Using this information, it is possible to compute the effective annual…

Most human trafficking victims suffer from some form of physical, mental, or psychological damage and struggle with recovery (Calos, 2014). Past histories of physical violence, rape, torture, drug use, abortions, psychological manipulation, and sexually transmitted diseases are not uncommon for victims of human trafficking. Furthermore, these…

“We need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured up by the politicians or the media, because war in our time is always indiscriminate, a war against innocents, a war against children. War is terrorism, magnified a hundred times.” [1] In this contemplative essay, I will be particularly reflecting on World War 2, concentrating on the allies (UK/USA particularly) and Germany and how their actions impacted lives across their homelands. I will synoptically assess the quote…

Today in the 21st century our gene technology is continually developing. New projects and discoveries are being made on a daily basis. Gene technology provides humans the opportunity to improve human and animal health, to create a safer and more sustainable food resources, and generate fortune for Australia. Gene technology is “where the genetic material of living things is deliberately altered to enhance or remove a particular trait and allow the organism to perform new functions” (Environment…

and operatives have been taken off the battlefield” (Mantel). Every effort into training, operating, analysis, and executing have been made to ensure that every strike is beneficial to protecting citizens around the world from terrorism. While collateral damage will always exist in war, by preventing future acts of terrorism we can hope to avoid large scale terrorist attacks that takes the countless lives of several more civilians than those compared to drone strikes. Further advocating the…

In the beginning of the novel The Liars Club (A Memoir) by Mary Karr, we are instantly thrown into a chaotic string of memories that is shrouded in mystery. The main character Mary changes dramatically throughout the book by the horrific experiences that she is forced to endure. In the beginning we are introduced to seven year old Mary and are conveyed her experiences and memories through her eyes at age seven. By the end of the book Mary has matured at age seventeen and she sees the world…

At the heart of Mark Danner's graphic and eye-opening historical novel, The Massacre at El Mozote, is an ideological battle between communism and capitalism. By backing the right-wing El Salvadoran government and military, the United States became an active and willing participant in one of the bloodiest single massacres in Central American history. The massacres at El Mozote, La Joya, La Guacamaya and Arambala killed nearly 1,000 peasants. The group most responsible for these atrocities was the…