Collateral damage

“Greed Machine” Most of us have heard of, or viewed the science fiction movie The Matrix. One of the characters, Neo is given a choice by another character, Morpheus to choose between two pills, a red pill and a blue pill. Morpheus explains “After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill – the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill – you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.” (The Matrix) When…

The 19th Century Prussian General, Carl Von Clausewitz captured many of his insights in the book, On War. From initial combat at the age of thirteen to chief of staff of the Prussian Army, Clausewitz developed his thoughts of war based on a variety of military experience. Two of Clausewitz’s tenets seem to stand out as profound and useful, and remarkably still relevant to the modern planner. Primacy of policy helps a planner avoid a strategy policy mismatch by aligning political and military…

During World War II the world was advancing quickly in the realms of science specifically, science that had to do with weapons, the largest of these advancements was the creation of atomic bomb, this is undeniably the deadliest weapon in human history, the splitting of the atom, the smallest substance of matter, can cause an unimaginable amount of destruction. Since the bombs creation the world has generally come to the consensus that it is unethical, and immoral for a country to use it against…

Narrowing of the blood vessel is termed as stenosis which hamper normal blood flow. In-stent restenosis is a decline in lumen diameter after stenting as a result of arterial damage. The mainstream challenges in using stents in an initiative to revascularize the narrowed arteries are, in-stent restenosis as the result of intimal hyperplasia [89] and activated platelets mediated thrombosis in the later stage [90]. Establishment…

No one went to the same high school. Though a person may have physically been in the same building as another, their overall views of what high school is will always vary. While one may have seen high school as the best four years of their life, the other may already repressed the memories of it. A jock, nerd, drama starter, and social outcast would all define high school in very different ways. Though these student archetypes are quite cliché, they are extremely real and exist in almost every…

The banking sector plays a main role in the financial process in every economy, making its efficiency and effectiveness an essential requirement in order to ensure stability and growth (Halling, M. and Hayden, E, 2006). (Diamond, D.W. and Rajan, R.G, 2001), states that banks are involved in valuable economic activities and their major concerns remain their survival and profitability. On the asset side of the balance sheet, banks guarantee the smooth flow of funds by lending to deficit spending…

Laws, rules, and new ideas are always being put into action in an attempt to deter the criminal yet they rarely ever reduce serious crime. Attempting to deter the criminal by placing more officers on the ground, implementing longer jail and prison sentences, or fear tactics have proved to solve the issue of deterring the criminal. Many offenders feel they are invincible and therefore no threat exists for them and will continue the behavior. I am pretty confident that most criminals do not make…

A great majority of people are upset due to the fact that the Oscars, for the second consecutive year, did not include any people of color in the nominations list for the acting category. Society voiced their opinions’ on the award show, claiming there to be countless African American actors well deserving of an Oscar. Similarly, Mark Twain’s novel is also accused of being racist. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn depicts a story of a young white boy, Huck Finn, helping Jim, an African American…

Everyday life seems normal but in the mind of an ill person, it is a whole different story. When people think of getting revenge, they do not think of what will happen in the long run. A variety of thoughts come to a person’s mind when they are angry. They think of the worst, possible things that they could do and they do it. Usually people who commit the most violent crimes, like murder and assault, have something wrong with their psychology. Some people believe that Timothy McVeigh was…

is stronger from the air war. Fourth, target acquisition, and bombing accuracy are manageable problems, night navigation. Finally, Air superiority is a prerequisite for all other military operations. Air exploitation Trenchard want to inflict damage in civilians but with an indirect attack thought the destruction…