Gulf Cartel

head lights moving along the network of streets like little ants. Towers boasting of elegant curves and sharp edges strain themselves around me, trying and failing to reach my height. To my right stretches the Persian Gulf and if I stare long enough to my left I can imagine seeing the Gulf of Oman over miles of undulating sand dunes. A cold rush of emptiness overtakes me and I absently remove a golden pocket watch from my vest. It is a very unique watch, one that I am very fond of because it is…

Response paper 1 The resource war that Oketh- Ogendo is referring to, is the battle that occurs when the world most powerful countries wage war to claim resources of particular importance. As mentioned in the movie by the economist John Perkins, this battle is step up after a certain procedure has been performed. A resource war only really occurs when the country that has the natural resource is very disobedient to the stronger governments demand. For example, Iraq has plenty of oil and the…

Throughout the Middle East, there are a large number of countries that range from the wealthiest and educated, to the poorest and illiterate. For many people outside of the Middle East, the common assumption lies in the belief that prosperity and wealth are very progressive and liberal. However, this assumption is unfortunately not the case, because in countries such as Saudi Arabia; a very wealthy and educated state, tends to have very similar conservative and strict approach to woman’s rights…

After the events that occurred in the United States in September of 2001, its government started to mobilize in order to fight terrorism and be able to give its citizens the security they expected. In order to do so, Bush’s administration, after a series of negotiations with Iraq and the UN, decided to invade the Middle East country in an effort to end terrorism and make the world, and mostly America, a safe place. However, it has been broadly discussed whether this war was in the best interest…

time and used intermittent use radar making their SAMs hard to target (Lambeth). Additionally the last time that the Air Force faced an IAD which was in the Gulf War, the IAD was not as integrated as the Air Force first believe it was, and many of the SAMs used were older less effective models (Lambeth). So while SEAD was effective in the Gulf War it was not facing the kind of IAD that China and Russia posse (Lambeth). This shows that their changes that need to be made the current SEAD…

aggressive leader and he is also recognized for the conflicts that he bring to Iraq such as the war with Iran which took 8 years- from 1980 to 1988- resulting in death of thousands and millions of people in both sides, and it is known as "First Persian Gulf War". He was also known for his fearful speeches that were given by him to government members. As I mentioned in first paragraph, this speech was given after the missile attacks on defense command centers by United States. The speech was…

In Richard A. Clarke’s book, Against All Enemies: Inside America’s War on Terror, Clarke explains America’s long war on terrorism. This book contains Clarke’s self-written narrative of his experience in counterterrorism and national security. On September 11th, 2001, Richard A. Clarke, chair of the Counterterrorism Security Group, the CSG for short, guided the United States’ instantaneous response to the terrorist attacks from the infamous Situation Room located in the West Wing of the White…

contrasting perspectives on the subject of the addition of Texas, against and for, separately. Their contentions stay impactful today the same number of have demanded that America ought to have asserted Iraq's oil numerous circumstances since the First Gulf War and less as of late on regardless of whether to attach Japan. The fundamental cases made by these two men still illuminate our approach which has been conflicting from numerous points of view, however continuously has inclined from…

The Syrian Civil war has been plaguing the Syrian Arab Republic for many years; inflicting large casualties on the people of Syria. There seems to be no reasonable or possible resolution. The current government in Syria, the Assad regime, is backed by Russia and is fighting against rebel groups backed by the United States. There are also terrorist organizations attempting to push their agenda in the region which complicates the situation. The United States and Russia are on opposing sides of the…

On August 29th 2005, the third strongest hurricane recorded in US history struck land fall. This hurricane was called Katrina, as scientist had been tracking its progression ever since it reached a category 5 in the Gulf of Mexico, the first to do so in over 25 years (Hurricanes: Science and Society). Hurricane Katrina did not just form randomly, multiple physical factors led to the growth of Katrina and the reason for it becoming so large. Hurricane Katrina began forming on August 23, as a…