Gulf Cartel

The USA is worldwide known for being the major liberal democratic country. However, on 20th march 2003, the USA invaded Iraq, which was the major and the most expensive military confrontation for the USA after Cold war (Lieberfeld, 2005). This action has been argued to be the breaking and rejecting the international law of non-intervention. But, the justification of such action was given by the president of the USA – George W. Bush as following: ‘Iraq continues to flaunt its hostility toward…

The US invasion of Iraq was a shameful war and it should have never happened. This War had no real proof why there should have been a war. Iraq had never threaten american. America just amused that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. This caused a lot of confusion. This war was not necessary to start. There were good reason that Canada was right to refuse to participate in the war on Iraq. It was based on lies, led to disasters and it was a counterproductive war. Many things started to go…

What is ISIS? ISIS is an acronym that stands for the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" . Its recent origins must be briefly explained by political unrest in Afghanistan and Iraq that started in the 1980's. The Soviet Union invades and occupies Afghanistan 1979. Muslim Afghan warriors called "mujahideen" rebels are the fighting Soviet Union incursion from 1979-1989. The United States was openly supporting and sponsoring these anti communist rebels. This is the rise and infancy of Osama bin…

Prior to our invasion of Iraq on March 2003, there were some monumental failures conducted by the intelligence community (IC). These failures pertain specifically to the assessment of Saddam Hussein having weapons of mass destruction (WMD) which was the IC’s ultimate end state goal. The United States was not alone in its inaccuracies. In fact, it was a multinational effort. This short report will review the history leading up to the failures that played a major factor into the assessments. In…

Korean War, Persian Gulf War, and the War in Afghanistan are three examples of Canada being a warrior in the post-war period. The Korean War lasted from 1950-1953. The Persian Gulf War took place in 1991-2001. The War in Afghanistan started in 2001 and ended in 2011. The Korean War was one of the conflicts in which Canada was a warrior. The Korean War started when the north and south could not decide on one type of government. There was a communist government…

Counterterrorism is a complex topic that can be used through many formats. For example, economic, social, religious, political, military and security. The difficult aspect of counterterrorism is deciding which tactic will be most successful to the mission. Every domestic and international situation should be responded to using the measure that will produce the best results. The United States government is focused on using military tactics in a softer format and political measures. The current…

CE 335 Engineering Mechanics of Soils Section 001 Stalin Galarza The geographic location of New Orleans and the hydrology profiles nearby have risen the flooding tendency of the area; the city was built on low-lying marshland along the Mississippi River. On October 1965 after Hurricane Betsy hit New Orleans and Louisiana, the congress approved the USCE flood protection plan, it was called “the barrier plan” it mainly consisted of a number of barrier complexes. Nevertheless,…

On March 24, 1989, in Prince William Sound Alaska, the Exxon Valdez was moving South West subsequent to leaving Port Valdez. The ship was carrying fifty million gallons of raw petroleum. The Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker that was heading to Long Beach California. The tank had struck a reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound, which resulted in the spilling of 260,000 to 750,000 barrel of crude oil. The Exxon Valdez spilled 10.9 million gallons out of its 53 million gallon payload of Crude oil. Eight…

A relationship between the government, emergency responders, and company is a crucial thing to have, especially when it comes to oil & gas. The oil companies, who have offshore rigs, need to make sure they have an effective communication with first responders and follow all government regulations to ensure the safety of its employees. The company BP is infamous for the deep-water horizon disaster that happened in 2010, they had multiple chances to prevent this disaster but failed. BP failed…

The Gulf War of 1991, and the Iraq War of 2003 are two completely separate wars. Different objectives, and situations comprised these conflicts. Both conflicts had different goals. During the Gulf War of 1991, President Bush gave clear indication that the objective of Coalition forces was to evict Iraqi troops from Kuwait. No regime change was sought by the UN, NATO, or other partners. While rebellion in Iraq was encouraged (Text Pgs. 271-272), the Allies took no part in that fight. The war in…