Gulf Cartel

“It 's a proud day for America. And, by God, we 've kicked the Vietnam syndrome once and for all.” So said President George H. W. Bush on the first day of March of 1991 after victory in the Persian Gulf War. Forming the largest military alliance since World War II, the United States, Saudi Arabia, and thirty-two other countries joined the Coalition in response to the invasion and annexation of Kuwait by Iraqi forces. In about half a year, the Coalition forces, led by the U.S., were…

one knows what it is about, it is probably about money. In the case of the Gulf War, money and oil were main reason behind the war. At that time, Saddam Hussein was the president of Iraq - ruling with an iron fist for over 24 years. It was not…

Hurricane Katrina was a purely devastating storm that left new orleans and the surrounding area in ruin for months after the storm had passed. David Helvarg describes the devastation that has taken place throughout the hurricane’s path in the story, “The Storm This Time”. The story starts off with Helvarg arrival in Baton Rouge immediately describing the relief efforts that are taking place to help those affected by this disaster of a storm. As Helvarg continues his documentation of the storm's…

Saudi Arabia: A Petroleum Super Power and Strategically Placed Ally The gulf state of Saudi Arabia has built a booming petroleum-based economy with a strategic location of high importance to the United States and her interest. Saudi Arabia has the strongest economy on the Arabian Peninsula. Its investments in the PATRIOT missile system have catapulted them to the top slot of valuable allies that the United States has in the region. The strong cultural history of Saudi Arabia has helped…

showing the effect it had on them. Ricks book itself is divided into three different sections; Containment, Into Iraq and The Long Term. Part I, Containment delves deep into the events leading up to the U.S. eventually entering into Iraq because of the Gulf War in 1991, the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, and the “Silence of the Lambs” (page 85) where Congress put up little resistance to the war. Part II, Into Iraq, opens up with Ricks referring to the Iraq war plan as “perhaps the…

All plastic is oil. Most paints and all pesticides are made from oil. Everything from toothpaste to tooth brushes are made from oil and there are seven gallons of oil in every tire. There is absolutely nothing anywhere in any combination that will replace the assembly built by fossil fuels…..nothing at all. Peak oil is probably now very easy to explain; much easier than it was a long time ago. People have felt what $147 a barrel of oil feels like. Essentially, peak oil is like a bell curve, if…

proven full proof, and some of the guys flip out. Sykes tells them to take them so they didn’t get messed up by Saddam's gas. Some of the guys spit out the pills. According to Military times, those very experimental pills were used during the Persian Gulf War, (Kimes, P.) The Marines keep moving in on the Iraqis. The platoon is mistaken by the Air Force as Iraqis and they are shot at by A-10s. Swoff goes and sits down with some crispy dead folks. One of the men plays with them, completely out of…

will take over this part someday , although of these previous claims no one believed that Iraq would invade Kuwait as a neighbor country that share with Iraq its culture , traditions and Arabic language and the two countries were members in the GCC -Gulf cooperation Council - that's…

Inspired by the events of the 1991 Gulf War, Gillian Clarke’s Lament effectively describes the impacts of war on the surrounding environment and wildlife. Although written specifically about the Gulf War, the message of the poem can be applied to the present day - using only words, Clarke paints a vivid picture of the effect of humanity’s behaviour on nature and its inhabitants. Similarly, Boey Kim Cheng’s Report to Wordsworth illustrates the extent of the damage done to the environment. Written…

Problem : April 22 of 2010, approximately 206 million gallons of oil was spilt in the Gulf of Mexico. The Mother Nature Network stated, “Gulf Oil Spill is the officially the largest oil spill in the world history”, (“Mother Nature Network”, Laura Moss). The Gulf Oil Spill started when oil went miles below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, and it exploded. It caused BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig that it killed 11 people. The oil spread for more than 85 days and oiled 572 miles. Along the way,…