Gulf Stream

The United States has been considered the world’s police for more than one hundred years. The founding father’s originally sought to keep American interest secular and to be solely concerned with it’s own well being. World events since that time have caused the United States to involve itself in the affairs of other countries, some for the benefit of that country and its people and others for U.S. interests. President Roosevelt’s Monroe Doctrine “asked the Europeans not to increase their…

Nick Sherman Professor Asal Political science 102 9/27/16 In the wake of 9/11 The United States, The United Kingdom, and many other nations formed a coalition against the Ba’athist regime of Saddam Hussein. The coalition force invaded in 2003 to overthrow Saddam’s dictatorship and establish a democratic state in the Middle East. Although in some instances realism can describe the invasion of Iraq, the theory of…

Infantry Division, Second Battalion, Sixteenth Infantry, McVeigh was reliable and determined soldier; it seemed he had found his true calling. His hard work and dedication would earn him the promotion to sergeant in 1990 prior to the start if the Persian Gulf War. ("Timothy McVeigh." Newsmakers.…

Hurricanes are one of the most damaging and devastating storms that begins over warm ocean waters. The high winds and surges causes a lot of damage in the cities throughout the lands affected. Sympathy is usually the feeling that people have towards others that have lost their lives and homes. On the other hand, individuals would have empathy because they understand the feelings of those that are afflicted by the destruction of the weather. When counselors has sessions with their clients about…

General Franks and his planners experienced substantial weaknesses in the pre-invasion planning for the operational approach of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In the extreme, SECDEF Rumsfeld’s directive leadership style, determination to conduct combat operations on an accelerated timeline, and unwillingness to accept expert military advice regarding force development, inhibited General Frank’s joint planning efforts seizing the initiative. Seizing the initiative (Phase II) requires JFC’s application…

The district of Bourj Hammoud is located in north-east Beirut and is considered an extension of the Lebanese capital along the Mediterranean coast. In 1952, an independent municipality was established for Bourj Hammoud, administratively separating it from the city of Beirut (Municipality, 2017). The town extends over an area of 2.4 km2 and is divided into several neighborhoods: Daoura, Haret Sader, Jisr Beirut, El-Anbari, Mar Doumit, Ghilan, and Naba’a (Municipality, 2017). Until the beginning…

Payton Coenen Period 3 2nd Quarter Research Report December 20, 2016 Hurricane Hugo Hurricane Hugo is a hurricane that did a lot of damage, but barely anybody knows about it. A hurricane is when cold air and hot air mix together. Hurricane Hugo included many details common to hurricanes and caused damage and destruction to properties and lives that affected the region, but the area has recovered in its aftermath. Hurricane Hugo had many common…

Just like most, if not all, political figures that have made a significant impact on the world, Saddam Hussein emerged as a part of the Ba’athist party established in 1932 and was nurtured through this political influence. Ba’athists are essentially a group of Arabs that encourage the co-operation between all Arab countries under the desire to become unified through socialism and the idea of freedom. In order to accomplish this, the Ba’thist ideology stood for the eradication of Western…

In 2003 George W. Bush finally told America that Operation Iraqi Freedom had started. The operation was to kill the dictator Saddam Hussein. They wanted to kill him because he was able to get weapons of mass destruction. The U.S was just one of the military groups there. The countries that were involved were United Kingdom, Australia, Spain, and Poland. So it was a pretty big war. In 2003 the Iraq war started with the U.S military rushing into Iraq. It was an operation to take away the heavy…

Present Conflict in Iraq: Informed or Ignored In the last decade alone, half a million people have died from conflict-related causes in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003 (ABC), and has become the site of intense struggles both domestically and internationally. There have been different types of debates about whether Iraq has improved since the toppling of Saddam Hussain’s government. Opponents of the current conflict believe the worst is over in Iraq and the country has regained stability.…