Invasion of Kuwait

there has been considerable retrospective evaluation of the success of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Joint Force Commander and his planners adequately evolved their understanding of the operational environment based upon their interpretation of pre-invasion civilian policy guidance to define the problem. According to current doctrine,…

reasons to believe that Hussein possessed WMDs. Prior to the Iraq war, in the decade following the Gulf war and the Iran-Iraq war, the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq had been imposed several resolutions by the United Nations for its offensive against Kuwait, as well as, for the regime’s violations of human rights against Iranian citizens and Iraqi Kurds. Six-teen of the resolutions, concerned the disarmament and destruction of all chemical and biological weapons, a well as, all ballistic…

Soldiers in the U.S. military can be separated into two specific categories. First are conventional armed forces that are used to fight an opposing nation’s military. Two examples would be U.S. conventional forces fighting the Iraqi Army in both the Gulf War in 1990 and the early stage of the War on Iraq in 2003. The second category is Special Operations Forces or SOF who are used to fight an unconventional enemy such as insurgencies. Some examples would be SOF battling insurgent groups in the…

towers in 2001, the American government tried to defend itself against any potential attack which may happen in the future. The main target for America was Afghanistan, in particular the Taliban, which was the main perpetrator of 9-11. After the invasion of Afghanistan, America realized that the 9-11 attack showed that some countries could support and provide terrorist organizations with weapons of mass destruction. So it was high time that the American government turned its sight to the next…

Since 2001, the United States with its coalition partners have not enjoyed operational or strategic success in wars in Afghanistan or Iraq. There have been tactical successes, but often those successes have been a contributing factor to operational failure as military leaders ignore their counterinsurgency doctrine, striving to conduct major combat actions. A key contributor in Western failure has been the lack of integration of operations and intelligence in conventional forces. Intelligence…

Castro was respected by his followers for he brought them a sense of hope; he promised general elections, free land, free speech and improvements to their quality of life. He promised to free them from the oppression under the regime of President Batista. His Marxist views resonated with the poor and uneducated in Cuba and the life he sought for them and the vision he conveyed allowed him to build followership and elevate his power and status. “It is true that it (the revolution) follows its…

George W. Bush’s 2004 presidential campaign ad “Tested” employed ethos with his message “Steady Leadership in Times of Change” implying that he was stable and trustworthy during the disastrous events that took place under his administration ,such as September 11th an event that would go on to change how voters viewed foreign and domestic affairs for years to come; meanwhile, John Kerry’s campaign ad “Optimists” would have successfully captured the vote of American voters because of his pathos…

second invasion of Iraq become a prominent feature of the US foreign policy. Bush accused Iraq of developing weapons of mass destruction which then lead to the United Nations intervening and assessing the countries weaponry. No such weapons were found but the US pressed the issue further, gaining backing from the UKs Prime Minister Tony Blair, along with other countries such as Poland and Australia. On March 20th 2003, the US declared war on Iraq with the backing of coalition forces. The…

Since the beginning of human civilization, individuals, people of different tribes, and countries have been at war with each other. The term “war” is generally seen as extreme violence, social disruption, and economic disruption within a region ("War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia."). War is a frightening monster because many lives that participate in the blood of conquest are lost. Furthermore, war itself correspondingly causes social disruption within a region as many civilians are always…

Politics is a controversial phenomenon, particularly in the way it has harnessed the media to influence public opinion. Representations of politics now cannot avoid inclusion of media which predominately conveys the inescapable message of politics Representations give the perceiver a clear view on whether the shadowed meaning brings out the best or worst of human nature. In any society media should use its capacity for representation to inform the people, but in the contemporary society,…