Invasion of Normandy

The Need to Fall Back Boom! A bomb detonates five feet away from you. Dust and debris fly all over the place. Bullets start raining in, shattering glass, and causing damage. The rain of bullets just landed in the back of everyone around you. Following the bloodshed, troops come in and evacuate your entire family on the basis that they are saving you. The troops move you to a refugee camp where your standard of living is ten times worse than it was before. In the past the United States has…

War has found itself home in each generation that has walked this earth. Whether the age group yearned for their parents to return safely or they themselves set foot to fight, age groups continue to find connections to militaristic conflict. My uncle, Nathan Gregg, was one of the many who found himself sacrificing his life for the country he called home. Nate has completed four tours and is currently serving his fifth. Since 2004, he has traveled to Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Iraq. He joined…

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…

Quemell Brave Professor Campbell CRTW 201 May 1, 2017 Self-Justification: Attack on Syria! In the opening pages of their book Mistakes Were Made authors Tavris and Aronson note that politicians conspicuously engage in the art of self-justification (3). Politicians rarely admit mistakes they have made in the past and instead opt to find ways to justify their actions. This often presents cases of dissonance whereby politicians seem to be out of touch with reality. One such case is the recent US…

The Gulf War Even though most people would not consider the Gulf War as a major war, and would not even know much of its existence. Hundreds of thousands of people, civilians, soldiers, and even children died because of it. Just by reading it from a textbook, most people will have a completely different perspective that the soldiers and witnesses of the war. The Gulf War, the fighter planes used, the U.S allies, the many unfortunate casualties of both sides, and how it change the world…

The roots of the Iraqi conflict begins and ends with the whole entirely story of Saddam Hussein in Iraq is one of terror, killing, and colonizing dreams. However, in 1979 Saddam Hussein took power (Rayment, 2007). Saddam was on a mission to take over and get things running and done his way that he did not wait to start a battle with his dominant neighbor, Iran. The war lasted approximately for 8 years (Rayment, 2007). Shortly after the end of the war a raid was propelled in Kuwait. His fast…

elements that constitute a judicial hearing were clearly present; there was intent, there was deception, and there was personal gain for the Bush administration. These views were vehemently opposed by “FahrenHYPE 9/11”, but its argument that the invasion was just and done for only the betterment of American national security did not appease all of my newfound skepticism. I was shocked to see the polar claims made by both sides, and even more surprised to see that both used an identical primary…

" I would not be the man today if I had not been part of this experience" said my uncle Doug as we sat down to start our interview. Doug Emery is from Lincoln, Nebraska. He grew up with two brothers Mark and Scott. Two great parents Jody and Larry who did everything to help support the family. It was they're idea to send Doug into the army. Doug did not fight the idea because he knew this was what he needed. Doug was twenty one years old when he go drafted to Germany. Basic training, long nights…

It is never acceptable for one country’s government to overthrow another country’s government due to the repercussions that are caused by the overthrow and the foreign relations problems that are caused by doing so. The United States/CIA has overthrown many governments without thinking about the people in those countries, but instead thinking about their own interests. The CIA overthrew Mohammad Mossadegh in an attempt to halt the spread of communism throughout the world and as a way to keep…

Many will state that using American tax dollars to fund entrepreneurship and boost employment in MENA is not in the interest of the US public. However, it is important to note that in 2015 alone the US spent $6.2 billion dollars on military operations against ISIS. $1.46 trillion has been spent on Iraq, with the majority of this figure being spent from 2007-2008, in the surge to quash the extremist insurgency groups. While the surge did crush the power of the AQI, the Islamic State of Iraq and…