Iran–Iraq War

Trump’s first speech to his nation and the world after being the President, Promised a new ear in American politics. First, he started with the topic of democracy and the power of people, “Together we will determine the course of America and the world for many, many years to come.” Another issue he addressed is American economy and how affected people lives negatively, “Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities”. Also he continued with economics when he talked about American…

The Accidental Prime Minister is a memoir by Indian policy analyst Sanjaya Baru, who was Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s media advisor from May 2004 till August 2008. The author describes how he was given this important position in the very first chapter, in which he says - ‘Working in a PMO headed by Manmohan Singh, whom I had come to respect as a professional and a human being, was an opportunity not to be missed’. The book offers valuable insights into the Prime Minister’s mind, his…

Dare to Dream, Dare to Defy “In Iraq, thousands of terrorism’s victims go unnamed,” screams the headline of Moni Basu’s article on CNN.com, published on January 12, 2017. Negative articles like this one seem to flood the media, attempting to open reader’s eyes to the horrors millions experience on the other side of the world. Daily articles record the devastation humans have wreaked upon the environment and on others’ lives. While individuals are ridiculed for their bodies, their personalities,…

that fatal day. That fatal day was September 11th, 2001. The day that America finally realized we are not immortal. America responded to the attack. Immediately congress gave the declaration of war. Boots hit the ground running, but were met by a bigger resistance than thought. After nearly a decade in Iraq America…

missions that took us away from our families for weeks to months at a time. At times, members of the unit frustrated from work load and homesick never doubted the leadership had a vested interest in their welfare. Today’s leaders grew up in a military at war, usually deploying every other year multiple times. They have grown accustomed to the relaxed enforcement of standards that occur…

the middle east, but the entire world. ISIS has had many stages throughout its young existence, however the origin of ISIS started in Syria. The terrorist group started when some of the most battle hardened al-Quade, and Iraqi members joined the war taking place in Syria. There they started to recruit men, and joined the Suni in Syria to help fight the Shia government. From there ISIS continued to grow exponentially. In the documentary, The Rise…

Throughout the 1970s, as Iran realized tremendous profits from oil production, a gap developed and expanded between the wealthy and the poor. A recession, which began in 1975, increased tensions between the classes in Iran. Secular protests in the form of marches, organizations, and political poetry readings sprouted up and spread all across the country. Then, late in October of 1977, the Ayatollah Khomeini's 47-year-old son Mostafa died suddenly of a heart attack, and rumors did spread that he…

we need to be doing something is because this group has made plenty of threats on the Capital of the United States. Which if they do proceed to go through with the threats then that is an Act of war. Then we would be at war with ISIS. Then that leads me to the Next topic of putting ground troops In Iraq to fight. President Obama plan…

controversial policies over his two term period. Policies that have many citizens wondering what exactly he is doing and of the ways he is implementing them. Some of these policies include Obama Care, Fast Tracking, Withdrawal of United States Troops in Iraq, cash for clunkers and the shutdown of Guantanamo Bay. These policies are not necessarily bad ideas, they are simply bad implementations and have consequences that I do not believe were thoroughly sought threw. If the president or his staff…

President Obama is calling for wasteful and ineffective programs to be placed on the chopping block in order for the revision of the United States Spending Budget. Recently the Department of Labor started to close down the Job Corp centers nationwide due to the revised spending budgets. The topic addressed is one of the numerous political problems that we as a nation face and these concerns must be addressed. Nationwide there are a few Job Corps Centers which has a growing problem in the U.S.…