Opposition to the Iraq War

1,852. That is how many estimated speeches, remarks, and comments President Barack Obama delivered in his first term of being president (Knoller). Having gone through two presidential campaigns, and being successful in both, means he has had to give thousands of speeches. According to statistics collected by CBS reporter Mark Knoller, as of January of 2013, Obama has delivered 669 speeches using a teleprompter. President Obama is widely known for his public speaking skills. One google search of…

Kelly and her brother Rob who served in the Marine Corps and is now an architect. She also has a 15-year-old daughter named Kyilee and a 6-year-old son named Kasen. Her husband David has helped her raise their family even through a long deployment in Iraq. Mrs. Quayle knew she wanted to be in the military since 4th grade. She received a picture in the mail of Desert Storm and instantly knew that she wanted to join the military. She went up to her teacher at that time, showed her the picture,…

The significance of President Obama’s proposal of closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center could not be more delayed from both a moral and justice standpoint. A case in point is that the infamous detention center continues negatively to be seen as an inhumane facility that violated the human rights and lack of due process for detainees. On January 22, 2009, President Obama’s proposal of closing the detention facility in one year showed the slightest of promises to say the least. For example,…

Methodological Critique The media has a tremendous influence on public opinion and how individuals perceive certain countries and political figures. News corporations are able to manipulate stories and control the messages their viewers are receiving. It is no wonder that countless studies have been conducted to determine how much influence the media exerts over its audience. Nicolas Isak Dragojlovic, a researcher at the University of British Columbia, decided to test the influence that…

American soldiers that were victims of the war in Iraq. Turner describes both points of view of the war, the American soldiers and the Iraqi soldiers. The Americans and the Iraqi soldiers are not explained using the same voice. In fact the Americans are described as lower on the totem pole as and further away from home than the Iraqi’s. Therefore, Turner allows this poem to be read in different ways, by describing the opposing sides of the war occurring in Iraq. Turner starts this poem with an…

black and white, and without nuance. Military intervention is no exception – especially the War on Terror and the Iraq War. Popularly held beliefs amongst the average American assume that Democrats are “bleeding heart hippies” with no backbone, and that Republicans are corporate puppets are hungry for war. As such, many people assume that a Republican president will likely lead the United States into war, while Democrats will reduce military spending and usage. Two recent examples one can look…

When viewed from the lens of revolutionary movements, the superhero film Black Panther resembles the current Syrian civil war that originated from the uprising in 2011. The characters in the movie tie into the actors in Syria, like the government and the rebels, as well as Iran and Russia’s involvement. In the movie, T’Challa became the king of Wakanda after his father T’Chaka died. The first challenge that T’Challa faces is from the Jabari Tribe Leader named M’Baku. As T’Challa must defend his…

are two different leaders that go about a different approach on how to deal with the war that is at hand. These two leaders share some of the same mindsets that i do but one has the most similar mindset to me at the moment. The Film, Twelve O’Clock High, shows the two different leadership philosophies of Colonel Davenport and General Savage. The two leaders are similar in the fact that they both want the war to end, but they differ on how to go about winning the war.General Davenport’s…

A one year old and his mom were shot by a Syrian gun man in the syrian war. A four year old and her dad drowned on their way to the United States. Twins and their parents were blasted by a fire in their home during the war. Horrifically, more than five years after the Syrian civil war began, a reported 470,000 people have been killed. Bombings are destroying crowded cities, and horrific human rights violations are widespread. Basic necessities like food and medicine are scarce. In fact,…

Activity p. 4: Choose movie review Aristotle’s Rhetorical Triangle represents the relationship of the speaker, audience, and subject in a piece of text. One may apply this concept to writing a review for a movie, video game, or concert. Firstly, the subject of the text is clearly the movie/video game/concert, but even more so, the speaker’s personal opinion of their experience. The speaker of the text would be one who has experienced and analyzed the movie/video game/concert. Additionally,…