Opposition to the Iraq War

and presidential use of force. For example, the conflicting constituencies of US political parties cause presidents to use diversionary force overseas. Perceptions of political parties can also impact US foreign policy. For example, during the cold war democratic presidents had to worry about being perceived as soft on communism, so they were more likely to use force. Therefore, political parties can directly impact the decision making of the most influential government actor in US foreign…

He says ISIS is at least at 200,000 men fighting for the Islamic State. He also added that ISIS now controls an area that is about one third of Iraq and about one third of Syria which adds up to about the size of Great Britain (Cockburn 2014). This size difference is one of the reasons why the United States originally believed that the countries within the Middle East could handle the militant…

partners improve their defense capabilities and enhance their ability to participate in missions alongside U.S. forces.”2 Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the U.S. has spent billions of dollars and sent thousands of troops to run IMET in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria, with the goal of training and equipping local forces to battle terrorist regimes in their respective countries.3 The severe lack of progress…

and erratic behaviors of President Donald Trump, President Vladimir V. Putin and President Bashar al-Assad, it is difficult to foresee a diplomatic solution to the Syrian civil war. The United States’ continued involvement in battling, providing financial support and assisting specific allies engaged in the Syrian proxy war impacts the coalition between the US and Russia, the affiliation with Syria and dealings amongst middle eastern countries; continual involvement or lack thereof, will result…

Next Generation Left After taking the Pew Center questionnaire, it placed me under the typology of Next Generation Left. I believe that the questionnaire placed me in the right typology, because the Next Generation Left people are normally optimistic about government’s decisions and the nation’s future, they believe that society has made positive changes to give blacks and whites equal rights. In addition, the Next Generation Left are best described as liberals and open-minded in most of the…

In the course of the article he compares the current period with the fifteen years (1991-2005) after the end of the Cold War, describing the latter as period of cooperation and “growing consensus” (11). However, a close analysis reveals a completely different picture. In dealing with this, I will take the case of Iran as the main example, arguing how the world after the Cold War was characterized…

Boots against ISIS In this day and age where war is becoming almost a customary event between nations and their different beliefs a rising threat in the Middle East, come to known as ISIS is a very real and intense subject matter today in our government. I believe as a citizen in the U.S. who is enlisted with the U.S.M.C. in the armed forces that we should take every possible military action against these people who have no regard for human life, if that life does not support their ideals. We…

11.3 million people have been displaced by the civil war in Syria and, despite a lack of coverage recently in the media, the number is only growing (World Vision). When asked, people guessed the number of refugees to be in the thousands and one even responded “is that still going on?” (Mason). We, as people of the world, should help out the refugees by all able-countries working together to assist diplomatically, socially, and economically. In addition, informing the masses about this ongoing…

parables. Ch.2, “Whose Collective Memories? The Social Construction of Moral Boundaries and Social Problem Claims,” examines how the memories of these revisions are exploited as evidence to justify acts of war, violence, and social engineering. These acts by groups are to help further cause for wars, combat violence, and position perceived past moral failings to teach future generations of previous “ills” of society like the counterculture and the Great Society movements and measures in the…

The war-torn states and their civilians cannot sufficiently pick themselves up from nothing and rebuild unless provisions and support are available. Hence, not having a stabilization and rebuilding plan is unacceptable. In the case of Libya, the U.S. and her…