Paramilitary

M16s in the Military Guns in and of themselves are not inherently evil or destructive. Unlike some of the technology we have discussed, the microwave beam, nuclear warfare, biochemical agents, guns are less controversial and pose less of an ethical problem in their mere existence; it is how they are used and under what circumstances that matters. Context matters. Military grade weapons being used in the military is contextually on morally stable grounds. The M16 would be covered under ad bellum…

El Salvador The country that this article will be talking about is called El Salvador. It says this country would be fun to learn about the culture and history of El Salvador. The location of El Salvador is Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean,, between Guatemala. The main idea of El Salvador is to learn about the geography,economy, government, climate, culture, and interesting facts. It will be talking about how El Salvador has so many facts about geography. El Salvador has…

The Führer In 1889 a boy name Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria. The boy wanted to become a great painter, but despite his efforts, he received little to no recognition from his peers, and ended up living in poverty in Vienna. As a man of German descent, he came to dislike Austria referring to it as a “patchwork nation” for it had various ethnic groups. He later moved to the German city of Munich. He drifted from place to place for a while until he eventually joins in…

There are differences that are often not noted between drug trafficking and other organizations/ jobs. There is a substantial amount of violence in Colombia and while drug cartels are brutal, paramilitary groups and bigger organized crime institutions contribute to more of the violence, the cartels are simply their scapegoats which is something that is not always noted ( Human J3). Another difference is that between drug trafficking and drug selling…

The Lost genocide? The genocide and oppression of one race and deception of another. The Holocaust and Lost genocide are events that happened during the times in history. However, these events have many differences such as the form of the genocide, perpetrators goal, and how they resolved. Starting with the holocaust, Hitler was the government and he wanted to eliminate all the Jews, homosexual, etc. Less than 12 million people died during the holocaust, but many people died during the war.…

For instance, ‘[he] forged the the paramilitary Fascist Movement during 1919-1921” (Benito Mussolini). Before Hitler had made Benito force the Fascist Party to be the largest party in the Italian government, Benito definitely came up with it himself. He gathered everything he had in order to…

Lawyer, Political Activist, and a Government Official. He joined the African National Congress, became Secretary and President of the Congress Youth League, appointed honorary Secretary of All-African National Action Council, became head of ANC paramilitary wing Umkonto we Sizwe. Incarcerated in various penal institutions in South Africa, including Robben Island and Pollsmoor prison, elected ANC president, 1991; president of South Africa, 1994-99. Nelson Mandela spent a long time fighting for…

The Revolutionary Force of Colombia called “FRAC” is a terrorism organization that declared war to the Colombian government 40 years ago. They are described as a people's army that has emerged as a popular alternative power. But in the eyes of the governments of Colombia, the United States and the European Union and many Colombians, it is a terrorist organization that is funded by extortion, kidnapping and drug trafficking. At the beginning, the FARC was a group of peasant self-defense. During…

Over time it became a de facto paramilitary group for boys aged 14-18, a method of preparing them for entry into the armed forces. The Hitler Youth had uniforms, ranks and insignia not unlike those of the SA. Its organisational structure was also familiar: there were local units, regional…

When the Civil War commenced on April 12th, 1861, more than 3 million Union and Confederate soldiers geared up for battle. Men from all over America were appointed to go support their side in the war. While their battles are often historically analyzed, well known, and greatly documented, there is one aspect that rarely gets attention: the role of women in the American Civil War. The lives of women were drastically affected by the Civil War. Several disguised themselves as men to be able to join…