Taliban insurgency

Between 1945 and 2001, the perceived national interest of defeating Communism took precedence over the real national interest of promoting Americans’ physical and economical security. The United States entered wars in Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan because they believed preventing the spread of Communism was necessary to protect the American people. However, the success of the wars did not dictate American success in the overall Cold War. Professor Brands suggested that American leaders rally…

decade. Declaring a war against terrorism, President George W. Bush began a crusade to make the world safe. His goal was to eradicate the threat of terrorism from the world. The United States began their crusade with the hunting of Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and Osama Bin Laden. After many years we finally killed the mad man behind the attacks of September Eleventh. Today there is a new organization on the world stage; the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or I.S.I.S for short. This “state” has been…

Nine year old, Anisa Karam* stood at the door of her small house in Kabul, Afghanistan and had to watch her father be dragged to the sidewalk outside. The members of the Taliban who had come to the door said they had orders to kill him because he had continued to allow his daughter to go to school. For them, it was not enough that she was no longer able to go, but that someone had disobeyed them with a decision like this. Nearing nine o’clock at night, they shot him in the middle of the walkway.…

Nicholai Machiavelli’s The Prince provides lessons that span the theories of warfare, statecraft, and leadership. Machiavelli’s discussion of “How states or principalities should be governed that lived by their own laws before they were occupied” is of particular note to contemporary political leaders as it illustrates the folly of trying to change the political culture of conquered peoples. While Machiavelli’s view of the 16th century world bears little resemblance to the contemporary…

Effects of Terrorism The effects on terrorism are horrifying and evil, the thought of someone killing someone else for their beliefs is absurd. The fact is we cannot deny that it does not exist; it is alive and well in the present day. Children and infants are dying because of conflict between nations. The act of war affects the worlds right and mostly of all the human rights. Terrorism is a use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims. To get what you want you have to put…

out against the injustices that were inflicited upon her and women everywhere. Saying to her local press club, “How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education.” She grew up with a very loving and caring family that encouraged her to bring social issues to the public eye, and fight for what she believed was right and morally correct. During this time the Taliban ran rampant through Pakistan. They controlled…

Amir finally comes face to face with the Taliban for the first time ever. He had seen them before but never in person. He suddenly felt this sense of complete anxiety and terror. He tried to talk himself out of the fear. But they kept getting closer to him and his fear took control (Hosseini, 247). The Taliban, as a whole, gave everyone around them a sense of uneasiness. They had major control of the people in Afghanistan and…

On September 11th, the case that gave a shock in the whole world happened suddenly in New York in United State. The name of that cases are The September 11 Attacks. That was the largest terrorist incident in history. This cases were happened suddenly by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The terrorist attacks of September 11th will be remembered as one of the most terrible and unbelievable days in the United States. The incidents certainly…

are many ways to prevent this and some are We need to close some bases around the middle east and pull some troops out (Benjamin, M. (n.d.). 10 Ways to Reduce the Threat of Terrorist Attacks on Americans). Also we need to sit down and talk with the Taliban and extremist group leaders to form an agreement. Also other effective ways would be to stop supporting…

Globalization is the practice of global assimilation ascending from the exchange of world opinions, merchandises, philosophies and additional features of culture. Progresses in transport and satellites organization, as well as the growth of the telecommunication and its expansion the Internet, are most important aspects in globalization, engendering additional interdependence of financial and ethnic events. Globalization has basically remained motivated by the benefits and requirements of the…