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terrorists does place them in a life-threatening situation, but at least the soldier has a broader sense of who he is killing compared to a robot. Many retired veterans agree that a robot should not be doing the job of a trained soldier. Actually the Taliban have already devised a way to counter drones with sheer simplicity: they make sure that when they gather as a group, they bring women and children while even saying, “Go ahead, make my day”…

The Positive Effects of U.S. Drones Being Used Abroad Should the U.S. Use Drones Abroad? In early 2016, it was perpetuated that the leader of the Afghan Taliban was killed via an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), commonly known as drones. (Harris, “Obama Says Mullah Mansour, Taliban Leader, Was Killed in U.S. Strike”). Although many people do believe and argue relentless that drones are highly dangerous and are a breach of public privacy, it has also saved the United States a lot of time,…

ongoing wars too. Less than a month after the attack of 9/11 the U.S. sent troops to invade Afghanistan in an attempt to dismantle al-Qaeda, the terrorist group that was claimed to be responsible for the attacks, it was also planned to remove the Taliban government. Two years later, in March 2003, the U.S. decided to send troops to Iraq to invade. We deposed President Saddam Hussein too. Budgets for defense-related agencies sky-rocketed. They went from $16 billion in 2002 to more than $43…

Stories have been told about Malala Yousafzai, and her quest to improve the world. This inspired me to read, I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai. Malala is a 17 year old girl from Pakistan. She was shot in the head by the Taliban while riding the bus home from school. She survived, and then made it her mission to shine a light on the importance of education for girls around the world. She was the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. The book is an inspiring tale of persistence and…

Should the United States Continue Its Use of Drone Strikes Abroad? Remotely-controlled aircraft, otherwise known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones can be equipped with bombs and missiles for attack missions. The original drone, the MQ-1 Predator and the upgraded MQ-9 Reaper are the two most commonly used unmanned aerial vehicles. They are cherished for their ability to fly thousands of feet over a target for long durations of time and relay high-resolution, live reconnaissance. In…

As the relationship between the Middle East and the West becomes more bleak, Khomeini and Bin Laden in the world of geopolitics, share similarities in their philosophical understanding. Worthy to acknowledge are their overlapping views and growing steadfast support in the confrontation of American imperialism, despite having led parts of the Islamic world decades apart. Rather than two people sharing a common interest, the studies of Khomeini and Bin Laden rather imply a sentiment that…

M/N Skyler Stone Modern World History Paper 2: Analysis on Nick Cullather Nick Cullather’s “Damming Afghanistan: Modernization in a Buffer State” discusses and analyzes the attempt of modernization of Afghanistan by the United States. During the beginning of the Cold War, “the United States made southern Afghanistan a showcase of nation building.” However, as time passed the attempt to keep the showcase eventually failed. After the overview of the American policies, such as the Helmand…

problems Al-Qaeda faces today is that many of their Afghanistan and Iraqi partners are thinking of finding workable solutions with their current enemies. This is a huge problem for Al Qaeda. If a ceasefire is agreed upon with the Taliban and the Karzai government, the Taliban will not have any use for Al-Qaeda any longer. They might even see Al-Qaeda as a liability and look for ways to rid themselves of them…

the ideals Al-Qaida follows is interpretations of the writings from Sayyid Qutb of Egypt (Gerges, 2011). Al-Qaida originally worked out of Pakistan’s Federal Administrative Tribal Area (FATA) along the Pakistan and Afghanistan border. During the Taliban…

Though The Kite Runner focused on fathers and sons, the novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, concentrates on mothers and the bond between women. Khaled Hosseini, the author, in his fictional novel, illustrates the difficulty of women in Afghanistan, the insults of men, and the insignificance of society on women in the country. Moreover, A Thousand Splendid Suns shows the effect Afghanistan history has had on many individuals, ending in death for one character, and a new life for another. The two…