The Pentagon

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, terrorism is defined as “the use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of trying to achieve a political goal.” There are two types of terrorism, international and domestic terrorism. International terrorism is terrorist activities that are foreign-based and/or sponsored by organizations or groups outside the United States. Domestic terrorism is terrorist activities that focus on facilities or populations without foreign direction…

issue so that readers can easily identify his argument. For example, when Meig discusses circular reasoning, he states the conspiracy theorists’ point of how the security footage at the Pentagon, “didn’t show the cruise missile or small aircraft”. Meig wastes no time to state that the cameras on the border of the Pentagon, “recorded data at a glacial rate of one frame per second”, far too slow to catch a Boeing 757 traveling at 780 feet per second. He immediately links this to his thesis of how…

Shooting Kabul is an appropriate novel for sixth-grade students because older students are aware of world issues and will understand the concepts. The book was suspenseful but also predictable. For example, Mr. Singh was associated with being a terrorist, since he “has a beard and turban” (Senzai, 92). The last chapter and epilogue was unfinished and could have been expanded. For example, Fadi’s reaction to seeing Mariam in the photo and Mariam’s experience living at the refugee camp. Overall,…

ones. One story is that a sister was in the first tower and the brother was in the second tower.The brother ran out tower the second and save people's lives. He died by doing the right thing.The sister was crying. What happened in Virginia was the Pentagon got attacked by one of the planes. They evacuated most of the people and some army men died. I feel bad for the for the families of the people that died. That was a sad day for everyone. The building collapsed at 9:50 a.m. Al Qaeda did…

The Oregon National Guard consisted of two separate elements, the first being the Army National Guard, which consisted of three major commands, 41 Infantry Combat Team, the 82nd Brigade, and the Army Joint Force Headquarters. The second element Air National Guard consisted of two major commands, 142nd located in Portland Oregon, and 173rd located in Klamath Falls, Oregon, and the Air Joint Force Headquarters. The decision-making authority was centralized at the Joint Force Headquarters levels,…

In today's culture, most everything we use is electronic. Whether that be shopping online, paying our bills, or obtaining a college degree through online classes. In these cases, it is convenient and helpful to have those options made available to us. However, when it comes to voting, maintaining paper ballots could very well be what's best for our city. I firmly believe that EVM's should not be used for the next election because they are ultimately not as user friendly, they are expensive to…

Security plays a key role in keeping us Americans safe. September 11, 2001, is a day that no one will ever forget. A group of terrorists made a deadly attack on the United States, crashing airplanes into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, killing thousands. This was a changing moment in our history. After this event, our security became a top priority for us Americans living the United States. Meanwhile, human conflict and war security concerns are at the core of international studies.…

Part one Introduction How did crashing two planes into the worlds trade center, and one into the pentagon, one into a field in Pennsylvania cause the severe economic decline over the next several years? And how did this event effect the economy on a Macroeconomic level? To describe the mechanism on how the Economy took a downward spiral, how it is still affecting the economy today. Part two 9/11 impacted airports with longer lines and body scans and pat downs making it more difficult to go…

Individuals of our military services that are on active duty, and their family members, are confronted with several specific problems. Fortunately, they also get numerous unanticipated perks, which includes credit cards. The blog site Military Money Manual, compiled by an enrolled member of the Air Force, knows that American Express can waive a lot of its charges on almost all of its cards which are used by active duty personnel of the military services. Personal Finance Challenges As outlined…

The War That Changed America “Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind” (John F. Kennedy). The Vietnam War was a violent war that had a strong impact on everyone involved. Not only the United States government, but also the people realized it was not always their place to intervene in foreign affairs. But this realization was far too late as the troops had already been sent and the American citizens were forced to live through the hell that is war. The effects of the…