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    Syrian Refugees Crisis

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    intricacy of the operation and probability of success is higher, however. Prospective migrants must afford a hotel room near an airport where they will wait for an opportune time to board a flight, after crawling through underground tunnels to get into Turkey. The cost of losing is much higher, but the smugglers will ensure through bribery and forgery the safety of the…

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    The Policy of Containment What is the policy of containment, and how did the United States (US) enact this policy? According to Office of the Historian, American diplomat George Kennan’s long telegram laid the foundation for the policy of containment, which the United States devoted itself to prevent the further expansion of communism by the Soviet Union. As a result, the United States enacted this policy through numerous strategies including the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, and the creation…

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    2. Truman’s Speech and Containment Implementation. After the sudden death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s, Harry S. Truman became President of the United States. He was against totalitarian states and claimed that ideology should not be used as a plea for authoritarian rule. Truman was determined to show to the United States that his administration didn’t aim to return to isolationism. “By the early 1947 the Truman Administration was convinced that even though the Soviet Union had adopted a set…

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    Cuban American Influence

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    Cuba was an independent country since 1902 but was still under the American influence until the Cuban Revolution. This was because the United States were allowed to have a naval base at Guantanamo and had great capital investments in different businesses and industries such as the sugar industry. During this time Fulgencio Batista was the Cuban dictator but was corrupt and oppressive and therefore disliked by the Cuban citizens. America supported Batista because he was helpful for the American…

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    In the TedX video “Animal rights – birth of an activist,” Simone Reyes speaks on becoming an animal rights activist, and some of the things that led her to do so. She speaks on one of her first encounters with standing up for non-human animals, namely, two bats. A man was about to strike and kill an object in which she could not even make out, and in recounting that moment she states “I didn’t know what this little thing was, but it was pulsating, so that meant it must have had a pulse… which…

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    We all have a story to tell. We all want to share with other our adventures, our tribulations, and our dreams. Since the dawn of human civilizations humans have sharing stories, great epics like the Ramayana and the Odyssey. Every individual has a story to tell and these stories unveil characteristics of humanity like compassion and courage. However, in times of war and conflict people’s stories can be ignored or forgotten. When we don’t help, when we don’t listen, when we discriminate against…

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    The Gulf War of 1991, and the Iraq War of 2003 are two completely separate wars. Different objectives, and situations comprised these conflicts. Both conflicts had different goals. During the Gulf War of 1991, President Bush gave clear indication that the objective of Coalition forces was to evict Iraqi troops from Kuwait. No regime change was sought by the UN, NATO, or other partners. While rebellion in Iraq was encouraged (Text Pgs. 271-272), the Allies took no part in that fight. The war in…

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    Genocide Vs Holocaust

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    water. The Armenians sometimes were forced to unclothe and walk bare in the scorching weather, while the ones who stopped and rested were killed. Today, it is outlawed in Turkey to even mention the Genocide. Article 301 of the penal code states “(1) Public denigration of Turkishness, the Republic or the Grand National Assembly of Turkey shall be punishable by imprisonment of between six months and up to three years. (2) Public denigration of the Government of the Turkish Republic, the judicial…

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    and how we do them. Inside the essay you will also learn what we do after we are done eating. And finally, I will tell about our desserts. First, I will tell you about what we eat. We eat you traditional Thanksgiving foods like turkey. My mom always makes the turkey, mashed potatoes and cheesy potatoes. My sister always makes jello and cranberry sauce. My mom also makes stuffing and supplies bread rolls with butter. My sister also makes broccoli soup to go along with the dinner. When it is…

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    How Does Scrooge Change

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    At first, Scrooge is a big grump. He acts as if the world doesn't need him, thinking that he has it all. He has the money, but the fame is not there. Everybody hates him, he is just cruel and is extremely selfish, but this is how he changes, not how he was. Scrooge's partner Marley dies and comes back to haunt him. Scrooge sees what will happen to him if he continues hating people, he will be weighed down in chains, his wrongdoings. Marley then tells Scrooge he will be haunted by three…

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