War film

Introduction Colombia is a country situated in the northwestern part of South America. It is a republic sharing borders with Panama, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru (World Factbook, 2015). Colombia is a diverse country in terms of ethnicity, linguistic differences and geographic features. Colombia has a history of armed conflict since the 19th century which has caused a severe damage to the country in every prospect. However, the armed conflicts had decreased drastically since the government…

Hobbes argues that the sovereign’s power has no limit, as they are responsible for the security and defense of their subjects at whatever cost deemed necessary. He advocated for the monarchy being reinstituted as an absolute authority; it would be the guiding head, or “artificial soul”, of the “artificial man” composed of the commonwealth that is “of greater stature and strength than the natural [man]”. This Leviathan is crucial for the maintenance of peace. Man’s “natural condition” is equal…

pretense, we can see that many have tried to use violence to further justice. When the Senate assassinated Julius Caesar, they did it “for the Republic”: to ensure that Rome would never fall to a dictator. In the 1200’s, English lords fought a series of wars against King John, eventually forcing him to sign the first ever declaration of human rights: the Magna Carta. These examples directly conflict with the adage we are constantly…

all our services together plus the industrial efforts of our Nation to win any major war”. 6 Joint Warfare is the integration of military’s different services into one unified command for the purpose of successful warfare. The first modern major joint operations started in the late stage of World War I, where field armies supported by guns, mortars and tanks; as well as airplanes were employed. During World War II, majority of the operations were conducted on land but naval and air services…

On September 23, 2015, after over 50 years of civil war and 3 years of negotiations, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government reached a significant breakthrough in their peace talks. FARC leader Rodrigo Londoño and Colombian president Juan Santos agreed to put an end to the civil war and begin a process of transitional justice in the form of a Special Jurisdiction for Peace. The leaders have agreed to formally sign a document 6 months from now, after which…

they get punished as well? Many people say that these child soldiers should be prosecuted. But I say otherwise. I think that these child soldiers should be considered victims of these crimes. I think this because if there are people too young to be in war, then they shouldn’t be prosecuted, they are manipulated, drugged, and/or forced to get drunk to commit crimes, and finally, these children are becoming soldiers because it is the only option to stay alive First, some may think that anyone who…

prepare them for the war before they put them in the wars, so now if a child is living on their own they to worry about being taking to a war preparation camp. There are both boys and girls being taking away from their families to fight in these wars. Both girls and boys are feeling as if they do not go to war then they have nothing else to do. In an article called “Sierra Leone’s Child Soldiers…” said that “Assessments revealed that the nature, frequency, and severity of most war-related…

The world we live in today has many way to make it seem as if we are in a more violent and cruel time than ever before. We see violence strewn across the news and on all forms of social media. This violence is an inevitable part of life some people argue, however many psychologists and behaviourists say otherwise. Whether or not humans are innately violent, we sometimes see that words are in fact more effective than physical strength. When an assembly of people are demanding change from a group…

WHAT IS A HYBRID THREAT? CPT RUSSELL GREENFIELD MICCC 17-005 3RD SQUAD March 30, 2017 A hybrid threat is the diverse and dynamic combination of regular forces, irregular forces, and criminal elements all unified to achieve mutually benefiting effects . While an exact agreed upon definition is a current a topic of debate, it is essentially the blending of multiple types of warfare to exploit the weaknesses of a stronger adversary. Hybrid threats, regardless of the…

The Russian winter was more unforgiving than past years. Which in return made it difficult for the young Soviet sniper to hold his rifle steadily, due to the shaking and trembling of his hands and body. His name is Aleksei Sokolov, he is 18 and he will have been in combat for about 4 months by tomorrow. He used to work under his father in the family’s watch store in Kronstadt in Saint Petersburg, Russia. That is, until Germany broke the non-aggression pact and began invading his motherland.…