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    Jhumpa Lahiri

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    Is it possible to have security without support? In Jhumpa Lahiri's final three stories, "Once in a Lifetime," "Year's End," and "Going Ashore" in Unaccustomed Earth, Hema and Kaushik go through tree different phases. Childhood, adolescence, and Adulthood and as they transition between these three stages, their support systems change with them. If one cannot find support from their own family, they can find support with someone else outside of family. Hema and Kaushik can’t find support from…

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    Brownmiller Theory

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    Brownmillers theory of rape and sexual violence is accurate, where evidence in war as well as male habits in the military, provide an understanding of why rape occurs. Rape is looked at and defined, thus providing an accepting concept behind why rape is wrong and what exactly it is. Brownmiller goes beyond basic theorizing and analyzes rape in the context of multiple wars. By linking numerous trends and connecting it to her basic theory she is able to provide support to her argument. Her theory…

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    So, it seems possible that the Better Angels that Pinker speaks about, the neural circuits that enable Empathy, Self Control, Morality and Reason, may be currently in an interim condition, in the way that blue eyes are after ten thousand years. Pinker concludes that the greatest reduction in human violence coincides with the beginning of civilization. If the civilizing process that began less than ten thousand years ago has been enhancing these beneficial traits, their propagation may have a…

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    dirty work. They use children because children can’t be put in many of the jails after being caught with drugs or weapons. Some child soldiers enjoy the feeling of killing people for their country. More than half of the child soldiers are forced into war but some are also volunteering. Anyway, they are still killing and doing adult things. No matter the situation child soldiers need to pay for their actions. Some kids will kill because they are forced but others are volunteering and wanting to…

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    Galula’s first and third laws of counterinsurgency are based on gaining and maintaining support of the population. These concepts form the basis of U.S. COIN doctrine of wining the hearts and minds that is prescribed by FM 3-24. President Obama’s West Point speech and General Petraeus’s COMISAF guidance provide a framework that is based on a doctrine that has been greatly influenced by Galula’s first and third laws. Galula’s first law states that the support of the population is…

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    Another large problem is that these strikes are secretive and lack legal oversight, which leads to us not being able to hold our leaders accountable. Drones are used in conflicts where war is not openly declared and authorized by Congress, allowing the executive branch to have virtually unlimited power over secret wars across the world. The CIA has yet to officially acknowledge its drone programs anywhere in the world, let alone describe the rules and procedures for compliance with US and…

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    child who was forced from a very young age to commit major war crimes, would you want to be held accountable for your involuntary actions, and then go to jail for them? Child amnesty: the act of forgiving a child. But would you forgive a child for a war crime? Since around 1993, children from various different countries like Burundi, Colombia, Liberia, Myanmar, and Uganda are being taken from their homes and then being forced to fight in war, sometimes even having to kill people. These kids,…

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    Child Soldiers Effects

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    Violence has been steadily increasing as nations have been consistently searching for greater national power. Because of the rise of aggression, unorthodox forms of warfare have been introduced. This radical form of exploitation includes the use of child soldiers. Although many Americans do not see this type of military effort within the United States, it has become a familiar sight in other developing countries. According to statistics, "in the last fifteen years, the use of child soldiers…

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    If a kids does a commit a war crime and is not charged for any crimes, then commanders can make the children do the most drastic decisions, and not worry about any charges against that child. Child soldiers should be punished so the commanders do have a fear in their minds of a…

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    INTRODUCTION Many people everyday are trying to figure out something to do in the future , some consider the peace corps and do some more research on how life would be in the peace corps! Most of the article online are not positive towards the peace corps and only express the negatives of joining and leaving your term . The peace corps is a great way to help people around the world…

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