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    In the book “War” by Sebastian Junger, people experienced combat for the first time in similar ways. When they got to the Korengal Valley many of the men like O'Byrne had never been shot at before. O’Byrne when he first got into a situation where he was being shot at “The first thing he did was stand up and look around -Pg 11”. He later says to Vandenberge “Fuck, I can't believe they just shot at me -Pg 11” because he was shocked that someone was actually shooting at him and trying to kill him.…

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    represents the family is dying, because the connection between the two brothers are gone since they are on two different sides, and they have to fight each other. The theme of the story is about the separation of family, and all these are caused by wars. Behind the tree, there is a long bandage that is untied, coloured mostly in red. This represents that in order to be alive, the snipers cannot give up, no matter how painful it is for them, they have to get over it. It shows that without…

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    Multilateral Negotiations

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    For war to occur at least one of the two parties must see a net potential gain from war under certain circumstances and second, there must be a barrier to make negotiation so difficult that a “credible agreement cannot be reached.” Multilateral settings, consisting of three or more states, must try to come to an agreement with the possibility of alleviating a common problem, however, the outcome is not always successful. The outcome depends on the specifications of the negotiation process and…

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    Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2 2. Business Lessons from Sun Tzu’s The Art of War 2 Lesson 1 He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight. 2 Lesson 2 Strategic Leadership 2 Lesson 3: Know Yourself, Know the Enemy 3 Lesson 4 He will win whose armed force is vivified by a similar soul all through every one of its positions. 4 Lesson 5 He will win who, set himself up, holds up to take the adversary ill-equipped. 4 Lesson 6 He will win who has military limit and isn't meddled with…

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    Syrian Refugees

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    11.3 million people have been displaced by the civil war in Syria and, despite a lack of coverage recently in the media, the number is only growing (World Vision). When asked, people guessed the number of refugees to be in the thousands and one even responded “is that still going on?” (Mason). We, as people of the world, should help out the refugees by all able-countries working together to assist diplomatically, socially, and economically. In addition, informing the masses about this ongoing…

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    idea of the story is war changes people. War changes people because at the beginning of the story “he finished the sandwich taking a flask of whiskey from his pocket”(O’Flaherty 1). When a person is in the military using a high powered weapon for example; sniper, machine gun,assault rifle, etc. You would expect that person to be 100% sober and not under the influence of anything.To show how war changes people at the end, the sniper had shot someone from the other side of the war that was not on…

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    Drone Wars: The Ethical Tug of War Unseen, unmanned, just as, if not more, lethal as any other weapon of war. Although there are benefits to using unmanned vehicles, also known as drones, to make assaults on enemies, there are plenty of ethical and moral dilemmas that come along with them. Although drones save soldiers lives, they also put more civilian lives in danger, and in turn, cause more civilian casualties than if foot soldiers were used. Along with civilian casualties being a major…

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    In the Special Operations Forces Team Member Unit, there are many difficulties in trying to join this Team. These men are the meanest and baddest and do it for the U.S and their freedom. These men must do the unthinkable and stand up over the comrades, and train to perfection. The men on these teams face dangerous actions, and must be ready to strike at anytime and anywhere if needed. Being part of the Special Operations Forces Team Member makes you stand out, and the things that could happen…

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    Sniper Vs Sniper

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    What would you do if you were in the middle of a civil war? Well, I know two stories where there is a civil war and there are two people in the middle of it. Obviously I believe you wouldn’t know what to do because you are not in their position. These people are two different people with two different conflicts. Each only has two decisions. Let us compare and contrast there relations to each other. The title of the story is “Sniper”. The main character doesn’t have a name but it does say he is…

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    War stories often graphically describe violent events to immerse the reader in the action of the actual fight. Despite this, there is always an underlying reason as to why the author uses that scene in particular. Those brutal incidents that make it to the pages of the book are significant to the message that the writer wishes to present to the reader. This violence is not always limited to battles. One particularly vicious scene in The Things They Carried is when Curt Lemon is killed and in…

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