War in Afghanistan

opposing nation’s military. Two examples would be U.S. conventional forces fighting the Iraqi Army in both the Gulf War in 1990 and the early stage of the War on Iraq in 2003. The second category is Special Operations Forces or SOF who are used to fight an unconventional enemy such as insurgencies. Some examples would be SOF battling insurgent groups in the Afghanistan War in 2001 and the War in Iraq during 2003 after Saddam was removed from power when the U.S. was fighting insurgencies. Also,…

attack. The aftermath was a process of invasion of Afghanistan (2002) and Iraq (2003), kicked off by George W. Bush’s declaration of war on terrorism, nine days after 9/11. In response to 9/11, Spain’s, Prime Minister Jose´ Maria Aznar delivered a remarkable speech stating that "ETA and bin Laden are the same thing…same because anyone who murders is not defending ideas, they are just murdering." Thus, Spain under Aznar strongly backed U.S.’s war on terror. The Madrid Train Bombing occurred…

involvement in Iraq Justified? War has been apart of mankind 's history since the beginning of time, but what justifies war? Is war just if one nation attacks another? Is war just if one nation hold a citizen from another nation hostage? War is a brutal way of handling a problem the can solved through conversation and negotiation. The United States (US) involvement in Iraq was not a justified war and we had no reason the set foot in the Iraqi territory. A just war is a war that can be justified…

The concept of “total war” covers three different aspects of war: objectives, resources, and restraint. (8901 Course material, Lesson 1, Module 4, pg. 2). First, the objective in a “total war” is the total subjugation of the enemy, not some lesser goal. (Id.). Second, in a “total war” “a nation seeks to mobilize all of its resources for war.” (Id.). Third, “no restraint on the level of violence applied, and who it is applied against” in a “total war.” (Id.). Wars during the period from…

Although these serve as strong cases to suggest that the US policy in the War on Terror has severely undermined human rights, it is important to note that their policies have also had positive implications. For example, US military intervention in both Iraq and Afghanistan have helped implement democratic systems, providing basic rights such as the right to education and to free and fair elections. Freedom House noted that in 2001, before the invasion, their democracy rating was 7 with 1 being…

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.…

either of the World Wars. Today war is all about airstrikes, drones, and the use of any other new technology in order to find a way to keep our troops at home and fighting conflicts without having “boots on the ground” as the saying goes. However even with, or perhaps because of, this new technology our country finds itself involved in conflicts that are unconventional to what we have seen in our history. The young generation of Americans today has grown up learning about the wars against…

The Vietnam War has served as a lessons learned for the modern military. It was a modern war with many problems and a new type of fighting that would prove problematic to the United States military. Although the Vietnam War has been studied by current military leaders, one can still find problems faced then in today’s conflicts. In the beginning of Afghanistan and Iraq there was a clear and concise objective. This is why the initial invasions of both were successful. Fast forward a few years…

art of warfare transitioned to become the battle of wits, nerves, technology and tactics. Wars were fought with the swords and spears till the invention of guns in 14th century. From the first use of guns in a battle till the Napoleonic era, warfare relied on manpower and line-and-column tactics to achieve firepower concentration. Focus of warfare shifted from manpower to firepower, between American civil war and WW-I, with the invention of machine guns and efficient rifles. Improved ranges and…

Since the beginning of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, many service men and women come home and “return with a war that keeps haunting their dreams, their memories, and their behavior." Marguerite Guzman Bouvard convinces the reader that service men and women are tormented by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and return home with invisible wounds caused by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which affect their ability to reintegrate with their previous lives. She states society fears some…