Essays on Pentagon

Overview

The paper will present a case study of the terrorist attack on the United States – US on 9th September 2001. The terrorist attack will be analyzed in the area of upcoming events, actual attacks and its consequences. The primary perpetrators of the attack were members of the terrorist group al-Qaida. The goals of 19 affiliated men from different countries were attacks on the American symbols. The targets chosen include the capitol White House, World Trade Center and Pentagon. A tactic used was plane hijacking and the larger issues at stake went beyond the domestic politics into the international politics, ...

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Perhaps no other number has fascinated scientists, mathematicians and artists alike as the Golden Ratio. Also known as the golden mean or golden section (depending on its application), the Golden Ratio is observed by many people to occur naturally, manifesting itself in many natural shapes and geometry. This interesting phenomenon has resulted in an almost cult-like fascination among many people. In fact, there are people, including notable scientists and mathematicians with the likes of Johannes Kepler, Leonardo Da Vinci and Fra Luca Pacioli, who refer to the Golden Ratio as the ‘Divine Proportion,’ suggesting that the Golden ...

Abstract

In June 2016, the Pentagon reviewed and revised the Department of defense’s accession disqualifications with the effect of lifting the ban on transgender populations from serving in the military, but the debate on the suitability of the new policy has grown even more heated. This paper argues that barring transgender individuals from serving their nation in the most selfless way possible is at odds with both the constitution and the values that the military fights to defend. Given the large number of transgender personnel already serving or having served in the military, there is no reason to believe ...

Discussions about LGBT rights, civil liberties have been ongoing since the dawn of the 20th century. From the initial period where LGBT people were looked down upon or shunned from regular life and activities, to today, where there is more awareness and recognition about civil liberty and LGBT rights; the nation has come a long way. As time progressed and with the end of WW II, there was more awareness and sensitivity towards homosexuals and discussions and policies to provide fair treatment and employment began to emerge. These discussions, as we notice from the NYT articles are still holding ...

Solar Energy

Solar Energy Background What can be more useful for humanity if not an unlimited power source, which we can use without any harm to the environment? Probably nothing, but solar power. Humanity has always tried to conquer the unlimited power of the sun – the history of solar technology dates back to the 7th Century B.C. and continues to this day. In the beginning, we tried to concentrate the sun’s heat by using glass, mirrors or other devices to light fires. From those times, we greatly progressed, but still we did not conquer this magnificent source of power. Why ...

Introduction

Hanna Arendt is a one of the philosophers whose viewpoints have been given greater accords and consideration. In fact, her contributions to the field of political philosophy are immense, and she made outstanding manifestation in delivering critical lessons and concepts about the worldviews about politics, power, and its associated influence. Therefore, it is essential to have sure understanding on the Arendt’s philosophical thoughts and perspectives before delving into the book, “Crisis of a Republic”. Arendt philosophy is anchored on the emphasis on maintaining a meaningful distinction among various concepts of “strength,” “power,” “authority”, and “violence,” besides the need ...

With the on-going strained foreign relations between the United States and Russia about military technology prowess, some pundits have predicted the possibility of another or new cold war between the two countries. Whereas the two countries have enjoyed mutual bilateral relations over the past few decades, the recent years have seen the relations between them deteriorating, to an extent of President Putin and Obama differing openly on various issues as recently witnessed during the70th United Nations General Assembly meeting in 2015. This essay explores the history of the altercations and conflicts between the US and Russia over technology. For ...

In his article “Why the United States is in Decline,” Professor Hu Angang discusses the rise of China by examining a number of aspects which he considers demonstrate the decline of United States (Hu, 2014). In making his point Hu, discusses the specific circumstances of America’s decline and China’s rise. In his explanation, Hu concentrations on five main areas of scrutiny: GDP, manufacturing output, exports, human capital and national strength (Hu, 2014). While Hu’s analysis of the U.S. seems reasonable enough, the truth is that there is no proof to substantiate an inevitable and permanent American ...

I. Background information John Nash is a scientist, whose discoveries changed this world: he managed to develop fields of mathematic, partial differential equations and game theory. The man was renowned for his achievements – he got a lot of awards, including the Nobel Prize in Economic Science in 1994. His childhood was not carefree - John Nash had to strictly adhere to rules that were provided by his parents. They listened to his desires and tried to support their child in anything he wanted, but they did it without any true understanding of the matter. “A Beautiful Mind” is a ...

Since its independence in 1969, up to 1991 Somalia was ruled by one President, Dictator Mohammed Siad Barre (Fitzgerald, 2002). In 1991, Mohammed Siad Barre was forced out of power when rival clan militia captured Mogadishu the capital city. There emerged power struggle between two clan lords, Ali Mahdi Mohamed and Mohamed Farah Aideed, which led to mass killing of Somalia civilians. One of the two lords, Ali Mahdi Mohamed, declared himself a president. Over 300,000 Somalis died of hunger, diseases or the civil war. In 1992, the United Nations Security Council approved a military mission which was ...

The case of the von Braun team of German rocket scientists who came to the United States at the end of World War II illuminates the idea of administrative evil. It is incredible that half of the team were individuals who were Nazis in Germany. Individual who were at the core of the United States space missions in the 1960s had ties to the evil Nazi regime. One of the core members of the von Braun team was a key decision maker at the Mittel Dora slave labor concentration camp. The text notes that about a dozen of individuals ...

INTRODUCTION

In 2001, New York City wakes up to horrific attacks caused by the al-Qaeda terrorist of September 11, on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon buildings. As a result, the political leaders declared a "war on terrorism" which was to include more than 60 countries as enemies and planned to last for fifty years. In the same year, President Bush allocated $379 billion in Pentagon budget that included $48 billion for fighting terrorism. The parameters and nature of the war on terrorism, however, continue to be frustratingly unclear. The war on terrorism contained elements of war and non-war. ...

Intelligence Community

In the weeks and the months following the 9/11 attacks the press evokes a huge failure of intelligence. Experts and Veterans of Special Services were asked to provide explanations, and often drive the point: "You cannot imagine how this goes wrong, - said Bob Baer - , ​​a former CIA officer. The White House was saved when Flight 93 one that crashed in Pennsylvania! And that's why you pay thirty billion dollars? This has resulted in the largest series of surveys since the mid-1970s. The largest was conducted by the National Commission on the 11 September. Supported by the powerful ...

Throughout history, prison and the extent of punishment has always been an issue that is debated among nations because it is always critical to assess whether the punishment does in fact fit the crime. There are varying scholarly opinions as to whether prison is the effective punishment in many cases. Particularly in prior eras, prison could be a simple offense or extreme and a man could be imprisoned regardless of whether they were innocent or guilty without a fair trial. Particularly to avoid this, the United States designed its constitutional framework in order to avoid unjust imprisonment that was ...

Closing Guantanamo Bay 1

Abstract 3 Introduction 4 Proposition 4 Advantages of the transfer. 6 Risk of the detainees returning to terrorism. 6 Civil war in the countries where the detainees are to be transferred. 7 Fear among members of the communities nearby proposed transfer sites. 7 The question of integrity and indefinite detention 7 Proposed Transfer Sites 8 Conclusion 8

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Abstract The Guantanamo Bay is a prison facility that has raised numerous concerns in the United States on the operation and running of the facility. It is one of the facilities created by former president of the United States George Bush, to ...

Solar Energy

What can be more useful for humanity if not unlimited power source, which we can use without any harm to the environment? Probably, nothing, but the solar power. Humanity has always tried to conquer the unlimited power of Sun – history of solar technology comes from the 7th Century B.C. to nowadays. In the beginning, we tried to concentrate the sun’s heat by using glass, mirrors or some other devices to light fires. From those times, we went far away, but still we did not conquer this magnificent source of power. Why do we should develop solar power technologies? ...

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9/11 is one of the most terrifying acts of terror during modern times leaving causalities that reached up to 2,977 overall including the twin towers, the Pentagon and the airliner crash in Shanksville.(Kevin McCoy, 2015).

The World Trade Centre Site:

It all started on a clear Tuesday morning at 8; 45 am to be more specific, when a Boeing 767 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Centre (WTC). The first crash was followed by a second one 18 minutes later targeting the South tower. At 9:45 am exactly, when people were still in shock watching the collapse of the ...

As humans, we consider ourselves as the only rational species. We take rational decisions based on facts and probability. We do not do anything which goes against our interests. We also have empathy towards each other. We have a conscience which does not allow us to deter ourselves from the righteous path. Still, like any other species, we fight and quarrel which sometimes might result in physical injuries or even death. Fighting can occur at different levels; individual level, society level, state level or the state system level. On an individual level, our fighting nature may be attributed to ...

1. Legitimacy a. What is legitimacy? What role does it serve in governance? Illustrate your response with examples. In politics and governance, legitimacy is a term that is attributed to a regime, administration or institution that possesses widespread acceptability, support and trust from the public at large (Hague and Harrop 2013). It is this attribute that usually gives a political entity the right to govern and the right to exact obedience from its subjects. Legitimacy, particularly political legitimacy, is said to result from consent, beneficial consequences, and public reason and public approval. The consent theory as related to political ...

In late September 2001, while most of the nation’s law enforcement and was focused on Al Qaeda and the beginning of the “Global War on Terrorism”, one Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) counterintelligence investigation was closing in on a more traditional threat, namely a “mole” deep in the heart of the intelligence community working for a long-time enemy. Ana Belen Montes was born on February 28, 1957 in West Germany to Alberto and Emilia Montes. At the time Alberto was an Army physician stationed in Germany. After a number of further deployments, the Montes’ eventually settled in Towson, ...

In Andy Meek’s article, “DDoS attacks are getting much more powerful and the Pentagon is scrambling for solutions,” the ongoing and increasingly pervasive threat of DDoS attacks is characterized as the most important type of cyber assault that the government and the international security community should concern themselves with. However, it is difficult, says Meek, to develop the kinds of tools that would allow organizations to recover from these kinds of attacks in a short period of time. Meek describes the increasing number of DDoS attacks across the Internet in recent years, with the groups committing these attacks ...

Abstract

Currently, U.S. Military structures experience a crisis due to the high number of deaths in American military structures because of suicide. The suicide crisis among active duty troops and veterans, many of which have no experience of deployment in war zones, indicates that military sector faces deep-rooted problems. Finding the solutions for military suicide prevention is not easy and momentary. On the basis of relevant articles and statistics, this paper summarizes the main reasons of military suicide commitment, taking into account the actions for suicide prevention. It also aims to identify why multiple governmental programs and initiatives in this ...

Introduction

In the realm of Mathematics, there are many concepts that can be applied to multiple fields of mathematics. One of these concepts is the “Fibonacci sequence” that was developed by Leonardo Pisano during the 13th century. The Fibonacci number and sequence proposed by him gives a clear indication that mathematics can be connected to many things that may seem unrelated to it. The Fibonacci sequence has remarkable characteristics; it can be applied to various fields like discrete mathematics, number theory and geometry. By definition, the numbers in the Fibonacci sequence starts with either 0 and 1, or 1and1, and ...

Chris Kyle, popularly known as the best sniper in the American Army history was a son of Sunday school teacher and Deacon. The just mentioned lethal sniper idolized by many Americans was born in Odessa but spend most of his life in Texas. He married to Taya, who described him as gentle and lovely husband but conversely a brutal warrior. Chris Kyle and his boys invaded Iraq in the year 2013 under the Bush Administration orders. Chris Kyle was a gentle guy and losing his friend Marc Lee and the first SEAL to die in the Iraqi war caused ...

Solar power is a renewable source of energy, conversed of sunlight into electricity, directly using photovoltaics or indirectly using concentrated solar power. Photovoltaics were used to power small and medium applications, from watch and calculator to off-grid homes. This is an inexpensive source of electrical energy, and according to a new Fraunhofer report, solar power in sunny regions of the world is going to be cheaper from gas or coal. For several years worldwide growth of solar photovoltaics (further PV) raised in many countries and regions all over the world, including Australia, Canada, South Africa, and Thailand. The increasing ...

I take the following NY Times news report as the base: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/world/middleeast/pentagon-is-ordered-to-expand-potential-targets-in-syria-with-a-focus-on-forces.html?hp&_r=1&

This report has been prepared in anticipation of a possible invasion of the peacekeeping forces in war-torn Syria. According to many countries, government forces were using chemical weapons to suppress the resistance of the rebels

Report

U.S. President Barack Obama sent to the Ministry of Defence order to expand the list of potential targets in Syria that could be attacked during a military operation against the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

The article argues that this decision was made in connection with the receipt of intelligence according to which ...

The report is about the response and preparation of American authorities incase Ebola hits the American soil. Already, a Liberian man has died in Dallas because of the disease and several nurses who attended to Ebola patients have also been infected with the disease.

Some of the measures which have been taken include the formation of a 30 person team that will respond to an outbreak of the disease in any part of the country. The team is undergoing high level training at Fort Sam, Houston in Texas. In case of an outbreak in any part of the US, the ...

Introduction

“Billions over Baghdad” is an investigation report, prepared by Vanity Fair contributing editors Donald Barlett and James Steele, published in the October 2007 edition of the magazine. The report exposes how those billions of dollars that flew from Federal Reserve Bank of New York to the War Land of Iraq in the name of financial assistance and human aid, get disappeared as if these haven’t even exist. The incompetence of US officials overseeing the entire matter, the mismanaged transfer to the local bodies and the corrupt and greedy contractors and ghost employees made the entire game possible. ...

There are five phases of a terrorist attack. According to Sauter & Carafano (2005), they include the pre-incident phase, the initiation phase, the climax phase, the negotiation phase and the post-incident phase. The pre-incident phase is the stage whereby the terrorist leaders decide on the type of operation to undertake. Thus, it involves the selection or the identification of the target. At this stage, the terrorist comes up with a number of potential targets. This is based on extensive intelligence and surveillance. For example, the selected targets for the 9/11 attack were the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and the Capitol ...

In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a former officer of the National Security Council, who worked in research corporation RAND, pass an array of secret documents relating to the preparation and conduct of the Vietnam War, a journalist of the newspaper The New York Times Neil Sheehan. The publication of the dossier has undermined the credibility of the American and world public opinion to the US authorities, showing that the administration of President Lyndon Johnson deliberately led policy of escalation of hostilities in Vietnam, while the US government has officially stated that it is not seeking to expand them. The administration lied ...

Article Assignment

The problem that the police of the United States is more and more militarized arouse anxiety in the American society. The matter is discussed in the article “Cops or soldiers”, published on March 22, 2014 in The Economist. The author describes a raid of a group of heavy armed policemen into a house of ordinary American family supporting their action with “ battering ram” and looking for $1000worth of electronic devices and clothes bought with stolen credit cards. They found nothing of the sort and arrested two persons for unrelated charges. All that cost stress and fear among the members of the family ...

War in Iraq, is one of the controversial events in history of American wars. It takes two to tango, and this is the case of the war in Iraq. For a war to start there should be some driving forces or effects. The justification for the Iraq invasion remains quite unclear despite the prior consequences that came with the war. The invasion was suggested to have begun following the 9/11 attack of World Trade Center and Pentagon in 2001. Americans attacked Iraq in 2003 and toppled Saddam’s dictatorship, and seven years later the war came to end (Mahnken and ...

Introduction

9/11 is the expression that has been dedicated to the 2001 terrorist attacks by Al-Qaeda that the United States suffered from on September 11. It is true that 9/11 became a turning point for the George W. Bush administration. In addition, it also affected the United States' foreign policy.The events unswervingly led to the United States support for the downfall of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan where it was believed to have its foundation (Thompson, 2004). These attacks were also important as they were later used by the United States of America as a justification of invading Iraq regardless of the fact that ...

Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines

The movie “A Beautiful Mind”, directed by Ron Howard, and released in 2001 is the true story of John Forbes Nash Jr. A leading mathematician, he is as arrogant as he is brilliant. He marries a student, Alicia, and sets himself up on the fast track in mathematics, making advancements in “game theory” which earns him accolades from his peers. Eventually, Nash is visited by CIA Agent William Parcher, who attempts to recruit him work with for code-breaking activities for the U.S. government. However, evidence begins to suggest that Nash may not perceive reality as it really is. His sanity ...

"Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)"

Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?Were you in the yard with your wife and children?Or working on some stage in L.A.?Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smokeRisin' against that blue sky?Did you shout out in anger, in fear for your neighbor?Or did you just sit down and cry?Did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones?And pray for the ones who don't know?Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble?And sob for the ones left below?Did you burst out with pride ...

The Chicago Tribune article titled High ranking US military officer goes on trial for sex charges had been published on March 4th 2014. The article is on the trail of Army Brigadier General Jeffrey Sinclair, who was earlier the deputy commander of the 82nd Airborne Division. Sinclair’s court martial is one of the few occurrences in the US armed forces that involved high ranking officers. He is only the third army general in over half a century to face court martial proceedings. The general, aged 51, is accused of forcing a junior woman officer to have sex and threatening her ...

Never trust your gut

Cyber space deals with artificial manmade machines and technology. Therefore, this will require system analysis, tests and checks to ascertain they are working in order (Gourley 1). One cannot just believe that they will work okay. If there is a fault, the system will definitely malfunction..

Devices in Cyber space are at risk of danger to opposition control

The various devices in cyberspace may be at risk of being compromised in terms of security. Measures need to be put in place to separate any device that is compromised and ensure their interactions with the rest of the cyberspace system are stopped (Gourley 1).

Do not look back you are never completely alone

The enemy is always on the lookout for any ...

The day September eleventh, 2001 will be a day individuals won't overlook for the rest of their lives. On that morning, planes were seized from Newark, Boston, and Washington. The primary occasion of the terrorist assault was at 8:46 A.m. in Manhattan, New York. At this point a seized plane flew into the north tower of the World Trade Center (Greenberg). The highest point of the north tower was loaded with smoke and flares. The individuals close to the World Trade Center were totally shocked and had their attention gotten right when the first plane hit. "Countless individuals saw the ambushes ...

It was the morning of December 7, 1941 when a very large fleet of Japanese fighter planes covered 2000 miles and launched a strike on the U.S. military at the Pearl Harbor near Hawaii. The military saw 20 naval vessels, 8 enormous ships, and almost 200 airplanes crumble before their eyes during the 2 hours of the attack. 2000 American soldiers and sailors took their last breaths on the Harbor during the startling assault, and the incident left close to 1000 military men wounded. The Pearl Harbor incident was an attack on one of the strongest entities in the United States ...

Adopting the Wrong Perspective

In response to the rising clamor for gender equality and getting rid of double standards, officials are trying hard to incorporate a gender neutral approach to several aspects of the American society. Their recent target is the military. On January 2013, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta announced that the Pentagon will lift the ban on females serving in combat roles. Apparently, this move was prompted by the bravery of more than 150 female soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan (Londoño). Panetta further explained that the aim of the decision was to provide the best soldiers for the country without ...

1.0 Introduction Many sports played across the world that involves throwing, hitting and kicking are done so using a ball. However, many parameters such as humidity, materials of manufacture of the ball, size of the ball, etc. control the movement of the ball in air. Research on golf balls and tennis balls reveal their aerodynamic properties and the various parameters affecting their flight. The effect of seams on a baseball on the flight has been evaluated along with the relationship between rotation and lateral forces (Watts & Sawyer 1987). Similar studies have also been conducted on cricket balls, rugby balls, volleyballs ...

In the article Where am I, Dennett is described as a person who is recruited by the Pentagon to work for NASA. The Pentagon needs Dennett to retrieve a missile underground. Since the missile is highly radioactive, the Pentagon requires Dennett to leave his brain behind. Dennett is operated on and has his brain removed. His brain is placed in a vat. After waking up, Dennett cannot recognize where he is, which makes him pop the question, “Where am I?” Dennett has radio links connected to his body after the operation. Dennett thinks of this question philosophically, which is a difficult question since ...

A Rhetorical Analysis

In order to have a solid ground for rhetorical analysis, this paper has chosen a particular angle of collective memory as the artifact to be studied. Because collective memory deals with a memory of an event shared by a certain group of people, it is only fitting that we examine an event of national importance, something that had marked in the history of America and the World. One event that falls into that category is the 9/11 incident. Thus, in this paper, we will try to analyze a collective memory by dissecting the rhetorical appeals and tools used in an online article dedicated to ...

The American public’s trust of elected officials was at an all-time low after Richard Nixon resigned in August of 1974. The Watergate scandal caused his credibility, the credibility of the office of President and the credibility of the entire government apparatus to take an enormous blow. Before he resigned though, several events had caused the American public’s trust in government officials to waiver. Among the two most harmful were the Vietnam War and the release of the Pentagon Papers. After John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, Lyndon Johnson became president. Almost immediately he increased American presence ...

Introduction

The aerospace industry has witnessed a sloppy growth over the past few years. This is facilitated by different factors based on the historical aspect or trend within the industry. Since it opened its doors back in 1930, Grumman has witnessed a tremendous growth and drop within the industry (Northrop Grumman, 2013). The company was initially founded by six members plus fifteen different employees within one year as they fulfilled the first government contract. The following analysis provides a clear analysis on the downsizing in the aerospace industry through focusing on the Grumman Aerospace Corp.

Analysis

Grumman military aircraft traces back in 1933 after ...

Abstract

The project deals with changes in the federal law enforcement since 9/11 attacks. The opening paragraphs induct into the political microclimate of the early 2000s and the rationales behind the 2001 terrorist attacks. Further sections give insight into improvements and changes made by the Department of Justice, one of principal law enforcement agencies, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, its subordinate agency, and police. The paper reflects the opinion of prominent security experts, accomplished writers, and governmental officials. Keywords: security, counterterrorism, attack, law, enforcement, bureau, police, justice Being a big geopolitical player that it is, the USA has its ...

Introduction

The usage of computers has become commonplace in the world. The daily lives of people, national security and economic prosperity are all dependent on safe, stable and resilient cyberspace (Rosenzweig, 2013). Cyber intrusions and attacks have increased dramatically recently exposing sensitive personal, national and business information to unwarranted persons who disrupt operations and use such information wrongly (Goth, 2009). Cyber insecurity leads to massive economic losses and hence the creation of the cyber security section in the department of Homeland Security. The department of Homeland security plays a key role in securing the US cyberspace for both civilians and ...

According to CIA, “terrorism is a “premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents” (cia.gov, 2014). Nevertheless this definition is not complete and requires significant adjustments. Martha Crenshaw in her article “Theories of terrorism: Instrumental and organizational approaches” tries to conceptualize terrorism before making any recommendations on how to combat it. According to Crenshaw, the act of terrorism is a deliberate choice by political actor (Crenshaw 1987, p. 13). In the first case terrorism is an attempt to achieve collective values of the group under the influence of external pressure, particularly under the government’s ...

Introduction

The United States of America will never be the same again since September 2001, exactly fourteen minutes to nine in the morning. On this day, four coordinated terrorist attacks planned by famous Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda hit America in New York City and Washington, Metropolitan area. These attacks left more than two thousand people dead, and caused damage to property worth more than ten billion US dollars. Four commercial airlines, two from United Airlines and two from American Airlines, were hijacked by the terrorists who intended to crash them on prominent United States buildings. Sadly, these terrorists succeeded in ...

English

Introduction In the movie World War Z, one of the issues is government preparedness in handling crises. Nowadays, the whole world is confronted with possible disasters or crises that can significantly affect the lives of the people in a community. During these difficult times, governmental response is vital in order to meet all the needs of those affected by these possible crises such as terrorist attacks, natural disasters, and other catastrophic events (Neil 14). The main resource and official regulatory organization that is tasked to handle these crises in the U.S. is the Department of Homeland Security. The National ...

For a long time, American women have been restricted from armor, infantry, artillery as well as other combat roles in the military. However, they have found themselves frequently in combat in Afghanistan as well as Iraq. Serving in combat positions in the military has remained crucial to the advancement of one’s career. For a long time, women have claimed that by failing to recognize their actual service, the U.S military has held them back unfairly. Over years, women have expressed their desire to serve in combat roles in the armed forces and urged the government as well as the military ...

Introduction

The 9/11 Attack has been regarded as one of the major events in the history of America. This attack killed and maimed more people inside United States boundaries in a day than any other event since the historic Pearl Harbor attack. Notably, those who died in the horrific carnage in Pennsylvania, Washington and Manhattan on 11th Sept were the most direct victims of the terror attack. Many more people were killed in the subsequent “war on terror”. Arguably, several essential facts regarding 9/11 attacks were obvious; i.e. the attack was an act of mass murder where more than three thousand ...

The urge to tackle the reception of the arts is what differentiates the criticism Daniel Mendelsohn has on the United 93 film that depicts the happenings of September 2001 in the US. He has mastered the ability to pen down his reviews as commentaries in a cultural manner. His article September 11 at the Movies is one artistic response to the film United 93 that defines that day. Moments before the towers got hit; Daniel says his mind was on a classical Greek drama the Aeschylus’ Persians that is a true example of a real historical event (Mendelsohn, 43). This thought is what ...

In the war against the Iraqi insurgents, the Pentagon introduced the new policy of journalist embedding amongst the American soldiers. This, they claimed, was an effort to get rid of the past tendency of mishandling and mistreatment of media personnel and to provide the direct footage of what really happens in the battle field. The role of media is thereby seen as largely to shape and influence the public opinion or perception of the war, or the international community’s view of the humaneness of the war. The pentagon claimed it was in order to show the factual happenings ...

Terrorism is a scourge of the modern world. It is a highly organized and systematic form of crime, directed towards clear cut goal of harming a particular set of people, community, or country. Terrorists act at international levels and their activities are aimed to harm many at a time. Terrorist activities are aimed at spreading terror, extortion and ransom, mass murder etc. Many times, these activities are born off a twisted mind that harbors wrongly placed ideas of righteousness. Some terrorists call themselves revolutionary, claiming to liberate their social, cultural or ethical ideas. They are highly convinced that their motives aim at greater good, ...

Civil liberties can be defined as rights guaranteed to the citizens or people who are residents of a nation or territory as a matter of fundamental law. They are different from human rights, which are accorded to all people irrespective of where they live (Walker, 2000). Civil liberties are rights for which a national government possesses a contractual obligation to protect. Civil liberties are backed by a bill of rights found in a country’s constitution. On the contrary, human rights are merely implied by one’s status as a person whether the government has made an agreement to safeguard them or not. The civil liberties ...

Lugene Rosen

English 100 Women on the Frontline Following the existing debate on whether or not qualified women are equally entitled to be on the frontlines like men, lots of heated debate is generated. In January 2013, the United States military lifted its ban on women in ground combat positions, a policy that according to the information stated in the sources of Fox News (FoxNews.com) had been in effect since 1994. Skaine mentions that the ground combat positions were defined according to the 1994 policy as “engaging the enemy on the ground with individual or crew-served weapons, while being exposed ...

Abstract

The effects of the terrorist events which occurred over a decade ago are still evident today, with many of the first responders bearing both visible and invisible scars, serving as a reminder of that fateful day. While many of the responders and mental health workers involved in the aftermath had engaged in training prior to 9/11, nothing could prepare them for the impact the attacks would have in downtown New York. The following paper analyzes the psychological impact of the 9/11 disaster, how the local jurisdiction responded to the mental health needs of the community, and the impact the interventions had ...

Qualified women are entitled to be in the frontlines too. In January 2013, the United States military lifted its ban on women in ground combat positions, a policy that has been in effect since 1994 (FoxNews.com). The 1994 policy defined ground combat as “engaging the enemy on the ground with individual or crew-served weapons, while being exposed to hostile fire” (Skaine, 7). This paper therefore takes the definition of ground combat as the meaning of the word “frontlines” which was earlier mentioned. The 2013 decision generated many opposing opinions about the issue. Different factors such as physical strength, emotional complications, ...

Chapter 8, pg. 306: Stuxnet and the Changing Face of Cyberwarfare

In the past, cyber crime only dominated the domain of fiction writers. However, cyber warfare as emerged as a daunting and unique problem for every internet security expert, not only in detecting and preventing intrusions but also in tracking cyber criminals and prosecuting them. The most prominent problems include for example, American and Israel hackers used cyber warfare to interfere with the operations of Iran’s nuclear plan, by causing malfunction in one device controlling the nuclear plant. The problem will become worse for countries with advanced technologies such as the U.S., which rely on an electronic banking system and ...