Why I joined JROTC- Essay JROTC has made a major impact in my first and now second year of high school. It has keep me motivaded and dedicated to do well in my company and in all my other classes. I joined JROTC because I like the discipline, wearing a uniform beside the school polo’s, and I wanted to be part of a team. My other reason I join Jrotc is because I want to be in the military. Just like my uncle and my dad’s cousin.
So a physician’s decision to enter into this agreement with his patient is a difficult one at best. Therefore at this juncture the debate seems to indicate that physician-assisted suicide is driven by emotivism. This statement is made because although there is something to say about the position that it’s wrong, none of it is really based on concrete facts. Society surmises that there will be abuses of the practice. Because of the state of world today, one would say this is a given.
Many look to George Washington for the great things he accomplished in his lifetime. Winning the War for American Independence, being the first president, and shaping the way the Constitution was written and how the federal government was formed are all attributable to him. However, from his youth, he was a man who focused on the little details in his life predicted his behavior in large situations as they were presented to him. The mentality and experience he had from such a young age made him into the great leader he was. People who were under him as president must have enjoyed having a loyal educated president who knew what he was doing.
This provided the antiwar members with motive for refusing the draft. The impression had also been given that the working class was largely on the side of those for the war. However, this was a wrong assumption of how the mass of working people felt towards the war. The working people were the ones that felt the impact of the war most. They were the ones taken to war, the ones who felt the god and bad of the war.
There is a moral difference between Shelton’s killing of his attackers and that of his other victims. Darby and Ames caused personal harm to Shelton and thus gave him the moral right to try and prevent any other future pain that could be caused by these men, but the other victims were combatants in the war that Shelton waged against the “system”. When looking at Darby and Ames, Shelton takes a more utilitarian approach when dealing with their killings. The government “system” is supposed to punish those who are wrong. But in the trial of Darby and Ames, only Ames was punished severely while Darby was allowed to go free.
I am certain that you are well aware of groups like the Students for a Democratic Society, Draft Resistance Movement, Youth Against Conscription, the Monash Pacifist Society and Save our Sons (SOS), which were all established to fight against conscription, these have also all became anti-war groups though as the war continued year after year. The Moratorium march that occurred a few months ago was a huge turning point, as you probably know, for the anti-war movement. 120 000 people (anti-war protestors) got involved in the march, it was a massive demonstration on the publics view on the Vietnam war. The protesters believe that if they are able to prove to the government that there a huge numbers supporting the anti-war movement, that the government is going to have to listen. Im sure there will be another march or public demonstration of some kind that will come up very shortly, to raise more awareness to the publics point of view, and I definitely will be a part of
This was as Hall rightly says in C, a “Rude awakening to the realities of the war that prompted a re-evaluation of the nation’s commitment.” This is similar to Source A in the way that it refuses to focus on the statistics of the offensive, but look at the consequences of the assault, with the privilege of hindsight. This is what defines this source, what makes it right, that it does not take into account solitary and meaningless numbers but looks at the opinion of the people affected, be it in the public or government officials. It clearly presents the Tet for what it was, a larger reverse for the USA. It contradicts D as well, but C is right, the Americans had been exposed and this decreased the credibility of themselves, the South Vietnamese government and made people question the capitalist system. General Giap sums it up best when he states
A. Plan of Investigation: The Tet Offensive was a psychological turning point for many Americans during the Vietnam War. This investigation will access what role the media had in shaping the negative opinions the American citizens had after the Tet Offensive of 1968. This investigation will focus on the public opinion of US involvement in the Vietman War and the trust and support Americans had for their military and government after the media’s portrayal of Tet Offensive. I will use the method of focusing on the misconceptions the press expressed to the public, false interpretations of the Tet Offensive regarding American military and government as well as facts that the press failed to express to the media.
In a CBS special, Cronkite concluded, "To say that we are closer to victory today is to believe, in the face of the evidence, the optimists who have been wrong in the past, to say we are mired in a bloody stalemate seems the only realistic, yet unsatisfactory conclusion" ( Hallin, 1986, p.170) This did not help increase the support for our troops in Vietnam. The overall support for the war was diminished by Cronkite's report. The negative coverage of the war influenced politicians, the public, and the American soldier. Concerned with losing support, politicians started to really get involved. The TeT offensive was a last ditch effort for the communists.
Although the question still remains, why did he commit such violent, heartless crimes? According to the rational choice theory, Dennis Rader understood the consequences of what he was doing. He sent letters to the press to taunt them. Although he knew what he was doing, he still feared being caught. Which is why he remained silent for a decade after his voice was played over and over again on the news.