The bombings killed many civilians, not all of whom were communist and pro-North. However, he argued, it was a necessary action to wear down the communist regime’s morale and put blows to the enemy’s resources. These attacks were important to the overall outcome of the war and though evil, McNamera felt they were necessary. The last lesson, get the data, was a lesson that McNamera used
This weakness is one that will always be evident in the future of all warfare until the end of time. Due to the unconventional nature of the war on terror, lack of reliable intelligence is even more detrimental to our victory than ever before. However, technology advances have increased the efficiency and speed with which our forces can obtain intelligence information, though the sharing of this information between different entities is a problem that still persists. Since September 11th, the U.S. has adopted several new policies which improve the process of sharing intelligence between agencies, and the prospect of this issue becoming less prevalent is becoming a
POSC 202CA Mr. Hampshire Jerry “Sean” Hughes Essay #1 January 2011 The Longest War in American History: Money Well Spent? For fiscal 2011 President Obama has asked Congress to appropriate $719 billion for the Pentagon, a 4.5 percent increase over the current year. But as Robert Higgins points out, “few appreciate that the total amount of all defense-related spending greatly exceeds the amount budgeted for the Department of Defense.” Writing about the 2009 Defense Department budget of $636.5 billion, Higgs states: “Lodged elsewhere in the budget, however, other lines identify funding that serves defense purposes just as surely as—sometimes even more surely than—the money allocated to the Department of Defense. On occasion,
I believe that they should remain restrictive because less restrictive drug laws are not the solution to our drug problem, and instead, less restrictive laws are an extremely dangerous idea. This essay will investigate the multitude of reasons as
(Thanks to Howard Zinn's A People’s History of the United States [2] for inspiration.) Unfortunately the vast majority of Americans are either unaware of these harmful practices or have been misled about their necessity. These are some clear examples of why we should not trust the military rhetoric: •At the top of the list, of course, is the war in Vietnam, where we fought to free people who didn’t want to be freed, much less killed, and against a country which had little chance of threatening us. •But besides that, instead of responding with outrage, we’ve bowed to our own self-interest and supplied actual money and military manpower to torturous regimes and murderers of their own citizens in such countries as the Philippines (in 1980), Nicaragua (early 80’s), El Salvador (80’s), East Timor (90’s and earlier), and Colombia (now). •For dubious or even manufactured reasons, we’ve invaded Cuba (Bay of Pigs, 1961) and Grenada (1983).
Military Toby Shoemaker Com 323 Nancy Miller July 12, 2010 Military Have you ever wondered what the cost of freedom was? There is really only one answer and that is bloodshed. Too many people, that is a scary thought; but a scarier thought is the cost of not having freedom. The military protects our country and has many benefits to serving. If the draft were to be reinstated, the citizens of America and America itself would be better off.
Death penalty is a divisible and controversial issue, which raises important questions expressed in philosophical, political and moral terms. Different opinions on death penalty regarding deterrence, innocence and arbitrariness have split those who are firmly opponents and the supporters of the abolition. Although the debate over the legitimacy of capital punishment is long-lasting rooted in the morality and philosophy discourses, opponents and supporters have recently been contributing to the debate with arguments even based on economic efficiency, arguing that death penalty system carries massive costs to a state while many states that still maintain a capital punishment system use it so rarely for it to be a cost effective way to deter violent
Although it involved many positive aspects, it was strongly rejected by America, both the government and the citizens. The Congress found it to be an attachment of war for our countries, spend more money and slowly destroy our economy, and it pulled us into European affairs. This war without country seemed at that time very dim. Coming out of a war and feeling unstoppable, maybe Wilson was only wise enough to see that war is not something to be used unless absolutely needed. To protect the right of mankind, and lives of American and allied lives.
Our team found that we did not agree with those professionals who chose to commit crimes. We felt that those in our examples had the means that they needed and were being greedy. These were not values that our team found to be important. Ethics will always be a greatly debated subject because there are so many grey areas and differing opinions on what values support those ethics. It is key to an organization to have a
Do we still need to be alert in our pursuit of a more reasonable society? Well the supposedly civilian government has introduced reforms aiming for increased democratization and development, but the challenges are huge in a country characterized by serious and extensive human rights abuses. The international community has welcomed the changes and suspended most supports. Ongoing conflicts, weak institutions and corruption add to the risks. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 not only violated the Constitution and reduced individual liberty; it also failed to achieve its stated goals of promoting racial agreement and a color-blind society.