Communication needs to be better so that movement and orders are heard and coordinated. A military news station should also show both sides of the war efforts, not only the United States but also the Somalia Militias. The one problem the United States faces is if they should keep helping others and doing the right thing as they see it, should they hold their decision to a vote, or should they just stop foreign relations. One thing is for certain, we did not think this battle through well enough and we lost 18
Because America is a haven from violence, the violence under the Taliban in Kabul is even more shocking and sobering. Amir gets a taste of violence when he and Baba are fleeing for Pakistan and Kamal's father commits suicide. However, nothing can prepare him for the extent of violence and suffering in Afghanistann. One of the most graphic accounts is of the stonings at Ghazi Stadium. Like the rapes of Hassan and Sohrab, the event symbolizes the devastation of Afghanistan as a whole, as Afghans once knew it.
Pakistan's first official statement about the operation acknowledged that the raid was a U.S. operation but did not elaborate. Obama telephoned his Pakistani counterpart, Asif Ali Zardari, after the raid, and the two agreed it was a good day for both countries, officials said. Obama also called former President George W. Bush, whose administration was defined by bin Laden's attacks and the fight against al-Qaida, to inform him of the news. Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the death of bin Laden proves that the fight against terrorists should be focused not on his nation, but on
Distressed by this unprecedented upsurge of mass fury, which needed federal troops at some places to establish peace, the then President, Lyndon Johnson, set up an enquiry commission formally known as the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, which later on became more popular as the Kerner Commission, after its chairman, Otto J. Kerner Jr. While ruling out any conspiracy, the commission identified racial discrimination, poverty, high unemployment, poor & inadequate schools, poor health care and sanitation as major contributing factors to the United States’ racial apartheid. The early & selective leakage of this report incited ferocious criticism from the White community. Critics argued, that the report has blamed everyone except the rioters. The opposition was so strong and intense that, Johnson not only declined the request by commission members, but also took additional six months to disseminate its findings to the public at large and put the issue in right perspective, but he himself failed to act upon it.
. . be prepared to deal with the consequences." ... Clinton and his team shifted from the language of genocide to that of "tragedy" and "civil war," downplaying public expectations that there was anything the United States could do. "It’s really a tragic problem," Christopher said.
Despite his early denial about being involved in talks with the Indonesian President, previously unreleased documents from the National Security Archives also point to Kissinger and President Ford’s promotion of the invasion. The invasion led to the deaths of nearly 200,000 Timorese and increased the criticism against Kissinger at a time when he was already receiving negative remarks from adversaries. It also must be noted that Indonesia was making use of United States military equipment that congress had approved for self-defense only (Evans, Burr). So not only was the invasion supposedly approved by President Ford and Henry Kissinger, but it also gave way to the illegal use of US military
In the case of Syria it would appear that “public opinion” is almost exactly the same as pre-world war two. Society can relate opposition of the public: the lack of credibility of the U.S. acting as the world’s policeman given it’s lies about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction; the devastation and chaos left behind after the U.S./NATO bombing campaign; the abject failure of the Obama administration to make a convincing case to strike on Syria will do anything other than make the situation wore for ordinary Syrians (Ruder, 2013). Majority of society feel that as a nation, the United States have enough problems of their own to spend it on another country. Perhaps when a resolution can be carried out successfully to prevent the American government from shutting down, there can be the time to look upon policing of the
In 1991, Ethiopia fought for their independence until 1991, year in which its rebel forces defeated Ethiopian military. In April 1993, an internationally monitored referendum took place, in which, an estimated 98.5% of the registered people voted, and 99.8% of these were in favor of independence, although the borders were not clearly defined. However, the main reason for the recent conflict is the fact that Ethiopia no longer has a border along the Red Sea and therefore shipping and goods-trading relies on going through other countries such as Eritrea to get to the shore. Ethiopian propaganda has said to its people that one of the things the government wants to do is to ensure that a more amenable government is in place, one that agrees with Ethiopian interests. A ceasefire agreement was signed in Algiers in June 18, 2000.
With reference to one recent major international conflict, analyse and assess the geographical impacts of the conflict on the area involved. The Afghanistan conflict stems from the Taliban regime in Afghanistan offering protection to Osama Bin Laden, an international terrorist who had attacked US embassies in East Africa in 1998. Their refusal to hand him over after the subsequent 9/11 attacks lead to US and UK troops invading Afghanistan on 7 Oct 2001 with operation enduring freedom, signalling the start of the conflict. The escape of Bin Laden from the Tora Bora Mountains, and the desire of the US to develop Afghanistan to prevent it from being used as a base for future terrorist activities, lead to conflict between US/UK troops and the regrouped Taliban/Al-Qaeda, which continues today. This conflict has posed several impacts, both positive and negative, on Afghanistan in a social, environmental and economic sense.
Contrary to popular belief, although mediation was considered highly necessary in order to avoid a second 'Bosnia' within Europe, the supposedly humanitarian fulfilment by NATO has fundamentally failed due to a faulty legal system accompanied by disruptive strategic intentions as well as inconsistent performances during its war campaign. Accusations against states of strategically selecting humanitarian causes for economic and calculated benefits have been fairly common after the 1990’s. Current events in Libya as well as other interventions demonstrate that the international community acts with an inconsistent behaviour in addressing their respective intervention cases. It must be