Some people say war is necessary. At a glance at our past history we tell how war has been a recurrent phenomenon in our nations past. No period in world history has been free from the devastating effects of war. We have had wars of all types lasting from a year to ten years. In my view of this it seems futile to talk of permanent, everlasting peace or to make plans for the peace.
According to the National Polls, two thirds of the whole American population believe that the Iraq War is not worth it. The only word that Vice President Dick Cheney replied to this fact was "So". Even though the facts of the Iraq War is evident, the government of the United States choose to rely on senseless optimism to continue to fuel reasons to stay in Iraq longer. Ever since the Iraq War, there have been around four thousand American soldiers that have given their lives to the war. The Iraq war has cost the United States 600 billion dollars so far, and the United States government estimates that this number will rise to around 2 trillion when the war is over.
Tensions had been building up in Europe for decades through militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism, ideology, assassination, significant individuals and crisis, and these tensions had reach such a point that an event was needed to break these tensions. This was the assassination of the Archduke. Here, I am going to explain in detail what actually happened during the ‘Great War’ which caused billions of deaths. By 1914, the six powerful countries in Europe had been divided by two opposing unions. They consisted of Britain, Russia and France against Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy (who later switched sides).
The Effects of Combat Deployments on Military Marriages and Families John Doe Unknown University Abstract The United States Military has been involved in armed conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan for over ten years. A growing segment of the population has been exposed to combat in these nations. While much progress has been made in the field of psychology to assist those who were directly involved in combat; the toll it has taken on the families is an often neglected subject. There should be stronger programs instituted by not only the military, but by civilian therapists as well. Statistics exist regarding the divorce rate among military families, surveys involving how soldiers feel before and after deployment in regards to their families, and firsthand accounts by therapists who have treated these individuals.
World War I began on July 28th 1914, a war between two factions, that of the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente. Considered to have been a total war, World War I saw the loss of over 35 million civilian lives. Because of the important nature of this war, it is necessary to look into the causes that brought about the events. Among many, the main reasons were the imperialism, the race to arms and nationalism. Imperialism was when a country colonized new land or countries, subjecting them to their rule.
Analyse the reasons for conflicts in Afghanistan and discuss its consequences Landlocked and mountainous, Afghanistan has suffered from such grave instability and conflict stretching over three decades, that its economy and infrastructure are in ruins, and many of its people are refugees. In the 19th Century it was at the centre of the so-called ‘Great Game;, when imperial Russia and the British Empire in India vied for influence in the region. When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December 1979 to help bolster a pro-Communist government in the Middle Eastern nation, however with greater consequences than first imagined. What immediately followed was a 10-year civil war, in which Soviet troops fought Mujahideen, who used guerrilla warfare tactics. The war in Afghanistan became a jihad, or holy war, and a rallying point for many Muslims, with the conflict drawing young men from across the Muslim world to fight on the side of the guerillas.
This would feed a nation greater sum of money so they could better afford any expenses. At times, war could be caused to take resources from others because the attacking nation has very little of their own. Most wars that are based upon the gain of resources end up devastating the environment they are held in. Lastly, war issues could result from a fight for freedom, this derives from nations wanting the right to self govern themselves. Most times this is due to the abusive control of another oppressive power.
As the Serbians were caught, the country had been given an ultimatum, which was declined by the Serbian Government. This action is what basically triggered a four-year war that involved over a 100 countries, 70 million soldiers, killed over 9 million soldiers, and was the sixth deadliest conflict in history. The war is known as WW1. Although the events above triggered the war, that was not the only reason the war started. There were many long-term reasons that could have triggered the war.
Health care fraud is a major concern for the United States. National healthcare spending is already an astounding $2.7 trillion dollars but it will only continue to rise since health care fraud costs the country approximately $80 billion dollars a year, as reported by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”). As the economy fluctuates, more health care professionals are willing to risk patient harm and their practices to achieve these health care schemes, and so the total loss in health care continues to increase. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services estimate that by the year 2016, health care spending will exceed $4.14 trillion. The FBI is one of the main government agencies that investigates health care fraud against federal and private insurance programs.
In 2007 a series of increasingly violent attacks in many provinces and the capital of Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai decided to negotiate with the Taliban, and offered them senior government positions in exchange for peace focusing on public interest. Dispirited by losses at the hands of NATO bombings, the Taliban also decided to talk. However, the Taliban’s demands changed, and dramatically increased every year. The parties have not reached an agreement yet because of the Taliban’s excessive demands. The Taliban’s excessiveness in the past few years bring up the question: Are the Taliban exclusively focused on position and power, and the government on interest?