It can be determined that the fear of communism would greatly impact the capitalist nations, including Australia. It can be stated the key developments in Australia’s response to the threat of communism included Forward Defence Policy, the SEATO and ANZUS treaties (South East Asia Treaty Organisation and the Australia New Zealand United States) taking part in military wars including The Korean War, the Malayan Emergency and The Vietnam War. The Forward Defence Policy was based on the concept that it was in Australia’s best interest to meet any threats to Australia as far away from the mainland as possible. This policy would see Australia set up military bases overseas and
When Sadaam took over Kuwait he was after the Kuwaiti Oil. Iraq wanted to be the second largest to Saudi Arabia in Oil production and only could achieve this by taking over Kuwaiti soil. The Gulf War turned out to be a hard fought war led by the United States of America and George Bush’s Administration. The Bush Administration was determined not let Kuwait be walked over by a stronger country in Iraq. This administration was not entering into this war without its own interests addressed since they received $6 billion (US) from Kuwait in support for the United States forces.
40 passengers and crew died. Motive Al-Qaeda was created in 1989 from Arab volunteers and is opposed to all non-Islamic governments. It was lead by Osama Bin Laden. They specifically wished to drive America from Saudi Arabia which they considered to be very holy as Mecca and Melina are here. They will challenge non-Islamic governments in anyway, including force.
Because of Britain, we are here today, so is it necessary to just leave Britain? If we were in a crisis-like being in a war, and we were a republic, we wouldn’t receive much help from Britain. Do you think other countries might feel it would be easier to invade Australia, because we’re a new independent country? It defiantly would be. Becoming a republic, citizens of Australia might feel unsafe and leave the country.
Discuss the Impact of the Cold War on Australian Society in the 1950’s and 1960’s During the Cold War Era, Australian society was profoundly affected due to our involvement as a loyal ally to both America and Great Britain. As a result, a fear of communism in and around Australia developed and lead to a lot of tension around the country. As countries in both Europe and Asia were taken over by communist powers, the threat of communism became a genuine fear within Australian society. Many Australians were concerned that with communism spreading rapidly throughout the world, it would not be long before Australia would undergo the same fate. As if to reinforce the fear of communism, two spies working on behalf of the Soviet Embassy were discovered in an event known as the Petrov Affair and reignited the fear of communism which became stronger than ever before.
The Afghanistan war impact of The US economy The Afghanistan War is a result of the 9/11 attacks. The attacks were caused by terrorists, who were based in Afghanistan. The Taliban is a radical Islamic group and was the ruling government of Afghanistan at the time. The Taliban refused to allow the US into Afghanistan to capture or kill the terrorists, so we declared war on them. Because of this war we declared on Afghanistan our economy as a whole has taken a blow.
Armed security will more than likely always be a deterrent for terrorism which is a strong reason why I believe our border patrol is a major strength in the Department of Homeland Security. On the contrary, I believe the transit security department in Homeland Security is fairly weak. Our airport security is not as tough or as strict as it should be since 9/11. I believe airport security was extremely lax and weak before 9/11, began to strengthen for a few years post 9/11, but never really reached the level I believe it should be at now, almost 10yrs since that day. I firmly believe all TSA personnel should not only be thoroughly screened and evaluated, but trained and armed after successful completion of training and evaluation.
My analysis mainly focuses on semantic fields and syntax. A semantic field of fear runs throughout the discourses of both Blair and Bush. Bush began his speech with the following sentence; “Good evening… series of deliberate and deadly terrorist attacks”. Blair also opts to utilise the same method “it was the events of September 11 that marked a turning point in history, where we confront the dangers of mankind, it was tragedy, an act of evil”. Due to the semantic field of fear and terror running throughout the discourses of Bush and Blair their choice of lexis is crucial in conveying their political ideologies.
The first major engagement in Ia Drang may have proved ultimately to be an American victory, but it presented the fact that fighting the VC would not be won through area wars, but purely a through test of which side could drain enemy troop numbers fastest in an attritional war. The VC was able to conscript up to 200,000 men a year, outnumbering the US. These were not just typical soldiers, they were fighting a war for freedom which had been going on for centuries, and this contributed to their overall passion and perseverance in the face of a much more advanced enemy. In comparison the standard American troop was conscripted via a date of birth drafting system, and kept in Vietnam for a year. Many troops were not committed to their duty in Vietnam and did not always see why they were actually putting their lives on the line.
An example of conflict on an international level is the current war in Afghanistan which is predominantly a result of conflicting ideologies and during the time that the Taliban controlled Afghanistan, they allowed an organisation called al-Qaeda to have training camps there. In September 2001, nearly 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The United States believed that Osama Bin Laden - who was the head of al-Qaeda - was the man behind these attacks. There was a lot of international pressure on the Afghan leaders to hand over Osama Bin Laden. When the Taliban didn't do this, the United States decided they would use their armed forces.