One interesting fact to remember is that we put Saddam Hussein into power back in the 1070's when he opposed the soviets. So we gave him millions of dollars, weapons, and tactics to defeat the soviets. Hussein however used this power, weapons, and money to make himself a dictator figure over his people in Iraq and a long period of oppression ensued. All of the problems we have spent $4 trillions dollars on were caused by none other than ourselves back in the cold war. The Bush administration underestimated how long the Iraq War would take, and the administration expected only a two year operation and a price tag of a little over $100
These two platoons went through a dozen camps killing hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese citizens, because this was such scandal, know one knew about it until it was released by the Pentagon on November 13, 1969. (Prados 184) On March 31, President Johnson, in a television address, announced a partial halt to the U.S. bombing of North Vietnam, a call to North Vietnam to begin peace talks. On May 13, formal peace talks between the United States and North Vietnam were openly held in Paris. (Karnow 523) In August, Richard Nixon was nominated for the presidency by the Republican Party. On October 31, 1968, President Johnson announced a complete halt to the bombing of North Vietnam.
The United Nations Security Council, along with America set sanctions called United Nations Resolution 661, and became effective in August 6, 1990. The United Nations is considered the world police, and it was allowing Saddam to circumvent the laws that were placed upon the country after the first Gulf War. The sanctions included 16 resolutions in total, and Saddam Hussein repeatedly violated most of the United Nations Security Council Resolutions. The sanctions were designed to ensure that Iraq does not again pose a threat to international peace and security in the region. One of the sanctions imposed immediately was, Saddam Hussein had to withdrawal all Iraqi forces from Kuwait.
Germans would shell British trenches and the British soldiers would be ready for the attack. The aim of this battle was to ease pressure the Germans had put on the nearby village of Verdun, using the battle as a distraction. They relied heavily on the ‘New Army’ – the civilian recruits brought in by Lord Kitchener’s advertising campaign. These thousands upon thousands of men had absolutely no battle experience and insufficient training. At 7:30 am on the 1st of July, the British began a massive attack against German forces.
The United States led a coalition of over 30 different Nations into a battle with Iraq in order to liberate Kuwait from the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. The conflict between Iraq and Kuwait began because Iraq was accusing Kuwait of drilling oil across the Iraqi border without permission. The United Nations made the decision to get allied forces together and begin the Gulf War (VFW Post 6298. n.d.). The war in the Persian Gulf had less than 100 hours of actual land and air actions before Kuwait received their oil rights back and Iraq was defeated. Many military veterans who served in the Gulf War have been said to have obtained unexplainable health problems which are now known as Gulf War Syndrome.
The distinction is more than merely rhetorical. For all our necessary emphasis on what we're fighting -- Islamic terrorists bent on the destruction of the West and the establishment of a new caliphate -- we cannot forget what we're fighting for. In March of 2003, the president and a bipartisan congress insisted we needed to invade Iraq in order to thwart Saddam's plans to develop WMD and outsource it to Jihadi surrogates. The nuclear WMD risk was, and remains, a perilous impending threat, though significantly reduced with the removal of Saddam's regime. But seasoned intelligence and national security analysts would argue that our ultimate objective -- to establish an Islamic democracy in the cradle of the Islamic world in order to protect our vital national interests -- is as critical, if not more so today, as it was in 2003.
Winston Churchill once said, “Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable events.” With the attacks on our nation on September 11, the effects have been felt all over the world. We are at war with Afghanistan and have been for almost 11 years. So why are we over there, what have we done, and when will our troops come home? On the morning of September 11, 2001, 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger airliners, two of which were intentionally flown into the
ROMMEL’S LEADERSHIP IN THE BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN The nine principles of war provide general guidance for conducting war and military operations, The Principles are the enduring bedrock of Army doctrine. The nine principles of war are Mass, Objective, Offensive, Surprise, Economy of Force, Maneuver, Unity of Command, Security, and Simplicity (Army, 2008). Erwin Rommel was one of Germany’s most respected military leaders in World War Two and he played a part in two very significant battles during the war at El Alamein in North Africa and at D-Day. Rommel’s nickname was the ‘Desert Fox’ a title given to him by the British. During the battle of El Alamein, Rommel had Failures in six of the nine principles and successes in only three.
This has been a corrupt system for as long as people can remember so who can they trust? “The system of a working relationship between Mexican authority’s and drug lords prevailed between 1940’s and 1990’s.” In 1997, the president was exposed as a top leader in the Juarez cartel. (Francisco Gonzales, John Hopkins University press 2008) To try and make a difference, when Enrique Pena Nieto took presidency in Dec. 2012, he pledged to “add a new 10,000 member security force to concentrate on the drug war, separate from the federal police.” (La Times 12/17/12) The United States helped in the war by working with the Mexican government, by giving a 1.4 billion dollar initiative for technology and training. (Francisco Gonzales) They added security to rural areas, and cameras with ground sensors to main crossing points of the Rio Grande. This helps the Border patrol to find immigrants trying to sneak over in the middle of the night.
Comprehensive sanctions were applied to Iraq in reaction to its 1990 invasion of Kuwait and its programs to develop weapons of mass destruction (1990-2003) immediately after the Cold war. These comprehensive sanctions were also applied during the break-up of the former Yugoslavia (1991- 1996). The UN Security council expressed concerns at the situation in the former Yugoslavia, notably the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, requesting that all parties end the fighting and respect the ceasefire agreement signed on 12 April 1992. These sanctions were further applied in Haiti (1993-1994). These comprehensive sanctions episodes were implemented when President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was overthrown in a coup, and the UNSC did not have an alternative but to impose further international sanctions on the country after the military authorities refused to ensure an agreement to hand over power.