Military Force Reductions Will Significantly Impact Society Abstract from former Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta speech on January 5, 2012 “All of this comes at a time when America confronts a very serious deficit and debt problem here at home, a problem which is itself a national security risk that is squeezing both the defense and domestic budgets. Even as we face these considerable pressures, including the requirement of the Budget Control Act to reduce defense spending by what we have now as the number of $487 billion over 10 years, I do not believe -- and I've said this before -- that we have to choose between our national security and fiscal responsibility. The Department of Defense will play its part in helping the nation
Filkins runs through a list of some five regions were NATO forces are absent or minimal. General Nicholson, meanwhile, keeps pounding the message: “We don’t have enough forces to secure the population.” Filkins then informs the reader that this situation will soon change, because the Obama administration plans to send 20,000 to
CHILLING EFFECTS Friday, November 22, 2013 BOB GARFIELD: Pan-American Center, a writer’s organization, released a report last week titled, “Chilling Effects: NSA Surveillance Drives US Writers to Self-Censor.” Of the 500-plus members surveyed, 28 percent said they've curtailed or avoided social media activities; 24 percent have deliberately avoided certain topics in phone or email conversations; 13 percent have taken extra steps to disguise or cover their digital footprints. The gathering sense of nervousness is nerve-racking in itself. What does freedom of expression really mean if our thinkers are constantly looking over their shoulders? But at least one commentator draws a different lesson from the report. LA Times book critic David
More than a third of the American public suspects that federal officials assisted in the 9/11 terrorist attacks or took no action to stop them so the United States could go to war in the Middle East, according to a new Scripps Howard/Ohio University poll. The national survey of 1,010 adults also found that anger against the federal government is at record levels, with 54 percent saying they "personally are more angry" at the government than they used to be. Widespread resentment and alienation toward the national government appears to be fueling a growing acceptance of conspiracy theories about the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Suspicions that the 9/11 attacks were "an inside job" _ the common phrase used
This will certainly raise questions about his promises of bipartisanship and uniting the country. Moreover, the tag of “liberal” holds a certain stigma in American politics which proved detrimental to the campaigns of Democrats like Michael Dukakis and John Kerry. But Obama’s most glaring weakness by far is his inexperience. Critics say that he has only been in the Senate for three years, and has spent two of those years running for president (“Clinton hits Obama with experience TV ad.”). His record is somewhat difficult to scrutinize because it is indeed so brief.
The author provides three pieces of evidence to prove the current standing of the housing market. He says that the crisis will only get worse in the months to come. Obama and his administration’s anti-foreclosure efforts have not been sufficient and that the new price drops could bring a bleak chapter for foreclosure. The author provides enough information to persuade readers with factual evidence that seems to have been researched. The author provides three pieces of backing to support each case of evidence that he brought to the table.
Counterargument: While it is true that Service member will likely die in conflicts protecting the United States, they should only be placed in a dangerous situation when it is absolutely essential to the safety of America. Iraq’s threat to the United States was very low compared to other countries at the time of the invasion. 4,316 American deaths and 31,342 Americans wounded in Iraq as of June 18, 2009. Because the war has cost billions of taxpayer dollars. (UA: Wasting money is bad) The Iraq war has cost $679,593,000,000 dollars as of June
Charlie Jones In February of 1980 there was very little hope in America. The country was facing economic hardship and embarrassment, so to speak. In the late 1970s Vietnam had just ended; President Nixon had resigned; and the USSR had just invaded Afghanistan. In addition, 52 American hostages were taken in Iran which would be known as the Iranian Hostage Crisis. This was a time when Americans felt scared because they did not know what to expect, or if situations could get worse.
His biggest fear is deportation, which would tear him away from his family, leaving them to fend for themselves. Although Juan is a fictional character, according to President Obama this is the true story of over 12 million people currently living illegally in the U.S (usamnesty.org). How could it be morally just to deport Juan and the millions like him? Republicans and Democrats are both unable to
Huge increase in US military spending has been one of the factors contributing to the deterioration of the American economy since 2001. (Billions) What is confined to this disagreement with the costs of such a world power are the negative attitudes towards militarism in a more vague sense. Western militarism frequently overlaps by means of civilian functions disturbing attitudes to militarism in general. As a result, when revelations come out that some Western armies may have trained dictators and human rights violators, the reasoning given may possibly be quite astonishing. (Anup) As an extension of such aggression in anger towards our own government is the amount of jobs lost when our government considers that moving away from military manufacturing would not necessarily end in the loss of jobs rather a decrease for cuts in other areas.