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- 1151: Chemical and Biological Weapons
- ... In the 1980’s, Iraq released poisonous gases against Iranian troops. Iraq has even used chemical weapons against it’s own Kurdish citizens to subdue rebellions. As one of the aftermaths of the Persian Gulf War, however, Iraq agreed to giveup all materials and equipment for making chemical and biological weapons. An organization called UNSCOM or United Nations Special Commissions on Iraq was formed to ensure that Iraq followed through upon ... and director of Iraq’s weapons program, defected, it was found that Iraq had been dishonest in it’s reports to UNSCOM. for four years. Today, everyone has heard even a passing reference to Gulf-War Syndrome. In 1994, a Congressional report examined eyewitness accounts and declassified operation logs. They concluded that United States troops were exposed eleven times to chemical and biological weapons. Yet, two other reports concluded the opposite ... that since they do not have the same capabilities or funds, they have the right to make and use chemical weapons in order to counter our advanced weaponry. Because of the fact that many third world countries feel the need to make chemical weapons, it is frequently called “ the poor man’s atomic bomb.” Unlike chemical weapons, biological weapons have not been used in modern day warfare. But in today’ ...
- 1152: Diplomacy at Work
- Diplomacy at Work In today's world political society, the use of diplomacy is a tool that allows countries to work out their differences in an attempt to avoid war. Diplomacy is often one of the last steps taken by two nations before a war begins or even during a war to stop a conflict. A terrific example of diplomacy and when it is used, is the controversy between the Israelis and the Palestinians in the Mideast. These two ...
- 1153: Imagination And How It Relates
- ... animal needs imagination to survive in its society. Humans require imagination to function in society. Little children playing games will not get along with other children without having some imagination. They require it to play war games, playing house, etc. Adults require imagination to survive in a high paced business world, where new thoughts and imaginings can bring success and lack of imagination can bring failure. Inventors throughout time have imagined different sciences and technology. In my opinion, science is the method of getting wants and ... scientists were alchemists. The alchemists believed they could change common metals into gold. These people wanted money, and were willing to try anything to get it. There is an amazing amount of sciences in the world. All stemming from people wanting and needing cures for diseases, entertainment, and better business techniques. Archaeology coming from people who wanted to learn and study ancient cultures that had their own thoughts, imagination, and ...
- 1154: America's Bad Choice In Leaders
- ... mean I hate everyone that comes from the U.S. . I’m sure there’s plenty of good people that live in the U.S. they just live under the most arrogant government in the world. The thing that makes me take notice to the U.S. is there extremely bad choice in leaders, and their udder dependence on them. Just look at the morons that they have had in office ... I bet there are hundreds more things that this guy did that people don’t even know about and probably never will. Then you’ve got George Bush. He coined this lovely little phrase “Drug War”. It must have been expected that he’d used this “Drug War” as an excuse to take the U.S. army and attack a small town in California. They came in with helicopters and hundreds of men to rip up a few pot plants the farmers ...
- 1155: Ontological and Cosmological Arguments of God's Existence
- ... Pg.313). I agree with Anselm's argument that in order for God to be the Supreme Being, the best, He must exist in both the understanding as well as in reality. Where did the world start? Where did everything start? If we believe that one thing came after another then there has to be a starting point. The only possible answer to this starting point is God. Thus, there must ... people to have faith in the existence of God. When people can not show cause and effect for certain happenings they attribute their cause to God. There must be God to keep order in the world or as some people say to keep the world going in utter disorder. Cosmological Argument The Cosmological Argument: The second "proof" of God's existence is a set of arguments that date back to the Aristotle's argument for God's existence. The ...
- 1156: Terrorism
- ... acts of violence began to threaten whites who were not white supremacists. When whites began to oppose the Klan, they went underground and were thought to have disbanded but they arose again before the first war and once more during the civil rights movements of the 1960's. This problem has arose again as Negro churches have again been targeted by arsonists. The police have been unable to solve the majority ... 1. Most countries have their own agencies for dealing with terrorism, but one global force that deals with terrorist activities is Interpol. Interpol is a global police agency that links the police forces of the world. They trade information and relay suspect information amongst each other. This makes it difficult for hijackers landing in foreign countries to get away. Interpol relays messages through a central intelligence system that filters down into ... receive aid from Saudi Arabia and Iran. The Palestine Islamic Jihad is a similar group working in the Middle East. They act to form an Islamic Palestinian State and to destroy Israel through a “Holy War”. Their strength is unknown but they have been linked to Syria and Iran. The Palestine Liberation Organization(PLO) has been around since 1969. Yassir Arafat became the chairman and still holds the position today. ...
- 1157: How Decriminalisation Could Solve The Drugs Problem
- How Decriminalisation Could Solve The Drugs Problem This week saw both Tony Blair and his Scottish counterpart Donald Dewar embroil themselves more deeply than ever in a fight that they can never win – the war on drugs. In today’s relatively peaceful and prosperous society, drugs are believed by many to be the epitome of evil. They are the forbidden fruit, created to entrap young minds and cast them forever ... it to lead us into battle against the evil forces of drugs. However, I have often wondered what it really is about these innocuous chemical creations that has instilled such terror in governments around the world that in many countries a person can have their life coldly and legally taken away, simply for distributing them? Is it because of their power to warp the human mind and run amok with the senses upon which we so desperately rely? No. Our world is inescapably full of narcotics, yet many of them, including powerful and dangerous ones such as alcohol and tobacco, are happily tolerated by society. The nutmeg in your kitchen cupboard can have narcotic effects ...
- 1158: Argumentative Environment
- Arguementative Environment Currently, a controversy is swirling over the issues raised by the despoiling of the world's natural environment. Poet Stanley Kunitz in "The War Against the Trees" depicts a man watching his neighbor, "who sold his lawn to standard oil" (Kunitz 122), laugh as bulldozers ruin the natural beauty of the grounds with its "forsythia-forays and hydrangea-raids" (Kunitz 123). As industry wages war not just against flowers and shrubbery, but also against the town's pleasant past. Kunitz's speaker is angry that this war "against the great-grandfathers of the town" (Kunitz 123) is destroying these ...
- 1159: War Of 1812
- War of 1812, conflict between the United States and Great Britain from 1812 to 1815. Fought over the maritime rights of neutrals, it ended inconclusively. Background Over the course of the French revolutionary and the Napoleonic ... cargoes in European ports if they had first stopped in Britain. Collectively, the belligerents seized nearly 1500 American vessels between 1803 and 1812, thus posing the problem of whether the United States should go to war to defend its neutral rights. Americans at first prepared to respond with economic coercion rather than war. At the urging of President Thomas Jefferson, Congress passed the Embargo Act of 1807, prohibiting virtually all U.S. ships from putting to sea. Subsequent enforcement measures in 1808-1809 also banned overland trade ...
- 1160: Lord of the Flies: Essay on Jack Merridew
- ... detached, swung like an acrobat and licked up the palm heads on the platform. The sky was black. The officer grinned cheerfully at Ralph. -"We saw your smoke. What have you been doing? Having a war or something?" Ralph nodded. (201) The novel Lord of the Flies is as much a political story as it is anything else, it tells the tale of the war between democracy and dictatorship, and the abuse of power, it tells the tale of World War II. Though it tells this in such a fast - moving and exciting writing style, that it is hard for the reader to notice this until after much rereading and rumination. The island setting ...
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