...historical roots and the types of weapons of mass destruction. Ans) A weapon of mass destruction is one which can cause harm on multiple species by killing them or altering their DNAs for years to come. The damage inflicted can be upon the environment, biosphere, infrastructure and depends upon the impact of the attack. Before nuclear weapons wee developed and deployed, biological and chemical weapons were considered to be weapons of mass destruction. Historical records point towards the fact that had been conducting research on biological weapons prior to World War I and chemical weapons were widely used during World War I. However, after the US dropped nuclear bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, they came to be known as weapons of mass destruction. As of now, there are eight states which have declared and successfully tested weapons of mass destruction as in nuclear weapons. These include, India, Pakistan, the United States of America, China, France, North Korea, Russia and the United Kingdom. Israel is he only country which maintains silence on whether it does or does not posses weapons or mass destruction. Nevertheless, policy experts believe that Israel has some hundreds of weapons of mass destruction. The US believes that Iran does posses weapons of mass destruction but has of been able to prove thus far. Although it is good to posses weapons of mass destruction, it can prove to be a dangerous proposition. America attached Iraq claiming that the country possessed...
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...The colonization of Latin America and Africa by the Europeans halted the development of independent political life, causing the colonies to become politically unstable an segregated, and although the colonizers did occasionally establish a European bureaucracy, ultimately the fragmentation of native politics caused mass destruction and death. The scramble for Africa, as explained by Strayer urged six different European countries to fight over which shall rule over the continent. The competition drove the Europeans rip apart each other and Africa. The bloody battles were explained by Edward D. Morel in The Black Man’s Burden, his response to Kipling’s poem, “In the process of imposing his political domain over the African, the white man has...
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...International Security Studies Final Paper America the beautiful has many enemies that want to see it crumble in defeat, causing threats to America. The borders in America are porous which allows for weapons of mass destruction, trafficked humans, drugs, and other forms of contraband to slip through the border and into the country. The Trump administration has begun to address the physical border between America and Mexico, but millions of cargo containers enter the United States from other countries each year by means of aircraft or ship. More times than not, these containers are bearing legal items or goods, but drugs and weapons are still being slipped into the country. This cargo screening and strict borders sound like a good idea in concept, but as a practice they...
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...Iraq In 2003 the United States of America invaded the country of Iraq in an effort to stop the production and take custody of the weapons of mass destruction that were believed to belong to the Iraqi government. Today we take a look at the actions taken by the United States government and analyze if there was truly weapons of mass destruction and if the invasion was justified in taking place. There are many opinions on this matter. Some throughout the world believe that there was just cause to invade. We ask ourselves if Iraq’s past actions which included genocide may have gave weight to the supporting opinions. If you look at the opposing side there are just as many, if not more, that disagreed with this military conflict and the actions taken by the United States government. Non supporters thought that the risk may outweigh the benefits of the invasion and also voiced doubt on the existence of weapons of mass destructions. In researching the issue and being a witness to the actions taken by the United States I am eager to believe that the war was justified. There are many reasons that I believe and other believe that it was just or not just. In support of the invasion of Iraq by the United States there are many reasons that are well apparent in supporting this notion. Prior to the invasion Iraq has proven that it supported terrorist and also supplied a haven for the terrorist that attacked and were planning to attack America and its allies. Many events that have taken...
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...What is the United States Secret Service? The United States secret service is a federal law enforcement agency in one of the department of homeland security.(1) The United States secret service is one of the oldest departments in homeland security. The secret service was formed 150 years ago back in the 1865. The secret service division and the primary mission and responsibilities was to protect the us government from fraud and abuse for us the government money the wrong for as gambling it over money laundry things of that nature (2). Over the course of the years from 1865 to 1867 the secret service division moved from Washington D.C back to New York back to Washington D.C reason being because the division needs stability and a city to put their headquarters. (1)After the assassination of President Williams McKinley in 1901 that’s when the division of secret service changed to The United States Secret Service, with that event happening it changed the primary mission of the secret service to protect our President of The United States then everything thing else but the President First. Today the United States (4) Secret Service has over 6,750 employees and annual budget of 1.8 billion dollars which is subject to change during each fiscal year. (4) The United States service also has over 4,400 sworn members and two parent agencies the first one is the U.S Department of Homeland Security and the second one is U.S Department of the Treasury. United States secret service is one that...
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...Prompt & Utter Destruction Essay By Anthony Green Walker, J. Samuel. Prompt and Utter Destruction: Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs against Japan. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 2004 On August 6, 1945, after years of planning, money and debates that was conducted. The military, political officials and the president of the United States made a decision that that changed the outcome of the war against Japan. This decision will be forever embedded in every history book in America. On April 12, 1945 President Harry Truman was elected into office after Roosevelt’s death (Walker, p.8). On April 25, 1945 the president was briefed about the world’s greatest weapon, a weapon that would cause utter destruction on any target the uranium 235 atomic bomb (Walker, p.14). Roughly four months later Truman issued the dropping of the first Uranium 235 atomic bomb on Hiroshima three days later the a second bomb on Nagasaki (Walker, p. 79). It was not until the world saw the immediate aftermath of the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagaski did they see just how horrible of a weapon the United States had produced (Walker, p.98). The novel “Prompt and Utter destruction” by J. Samuel Walker reveals his plans, discussion with military officials and events that the United States thought to use and planned before dropping the bomb. It aims to present and helps readers understand the planning and motives that contributed...
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...a state of destruction and mayhem. A field in Pennsylvania held the twisted metal corpse of the fourth and final plane, brought down by the brave passengers on board. 2,996 men, women and children died that day. Yet like a phoenix, we rose from the ashes of destruction and fought. Joining with country’s all around the world to show that we, the United States of America, will not be pushed around. Before 9/11, President Bush’s administration was focusing its foreign policy on China and Russia. Along with trying to determine if a Middle East peace agreement would work and contemplating how to deal with rogue...
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...2012). The other key issues that are largely guided by the foreign policy are the protection of American people in foreign soils, expatriation, and international education. Nevertheless, the U.S foreign policy has been a subject of heated controversy for decades now. The U.S foreign policy has taken numerous approaches to major issues across the world especially the ones that have the capacity to directly impact on its people. After the American Revolution, America is believed to have employed a non-intervention approach to global issues. This implies that America did not involve its forces in issues affecting the international community. Historical review reveals that the First World War did not affect the U.S foreign policy significantly. After the 1st World War, America embarked on activities geared towards increasing its supremacy and military might. By the Second World War, American military strength had increased tremendously positioning the country as a super power. The status of a super power meant that the America could no longer brush off issues affecting the...
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..., minerals, air, water, , are assist and make our living easier. Nowadays the endanger of these natural resources are obvious problem in many places of our planet. There are a number of natural resources that can be an excellent example to illustrate that human action are destroying our natural world. For example, The pollution and the over use of water is our main concern in the industrialized countries like America. As it was detailed on the ( activity #3 , para1) book. The world "resource" implies some thing to be uses . However, there a number of things that can be done one to save the amount of water use in the house hold and to maintain the quality of water , protect pollution. The reduction of unnecessary water usage in the house hold is one of the main effective water management that we all should practice. The other typical example that we can take on the topic to illustrate that our world is destroyed by the action of human are the burning of charcoal . The burning of coal is one of the biggest concern to millions of people because of the destruction that brings to nature. The coal...
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...Over the last century and a half the United States has seen a major influence from a shift in personal philosophy. The shift in American dates back to the Civil war and the reconstruction Era, where part of America and the idea of Romanticism Transcendentalism were left in rumble. This had an overwhelming affect in the intellectual community of the time; they sought answers to the destruction and even went as far as questioning the existence of God. In the end the result was an abandonment of the supernatural, this left America at a crossroad philosophically speaking. The new absence that was once taken by a supernatural being was filled by one of four ideology, naturalism, materialism, historicism and socialism. (Martin Pg. 146) This had an...
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...Columbus discovered America, but do you know how many deaths and how much destruction it cost? Columbus went to explore the ocean and he found a new continent, North America. He was actually looking for India and its gold but found a different place. Exploration of North America brought so many bad things to people. All of those things happened because of Columbus. It makes one want to say that Columbus is a villain. First thing that makes Columbus a "bad guy" is lying. Columbus lied to the queen about the explored island. He said that there's a lot of gold and spices, and people there would share anything with anyone. Columbus also lied that he reached Asia, which was his destination spot. He said all those things to make the queen believe that he's a good man and to save himself from the death. This doesn't only make him a liar but it also makes him selfish. Another interesting fact about Columbus being a villain is that he deculturalized people. When Columbus met Arawak Indians in North America, he wanted to make them just like Europeans. He was trying to make them all Christian. He was also giving women less power and less rights, and women had to work at fields and men had to work on deadly mines. A lot of people were protesting but if they protested, they were getting killed. That's another thing that makes Columbus a villain. The last but the worst thing that Columbus did to gain a "bad character" name is genocide. When Columbus went to America second time, he brought...
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...24 March 2013 English 105 Abolition of Weapons of Mass Destruction Leading to the instantaneous deaths of over 140,000 people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, nuclear weapons are the most dangerous and unnecessary hazard for not only the United States, but all nations around the world (Cimbala 51). Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) including nuclear weapons, were deemed “totally irrational, totally inhumane, good for nothing but killing, [and] possibly leading to the destruction of life on Earth and civilization” by Ronald Reagan at the formation of the nuclear age (Shultz 2). Nuclear weapons cost the United States enormous amounts of money every year, result in the proliferation of nuclear weapons to other nations, concentrate power undemocratically and risk nuclear accidents; therefore, should be utterly eliminated. United States spending not only includes the manufacture of weapons, but also upkeep of the weapons, compensation for the fallout when testing the weapons, compensation to citizens with radiation exposure, emergency locations for citizens, recovery and waste disposal efforts, and defense spending. According to the Brookings Nuclear Weapons Cost Study Project the United States disbursed an estimated $35.1 billion on all U.S. nuclear weapons and weapon related programs (Schwartz 7). $14 billion is set aside to maintain and house the nearly 20,000 nuclear weapons across the United States (Kimbrell 1). If these weapons were eliminated billions of dollars could...
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...The Flawed and Corrupt It is time, at last to speak the unforgiving truth about the settlers coming to America. What would you say is the significance of the Europeans coming to America? Well, there isn't much once seen the mast destruction and harm done. Our nation and economy being shaped by greed does not excuse Columbus, and account for the many lives lost. There are many immoral things to be addressed, but the few that must be, are the great gift of imported diseases brought all the way from lovely Europe to the Western Hemisphere, the horrific and sadistic torture and killing done to the Native Americans, and the impact of the settler’s destruction. First and foremost, the issue being addressed is the importing of diseases from Europe to the Western Hemisphere. Columbus and his settler’s managed to spread syphilis, gonorrhea and smallpox to the Western Hemisphere which in return killed many Native Americans. At the time these diseases were incurable, and so leaving the infected to perish painfully. These diseases, syphilis and gonorrhea originated primarily from food and water which was contaminated with fecal matter, and also caused by unsanitary habits-like the lack of bathing. Smallpox was different due to Columbus purposely infecting the Native American’s Pillow, and blankets. This was intentional and this was murder. In addition to, as if diseases weren’t enough, the Native Americans were killed, maimed, tortured, enslaved, imprisoned, sexually molested, taken...
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...at time the American Policies are called into question with tremendous criticism, they are intended to protect the American people from the capable harm of other nations. “Global public opinion is not a new concern for U.S. foreign policy. Woodrow Wilson often referred to it, even stating that it "ultimately governs the world" (cited in Ninkovich 1999, 67).” (Goldsmith, B.E, Horiuchi, Y., Inoguchi, T., Jun., 2005) By assuming this role of the protector of all, the American Government felt they must adopt the “intervention role” thus policing the world. America had engrossed itself in the world’s problems while trying to force its political ideology throughout the different nations all the while trying to maintain a neutral stance. However while the United States maintained an intervention role the United States had exhausted vast amounts of resources while trying to initiate peace talks throughout. Unfortunately America could no...
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...zombies feeding on human beings to depict a crumbling American society. The America Romero focuses onfocused on by Romero is one where consumerism and racism have become very rampant creating inequalities (Gagne, 1987). Romero does not explicitly show the inequalities in the movies but he uses symbols to show the societies levels that perpetuate poverty, often the poor African Americans. In his interview with the NY Times, Romero said that his zombie movies are symbols of revolution, a generation consuming another. This paper will discuss the theme of consumerism/consumption as portrayed in the Romero’s films in reference...
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