George Kennan Argument Analysis

This policy was meant to stop communism and prevent it from invading other countries. · Commentary #2 (connect back to thesis AND refute opposing claim): This was one of the reasons that made United States the cause of Cold War because it was bias against communism. United States was against communism because of its own benefits in Europe so it did not want lose to USSR. In result , it started its policies to stop communism.

The article by Michael Binyon and the cartoon by Tom Toles make the claim that President Obama did not deserve to win a Nobel Peace Prize at the beginning of his presidency. Toles and Binyon share similar viewpoint, so they approach the subject in similar ways. Both of the speakers describe President Obama’s lack of accomplishments at the time he received the award. They both appear to pose strong arguments about this subject; however, the article by Michael Binyon seems to be stronger than the cartoon. Even though both provide effective arguments about the topic, “Comment: Absurd Decision on Obama Makes a Mockery of the Nobel Peace Prize” seems to pose the strongest argument because Michael Binyon was able to develop his claim and effectively impact his audience using background information, evoking strong emotions, and comparing President Obama to deserving winners of the past.

Hello Comrade Herbert, my contacts and I have been followed due to a careless error. The FBI are closing in on us, and I was only able to give you one of the fourteen documents I have found. On the other hand, I did succeed in getting you the most important document, the NSC-68. The NSC-68 policy paper was drafted by the Department of Defense and Department of State. The paper is about to be presented to President Truman, and if passed, will cause a large increase of the US military budget, increased military aid to US allies close to our satellite states, the development of the H-bomb, and the blueprint of the collapse of the Soviet Union. These new developments in the U.S. will have international implications, especially affecting us. Military

In Kyle Wein’s article, he explains why he doesn’t believe people with poor grammar shouldn’t be hired. I agree with Wein’s statement because everyone was taught basic grammar, it represents you when text is the only form of communication, and it also gives a first impression when handing in the resume. Firstly, everyone was taught basic grammar in school. To say that a certain applicant wasn’t able to learn the difference between its and it’s and another was, shows that the other applicant will be able to do much better remembering and performing tasks in the job correctly.

Through the use of personal anecdotes, McKibben argues that adults today should not be pressured to have a large family or create the stigma of an only child being a spoiled brat. He begins his essay with a trip to the doctor's office in which he is thrown an abundance of questions about the circumstances of having more children, for example, “Would more children be in your picture now if your financial circumstances improved significantly?” (119). By the use of these various personal anecdotes, this supports his argument of plausible reasons why adults decide not to have children and why it is better to have a few. Adults in the 21st century are just too busy, are career focused, or are simply not ready to take that route. He emphasizes that

This article written by George Kennedy is essentially a review of the United States Government's views on the Soviet situation. It introduces the idea of a policy of containment which ultimately was going to be the way America would battle the Cold War with the Soviet Union.

NSC-68, as a document, is historically significant because it lays the whole foundation for the actions of the United States and the crumpling of the Soviet Union in the whole scheme of the Cold War. Due to its exhaustive analysis and comprehensive evaluations of the quandary the United States faces, NSC-68 is coined as historically one of the most important documents of the Cold War since it delineates the actions and foreign policy of the US would take over the course of the next 40 years. NSC-68 served as blueprints for the building of democracy and decline of communism throughout the US and the entire globe. In this document included actions the United States deduced would best fulfill its goal such as the “concept of containment” and” the “possibility of negation with the USSR.” “Containment” had always been the game plan for the United

The devastation of 8-year-old Emily after being yelled at by her father, for not scoring the winning goal, sparked some controversy within the sporting club. In the editorial, published in the club news (volume 1, issue 1 date unknown) ‘A word from our coach’ club coach ‘Sam’ makes his/her contention on the issue clear: Parents have a responsibility to show their kids what appropriate behaviour is before, during and after the game. ‘Sams’ concerned and disappointed tone is used to bring forward and address these ‘toxic parents’ to stop them from ‘poisoning [their] club.’

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- post-WWII foreign policy strategy that committed the U.S to resisting the influence of expansion of Soviet Union and communism

The rather disorganized way that the law uses shame to punish people and deter crime has, from time to time, led commentators to advocate a more systematic use of it. In the 1990s, Dan Kahan, a legal scholar who now teaches at Yale, argued that the government should use shaming sanctions in a more self-conscious way. He pointed approvingly to judges who ordered people to wear T-shirts or bracelets that say “I Write Bad Checks,” or to put bumper stickers on their cars that say “CONVICTED D.U.I.” One court ordered a slumlord to live in one of his own buildings. (His tenants posted a sign that read “Welcome, You Reptile!”) Kahan preferred shaming sanctions to imprisonment for minor crimes because they cost taxpayers less, impose less harm on offenders

Kennan's foreign policy to ‘contain' Soviet encroachments was misconstrued and not fully comprehended in two crucial aspects. The first was that Kennan, although patently stating the Soviet's downfalls, allotted them too much credit with regards to their aim, power, and collectedness. Recognizing Soviet authority, Kennan painted a very sturdy Soviet system when he writes that, "on the principle of infallibility there rests the iron discipline of the Communist Party. In fact, the two concepts are mutually self-supporting. Perfect discipline requires recognition of infallibility. Infallibility requires the observance of discipline. And the two together go far to determine the behaviorism of the entire Soviet apparatus of power." This tautological assertion produces a Soviet image that is not only committed to its belief, but is also influential and calculating. (Judge, Langdon 32) The Soviets even had the power to define truth, because in the USSR, "truth is not a constant but it is actually created, for all intents and purposes, by the Soviet leaders themselves." (Judge, Langdon 32) However, the Soviets were far from composed; in actuality, they sought after communism with a seemingly hard-line approach in

Kennan said “...a policy of firm containment designed to confront the Russians with unalterable counter-force, at every point where they show signs of encroaching upon the interests of a peaceful and stable world.” Kennan thought any agreements which was made with the capitalist world is a tactical maneuver, not a try at a compromise. As we can notice from the article the soviet main weakness was that, the aggression of Soviet`s was entrenched in the historic Russian patriotism rather than the views of its people. In the article the containment policy was introduced as an important role in the Marshall plan and in the Truman Doctrine. I agreed with Kennan when he mentioning that the Soviet foreign policy is showing a response to internal and external events. However, I think Kennan was focusing way too much on USSR conduct from internal, and he was focusing less on the external U.S pressure. Another thing what I was disagree is how Kennan represented the U.S and said they were passive, and not

Additionally, Hughes states the external environment impacts any technological system. Over time societies adopt technologies to eliminate uncertainties inherent to open systems. Fifth generation sensor fusion, which translates and synthesizes external, multisource inputs, acts as an autonomous means to mitigate uncertainty thereby maximizing tactical combat power. Certainly, any technological system must be responsive to the international security environment. This belief is central to Barry Posen’s argument which concludes the external environment, the international balance of power, shapes the innovation of military doctrine. Lacking an existential Soviet threat, the US would have little need to improve or expand its nuclear arsenal.

The Soviet mindset was a strong one and a stubborn one whose ideology was not to be challenged. According to Kennan, he compared Soviet diplomacy being easy and difficult than it would be to Hitler or Napoleon. Diplomacy would not get the US far in the world stage against communism. Action did. Kennan also stated that a “…firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies.” In order to prevent the spread of communism. The Kremlin was not stupid, they knew what they were doing and were very “keen” to human psychology . They knew how to how manipulate a political situation and exploit its weakness and turn it into an advantage for themselves. Kennan then again stressed the importance of using counter-force secure shifting geographical and political points. The USSR knew that they won a great deal with Eastern Europe and now it was known in turn to look to world community to spread its influence. At this point in the document it is absolutely clear that there cannot be a peaceful co-existence between the USSR and the USA and that one is needed to