Gulf War Campaign Analysis

Throughout the history of Air Defense Artillery (ADA), innovative steps were made for the technological advance in weaponry to defend our skies and ground forces. The diverse history and continuous research and development of air defense systems played a vital role in the safety of ground troops and foreign civilians during the Persian Gulf crisis. Though not always in the forefront of battle, ADA had its own vital roles that it played from the time of its birth, and it was no different during Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield when necessity helped to bring about the evolution of the PAC-II Patriot missile.

Throughout American history wars have played a huge part. From the start of the country to the present wars have played a lagrge part in shaping America into the national power that it is today. Not only is America the most pwerful nation in thwe world but it is also the policeman for the entire world, making and checking up on the world and all the interactions of foreign countries worldwide. Being born in born in the early eighties prohibitied me from experiencing many of the Americas war firsthand. This however changed early in the 1990's.

As a decorated combat veteran, having served 11 years, his stance on veterans and their health services upon returning from combat has a lot of credibility. Focusing on the care and future health of veterans in Texas as well as being critical of over medicating by the VA could earn him votes from the 64,000 veterans in this district. According to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs about a third of this population is 65+; meaning that they are more likely to vote but in order to GOTV they will need paid media, likely in the form of mail pieces and broadcast television.

Senator John Cornyn has been in public office for 28 years. Cornyn is described as a “powerful voice for conservative values in Washington” (Biography:John Cornyn , n.d.). Cornyn’s liberal and conservative voting scores seem to prove this statement to be

He is a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel and a former prisoner of war of North Vietnam. He is a representative with conservative views. He sponsored the bill to decrease the amount of Social Security benefits and to increase the amount of time it would take to become fully qualified for the benefits.

The senator of the 19th district, Michael Hastings of Orland Hills, Illinois has been a part of many different areas throughout the years from the military to an attorney. According to Hastings’ biography from his website, “He was selected an Illinois All-State Football player, served as student government president and later qualified for an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point” (Sen. Hastings). By attaining a liking from his community he was voted to move higher up throughout the political rankings. Over the years he has been able to handle many situations such as attaining high standing medals and awards which later led to him being elected to the state senate. From his biography he stands to hold the title

Ken Paxton, a Republican, who has served in the house since 2002, and in 2012 he was elected into the Senate. He is a well-known for his dedication and devotion to the values that founded America. He has shown great courage in his political agenda for the state of Texas. His father was an Air Force veteran, and a great leader with respect in high regard of the Constitution. In the beginning of his first term, Paxton was doing a phenomenal job. He won eight different lawsuits against the federal government to preserve the sovereignty of Texas. He covered the environment, healthcare, religious freedom, and immigration.

Congressman Steven Palazzo does his job by fighting against Obamacare. He dislikes the fact that it increases the size of the government, creates a part time economy, increases health care cost, hurts the quality of healthcare and increases the national debt by $500,000,000,000. Palazzo also fights for national security. He believes that Obama has weaken America 's defense system by not responding correctly to the threats the country has received such as, Ebola, Isis, Syria and Russia. Congressman Palazzo wants to restore leadership by protecting Keesler Air Force Base, Camp Shelby and continue the fighting to keep shipbuilding at Ingalls Strong. Congressman Palazzo also is fighting to lower the national debut and reduce “dangerous” spending. He believes that taxes should be lower and the number of people, 29 million, who are living off government assistance should be lowered. Also he is working for the national debut to be lowered. Since he has been

Sen. Marco Rubio- Wants to win the seat to keep the Republican majority in the senate and keep himself relevant for the 2020

The ways in which the United States has conducted its military operations since becoming an independent nation has largely depended upon the overall political and military objectives of each individual conflict. The United States first three hot wars after the end of World War II display the marked difference in US objectives and the operations used to achieve them better than any other modern wars in which American troops participated.

The Persian Gulf War all started because of one country’s greed for oil. Iraq accused Kuwait of pumping oil and not sharing the benfits, and Kuwait was pumping more oil than allowed under quotas set by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, it decreased the price of oil, Iraq's main export. Iraq's complaints against Kuwait grew more and more harsh, but they were mostly about money. When Iraqi forces began to assemble near the Kuwaiti border in the summer of 1990, several Arab states tried to intervene the dispute. Kuwait didn’t want to look weak so they didn’t ask for any help from the United States or other non-Arab powers for support. Arab mediators convinced Iraq and Kuwait to negotiate their differences in Saudi Arabia, on

Steve Scalise has been apart of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. This committee is comprised of 31 Republicans and 24 Democrats. It is responsible for matters related to food and drug safety, telecommunications, public health research, consumer protection, energy policy, and interstate and foreign commerce. The committee also supervises several departments and independent agencies like the Departments of Energy, Health and Human Services, Commerce, and Transportation, and the Environmental Protection Agency, The Federal Trade Commission, and several other agencies. This responsibility of being on this committee represents Scalise’s commitment to helping out all people of America because he knows how important it is for energy development. He is fighting to pass a law that deals with a new national energy strategy. In this law, it would expand the supply of American energy through technological advances and enhanced production in order to lower gas prices and to rely less on foreign countries. This also deals with his district at home because of all the

War is a dangerous game, many people would likely agree to this, however, very few have ever seen a battlefront. The truth is that war, no matter how awful we can imagine it, is always exponentially worse. In Timothy Findley’s The Wars, Robert Ross, the protagonist,­ faces a situation that he finds difficult to come to terms with, and when faced with a similar situation later on in the novel, he must take drastic measures to reconcile the uncertainties of the past situation. Timothy Findley suggests, through the life of Robert Ross, that one’s need to reconcile the uncertainties of past experiences dominate our actions when such situations come up again in our lives. In the words of Hiram Johnson, a US Senator during the First World War,

The Gulf War was much more than a fight to liberate Kuwait. It was the first non-conventional war; in which new, fairly new, or even experimental weapons were used. The Gulf War displayed much new technology that you will learn lots about in this paper. This paper may sound very technical, but that is what it is about, the new weapon technology vs. the conventional types of weapons used in previous wars. This paper is about the advancement of weapon technology, and how the military changed the tactics used before.

Given that many plants need to be sown and then reaped when fully grown, the metaphorical conceptualization of people as plants may, accordingly, be elaborated to include a reaper, more specifically a conceptualization of death as the Grim Reaper (Lakoff & Turner, 1989, pp. 16, 75):