The Arab War

The Gulf War is often remembered as an easy victory by most Americans. Perceived as an intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory, and often referred to as a battle between good and evil. In reality, the U.S. military had a host of troubles in the conflicts of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Sheild which became known as the Gulf War of 1990-91, many of troubles were caused by the unnecessary deaths of allied troops, and the Iraqi civilians alike. Other catastrophes were avoided purely by luck or incompetence of the Iraqi Military. What new military strategies, procedures and technologies are now in place as a result of lessons learned. Hopefully to ensure that some of the worst mistakes that were made evident by the Gulf War will not be repeated in a subsequent war in Iraq or elsewhere. The intense reality of the actual battle fought by the United States and its allies against Iraq, left many a U.S. military spokesmen were scoffing at the Iraqi forces as “the fourth-largest army in the world.” And “the second-largest army in Iraq” by the world at the end of the Gulf War,

It has now been fourteen years since the tragic event of Sep 11 in New York, when hijackers struck two planes into the northern and southern building of the twin towers. Unfortunately two thousand and nine hundred and ninety six people lost their lives that day including over five hundred Muslims. Few days later it was concluded that alqeda terrorists in Afghanistan under the leadership of Osama bin laden were responsible for the deadly attack. Less than a month after the attack the U.S invaded Afghanistan in order to capture those who were responsible and a short time after Iraq was also invaded for the same purpose. For the next decade the U.S spent an annual of one trillion dollars towards the fight on terror. Fourteen years later it is

Sadat became a militant leader who threatened Israel between1970-73. He was responsible for the war on Israel which began in October 1973 and ended in a stalemate. The weak financial situation in Egypt at the time precipitated riots. The failure of his military initiative resulted in a change in tactics and Sadat became a voice for political negotiation. It was in this context that the ‘Statement to the Knesset’ took place. His visit to Israel was unprecedented for an Egyptian. The purpose of the speech is for Sadat, perhaps following his own personal intuition and instincts, or his conscience, to go to Israel to broker a peace settlement, in order to save further massive Israeli and Arab bloodletting from occurring. The speech shares the underlying theme of justice and unity; he expresses these themes through the use of rhetorical questions and religious allusions.

The six-day war can go down in history as one of the worst wars between Israel and one or more Arab countries. The six-day war heavily impacted Israel and the participating Arab countries in many ways. Israeli and Arab relations have never been good, even before Israel was declared an independent state in 1948. The six-day war should not be considered a new war based on its impact, rather it should be considered as a continuation of a constant war between Israel and its surrounding Arab neighbors. A factor that has always played a major part in instigating a conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbors is the refusal and rejection of the Arab leadership to indentify Israel as the homeland of the Jewish people. The war began with all surrounding Arab countries lining up along each border ready to try and wipe Israel out using air attacks, as well as ground attacks. The Six Day War concluded with an evident victory in favor of the Israelis, which to some is surprising due to the overwhelming force of the three militaries, which were ganging up on one small country. The casualty numbers ended up in favor of the Israeli’s who only lost somewhere near 700 people with 2,500 injured, while, Egypt lost 15,000 people and had 5,600 taken as prisoners, Jordan lost close to 6,000 people and Syria suffered somewhere close to 1,000 casualties (Knesset). The Arab attackers lost close to 1 billion dollars worth of aircrafts, tanks and heavy machinery in total between all three countries

The Iraqi war has left major long-term damage. Oftentimes, in the wake of and the after effects from the war the psychological effects will go unnoticed (Behrouzan, 2013). When war arises, there will be catastrophe on various levels that the country will experience. There has to be a lot of effort and strategic planning required from everyone concerning the war damages left behind. Therefore, after there has been a war, the country needs rebuilding from its damages. Furthermore, this paper will discuss humanitarian organization that will be aiding in the rebuilding. There will be a brief description of the Iraqi culture. This paper will also discuss three major topics in order to gain a better understanding then

Imagine this: The United States is involved in an intricate war in the Middle East

Throughout centuries, war in the Middle East has been on a rise. The main cause of war in most of these countries is religion. Everyone wants to fight for their religion and their Gods. The problem is in some religions such as Islamic, they believe when they kill they’re fighting for God, also they believe they will receive 100 virgins and go to heaven when they die. They are not the only religion fighting for their God, however, religions such as Judaism and others also fight. In the Middle East, if there is a war going on there is a 50/50 chance it is over religion. What the world ignores about these wars is they have been going on for centuries. People were brutally murdered every single day and still are today all over religion. The religious wars started from the beginning of time and go all the way to current times. As the way things look now, it does not seem like history is going to change. Starting in A.D with the Siege of Jerusalem and going all the way to current things such as the attacks on Paris, the phrase “history repeats itself” seems to be true.

The Great War pitted the Allied Powers of Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia, and the United States of America, against the Central Powers, a confederation formed by Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire. The Austro-Hungarian Nation led the opening volley of this war, later known as World War I, through a hostile action against Serbia on July 28, 1914 and their subsequent effort to acquire allies in this aggression. The Ottoman Empire and Germany joined Austria-Hungary to form the Central Powers on August 1st, despite the Ottoman Empire’s reluctance to acknowledge their support. Importantly, the Central Powers required the aid of the Ottoman Empire as they controlled a significant amount of land with oil reserves. The early 20th

Went I think the war in the Middle East, and the impact it has on the world as a whole my mind goes to the children. I think about how they are trapped in a state of fear, and hunger. I learned in phycology class that a child’s brain will not develop cognition if the child lives in traumatic situations for more than a short while. So I can’t help but wonder what does that mean for those children in the Middle East, and even more so what does that mean for the future of those countries. It seems to me as if they are in a far worse state them most people know. When a child is traumatized in such ways as those children are in the Middle East they no longer develop the ability to grow mentally and emotionally. Trauma has a way of holding people

The Arab Israeli conflict has been occurring since the 1940’s. The United Nations established Israel within Palestine in the late 40’s, under control under the Jews. Israel was located surrounded by four arab nations which led to tension in the Arab and Israelis. They both started to claim the palestinian land and lead to what is know today as the Arab-Israeli conflict.

The Yom Kippur War also demonstrated that the Arabs could also hurt Israel’s Western allies too (Ross, 1996, p. 47). Arabs states put an embargo on oil to the United States and Western Europe (Ross, 1996, p.47). There was a new weapon that could be used to draw the attention of the superpowers to the conflict. Oil had a devastating effect when its prices were doubled and its production was cut into half causing world-wide economic and political problems (Ross, 1996, p. 67). The United States began to place pressure on the Israel to make concessions with Arabs (Blumberg, 1998, p.123).

How was world history depicted in the past? Was it depicted the same way as it is now? Hitherto, people believe world history is the history of the entire globe, including every country. However, the perceptions and definitions of world history have changed over time. In the past, world history meant Western history and Islam was not included. History was biased and still continues to be due to various factors as Bentley discusses. Understanding the meaning of orientalism and its true definition assists one to understand how imperative world history is to the study of the “Global Middle East.” In addition, the “Global Middle East” is a more efficient and accurate name than the socially constructed reference name, the “Middle East” because Islam exists globally, not only in the Middle East. The aforementioned point also proves the significance of the author’s view and perspective on history; it determines how readers will depict the event or era. Understanding a few Islamic historical events will clarify why world history is important and why the Global Middle East is being studied. The three events/eras that will be discussed are: the Roman Empire and its effect on the Global Middle East (306-337 CE), Ottoman religious propaganda in the 1530s, and the French invading Egypt in 1798. (class discussion 9/29)

Many Americans are not aware of the genocide that is occurring between Palestine and Israel—or the fact that their tax money is feeding Israeli war crimes. What many fail to understand is what’s occurring is not a war, it’s mass murder. Innocent Palestinians are being killed, beaten, kidnapped, and tortured on a daily basis. Israel has been occupying Palestinian and pushing the Palestinians out of their homeland, where they have lived for centuries. The Jews, who are Khazar blood (in present day Israel), migrated to Palestine in order to “reclaim” their ancestral homeland (If Americans Knew: What every American needs to know about Israel/Palestine, 2015). The Question is, did their ancestors really originate from Palestine, or is this only an excuse to invade and occupy Palestine in order to turn it into a Jewish State? Does Israel really have the right to exist and defend itself?

At the time Israel, was looking to overthrow the Egyptian President and with secret meetings with Great Britain and France, set out to attack on 29 October 1957. Marching across the Sinai Peninsula and reaching within 10 miles of the canal, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) halted their advance when French and British paratroopers deployed to the canal in an effort to protect it from belligerents (Israel and Egypt) on 31 October. The French, British and Israeli forces in secret meetings held previously to the engagement preplanned this staging of their forces in order to keep control of the canal. On November 6th the United Nations passes another resolution for a ceasefire. The land held at the time of the ceasefire by Israel is slowly handed back over the years leading up to the 6 day War in 1967.

the conflict in the middle east between 1948-1973 was not purely fuelled by the interest and concerns of the superpowers but rather of a series of conflictual incidents, aswell as the main wars that took place from the years from 1948-1967 such as the: 1948 War, The Six Day War of 1967 and the Yom Kippur war of 1973. But although the conflict was not fuelled by the superpowers, the influence of the superpowers and the reach of the superpowers into the Middle East was evident in the years both prior and following 1978. But even despite the influence and interests of the superpowers between and including 1948-1967 being undeniably evident, the extent of this influence cannot be said to have “fuelled the conflict”.