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The speech I am analyzing was given by Barrack Obama, the president of the United States at West Point on Troop increase in Afghanistan. The speech was delivered on first December 2008 in Eisenhower Hall in West Point Military Academy in New York. The speech was delivered to the corps of the United States, to the Americans and to the women and men of American armed forces. The speech by Barrack Obama was about Americans’ effort in Afghanistan that is the nature of Americans’ commitment in Afghanistan

served time in Camp Bucca, including the man who would become the group 's leader, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi. Over the course of the past several years, it is likely that various parties that would later consolidate into ISIS participated in the insurgencies against the United States. However, for a considerable period of time, it would seem that it was somewhat difficult to mark a meaningful difference between Al-Qaeda proper, the precursors of ISIS, and the Ba 'athists loyal to Saddam Hussein. From an

Role of the DHS in Counterterrorism On September 11, 2011, the United States observed the tenth anniversary of the worst terrorist attacks in the history of the United States . The creation of many anti-terrorism organizations was a clear message that this threat is beyond a single military or intelligence capacity. Our citizens demanded a strong response that would prevent any future terrorist threat. President Bush created the Department of Homeland Security as the key agency responsible for

One of the most controversial events ever to occur is still being talked about to this day. September 11th, 2001 will forever go down in history as one of the most tragic disasters to hit the United States of America. It was heartbreak for all of us to see those towers fall and thousands upon thousands of American lives destroyed. One might ask themselves; didn’t everything get explained a little too quickly? Why did everyone so quickly forget the details to this tragedy? The events of September

Holly James Mr. Bergmann Senior English B2 31 March 2015 9/11 Inside Job On September 11, 2001, four different planes were hijacked by terrorists. Two of them headed for the Twin Towers, the other headed for the Pentagon and the other nobody really knows for sure. The two that were headed for the Twin Towers, sadly made it there and crashed into both of them, they collapsed. The one headed toward the Pentagon also made it there. But the other plane didn’t make it to wherever it was supposed to

The Iraq Invasion is definitely a subject of immense controversy regarding whether or not it was the appropriate action by the United States. Should the United States have interfered in Iraqi affairs? What was the real intention of accusing Iraq for having weapons of mass destruction and holding them accountable for the 9/11 terrorist attacks even though they were innocent of both allegations? Did the U.S. media cover all the truth in Iraq? Was the main purpose of the invasion the greed of oil

America (Friedmann, & Cannon, 2009, p. 9). The possibility of terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda employing WMDs against Americans is very real. A WMD may be defined as a weapon that has the capacity to cause grievous harm and/or destruction and death on a grand scale

the messages expressed thereafter through broadcasted beheadings, kidnappings, suicide bombings, and other attempted attacks in and outside of United States borders have attracted some American citizens to join the global jihad. In recent months, the Al Qaeda splinter group ISIS have made headlines for their recruitment of American citizens unbiased of age, gender, or ethnicity. In fact, associations to the group inside the United States are targeting individuals to join the cause. To understand

The Al Qaeda Effect. How Al Qaeda influenced Homeland Security. Joseph Haag Columbia Southern University It is difficult to go anywhere where the Al Qaeda terrorist group is not known. While terrorist groups have been traditionally been known to influence, inhabit, and operate in areas of the Middle East. Al Qaeda has become a household name within the United States after September 11, 2001 when the group was responsible for one of the most devastating attack on the lower 48 states

C.I.A. released a detailed torture report to the public, causing a lot of controversy among the government and American citizens. The report includes gruesome details about some techniques that were used to torture and imprison terrorism suspects of Al Qaeda. Originally it was said that the program was crucial in finding Osama Bin Laden, but after Bin Laden was killed, the program continued, using unapproved methods of torture on a number of detainees. Some C.I.A. personnel explained the torture of