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Since 9/11, over 95% of all non-battlefield ground killings have been conducted by drones. The United States operates them with consent of Pakistan, Yemen, Afghanistan, and Somalian leaders, although their public statements and sentiment are strongly anti-drone. In response to the recent controversy over the ethics of this surveillance, President Obama made a speech on May 23, 2013 outlining his justification for the drone program and promised more transparency and tighter policies toward their usage

World War II (1) Why did the St. Louis become well known in Canadian history? The tragedy of anti-Semitic policies was clearly illustrated on May 15, 1939 when 907 Jews sailed from Hamburg, Germany, aboard the ship St. Louis; it travelled from coast to coast of North and South America seeking refuge. First, they were rejected by the Cuban government and the refugees were turned away by all the Latin American countries, and Canada and the US became the last hope for the refugees. The United States

Since the beginning of time, armies have attacked their neighbors with the conquered having to endure the pillaging of their properties and goods. The goods most sought after were things that most resembled the culture and values of the place they had raided. These typically included “religious articles, military banners or symbols, works of art, and important written records,” (Kurtz 1985, 1). These were sought after by the conquerors because they would represent their success in battle for years

In 1949, Mao Zedong led the Peoples Revolution, which established a Communist State in China. Communism has now been introduced to Asia. In this period, after World War II, Communism was a popular ideology being introduced throughout the world. Vietnam was one of the many countries under the threat of Communism. At this time, Vietnam was a French Colony. As time went on tension started to come between the French and the Vietnamese people. As tension increased so did the fighting between the French

The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has spread across several West African countries, adding a significant medical and financial burden to their healthcare systems and economies. The virus has the potential to spread and efforts to halt its progression are challenged by already struggling economies and healthcare systems. The EVD epidemic started in resource-constrained settings and caused thousands of fatalities. However, given population mobility, international travel and an increasingly globalized

Disability affects millions of people all over the world. In 2016 having a disability put you in the largest minority group in the world. Ten percent, about 650 million, people are living with a disability. Just to make matters worst, among the poorest people, twenty percent have a disability. All types of disabilities are a major public health concern worldwide and the situation for those in third world countries is even more serious. Of the 650 million living with a disability, eighty percent

way he saw fit. In essence Stalin had created a government where anything he said, went. The Purges also changed the face of the government. Offices that had long been held by a single man were now occupied by new faces. This is comparable to the personnel changes that occurred during the October Revolution. Another component of the Stalinist Revolution was the idea of Socialism in One Country. After the fall of all other socialist regimes in Europe, Stalin came to the conclusion that the Soviet

company responsible for drill personnel accountability, I was faced with the dilemma of one of my peers skipping practice. When I asked this person where he was, I was given one answer, but when I asked this individual’s cadet platoon sergeant where he was, I received another answer. Due to this individual’s record of behavior, I was almost certain that he had just lied to me about his actual whereabouts. To make it even tougher, this individual was an acquaintance of mine. I could have pushed the situation

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a military and political organization which is mainly led by nationals of Iraq and Syria. ISIS has committed crimes of unimaginable cruelty in Syria and Iraq but the international criminal court (ICC) does not have the power to open a case, according to Fatou Bensouda. The court was unable to prosecute because neither Syria nor Iraq were members of ICC. (ICC, 2015) Crimes which have been reported, consist of mass executions, sexual slavery, rape and other

In World War II many tanks from all the nations were used in combat, but some of them were better and some were worse than others. Focusing on two major tanks of WWII, the American M4 Sherman and the German PanzerKampfwagenVI or more commonly known as the Tiger tank we are going to see which one comes out on top. The reasoning for choosing these two tanks to compare is a simple explanation, and that is because these tanks were very common in the war and both tanks fought against each other on the