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    in the form of khaki, overcast, flying phantoms. The whiff of grounded moss and oxidized metal chased us soaking up into our uniforms, weighing us down. Moss, blood, smoke, death, rain, all waiting for the

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    officers take and do. Colonel Cathcart is one that treats power to his own selfish desire, not in any way evil, but for the greater good that he thinks is the best option. His desire for the greater good of the United States, is to raise the amount of flying missions to eighty-five. Reason being is that he doesn’t want anybody to go home and wants a little joke here and there. However, some characters like Yossarian don’t see this as a fit rule to apprehend, he reaches the certain number to go home, yet

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    news could be a lie, to be a cover up. On the other hand a rancher states “I saw 2 aliens dead, 1 dying, and 1 trying to communicate.” This quote said by the rancher gives a different opinion or on look of the crash as if there was aliens in the “flying saucer.” Although the air force goes on by saying it was a weather balloon crash and the appearance of an alien was the after occurrences, of a swelled head from the person involved in the crash. This leads to having three different stories about

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    for the perfect time to strike with minimal collateral damage and minimal damage to property (Byman 32-43). “With this weapon, I can deliver a very precise surgical strike that avoids collateral damage.” Says Kurt Scheible in the article “Good bomb, good bomb!” composed by Stephen Grey (Grey 14). UAV’s are very good when it comes to keeping civilians alive and compared to other methods they are superb. We take extreme measures to avoid civilian casualties (Sluka 90). Byman explains in his article

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    Some of those changes in World War One included things such as the invention of tanks which made it easier to launch bombs into trenches, and the invention of trenches in the war made it more efficient to fight as they now had a more protective spot to hide for the enemy troops and finally the invention of planes in the war allowing spying on other troops and being able to drop bombs into places that couldn’t be reached by shooting. All of these things invented during World War One helped by making

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    In 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, and in the act of “revenge”, we bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, devastating the Japanese people. Harry Truman was not justified in his decision to use the atomic bombs against the Japanese and caused them to be victims. For, the Japanese already accepted that they were defeated and ready to surrender, Truman's goal of ending the war did not happen and instead started another war while horror swept the entire world, and it was very inhumane, many innocent

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    Shortly after 9/11 twelve years ago, the federal government created the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to protect air travel and prevent similar attacks. In 2012, the TSA had a budget of $8.1 billion, and while it claims to improve airport security, it fails to do so. Additionally, their checkpoints are privacy-invasive and cumbersome, negatively impacting the air travel industry. For these reasons, the agency should be abolished. As a response to the 9/11 attacks, one would expect

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    pup. The next day I went to play some baseball. While we were playing Billy suddenly fell silent listening to the sounds in the distance. Then I heard it too, it was like thunder in the distance. Then a plane flew over us from out of nowhere. It was flying way too low and the sound was ear-shattering. We started running like scattered ants. We climbed a tree to get a better view. We could see seawater being protruded into the air from explosions. We then realized that the smoke was real and that we

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    Bombing Hiroshima August 6th, 1945, 2:45, United States, Enola Gay departs America carrying the most destructive bomb ever created. The horrid World War II would eventually end due to this, but in the process some 210,000 innocent lives were lost in Hiroshima due to the deadly weapon. (Garner 3-4). Although the bombing of Hiroshima ended World War II, it was unquestionably an awful way of doing it. Ten of thousands of people died, a whole city was destroyed, and the after fact of the radiation

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    NASA has never made a trip to Mars, but I don’t think the benefits of going to Mars will outweigh the risks. One of the reasons I don’t think we should go to Mars is because it would take eight months to get there. Yeah, it would be cool to be the first person on Mars but you are taking a lot of risks. That is just one of my three reasons I don’t think the benefits outweigh the risks. First, When you go to Mars it is a very long flight. According to the text “Danger! This Mission to Mars Could Bore

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