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The Irony in these two stories is initially expressed by their titles. At the Beginning of Enemies, Jensen and Strunk are violently opposed to one another althoguh they are fighting on the same side of a brutal war. At the end of Friends, although Jensen didn’t take action to kill Strunk, he is relieved rather than aggrieved to learn of Strunk’s death, although the two are supposed to now be friends. These stories represent the war's view on friendship, and how distorted that emotion becomes. O’Brian

Relating to Appy’s claim, as escalation grew after the Tonkin Gulf, America began to wage an unmoral war that was not supported by the Americans and Vietnamese or understood by American soldiers. Agreeing with Appy’s claim, the prime issue of an immoral and unjust war is one that America must realize and understand the full consequences that this has had on the nation if it is to learn any lessons from Vietnam. Originally told that the war was fought to contain communism, bombing campaigns as Operation

exposed (Roark et al p. 841). Following this, President Johnson sharply cut back on bombing efforts, and added that he was not going to run for a second term. Another event was the My Lai Massacre, where over 300 unarmed civilians were slaughtered. The members of Charlie Company, 11th brigade entered the village of My Lai, with the objectives that they were given by their superiors being to ‘search and destroy’; Even with the passage of the Civil

Oedipus’s ego slowly dwindles when he finds out more and more information regarding Lais’ murder. When it occurs to him that he may have been the one responsible for the murder of the king, Oedipus suddenly connects the prophets words into his current situation. He realizes that he has indeed cursed himself and will now live in misery

The Vietnam War was a prolonged, costly struggle between nationalist forces. North Vietnam wanted to unify Vietnam under communism and the USA wanted to contain communism and prevent the domino effect. More than 3 million lives were lost before the end in 1975, when communist forces conquered Saigon, the capital of the South, and the North took control. The USA withdrew in 1973 and left the fighting to the South. USA advisers believed they could beat the Vietcong, a Southern communist movement, with

is becoming less of a modern convenience and more of a necessity for humans, young and old, it should be noted that the internet can cause impaired academic achievement, bad time management, and problems with health and interpersonal relationships (Lai & Gwung, 2013). In another study, Laverick (2009) states the children of the 21st century have lives that are interwoven with technology. These children do not know of a world without technology; in the study, this is called “an Eculture” (Laverick

dorsiflexion component to the stretch compared to the control group. It is unclear however, whether it is a static stretch or if the researcher is providing an alternating plantarflexion to dorsiflexion movement (similar to nerve gliding). The study by Lai, et al.5 did not look at neurodynamic responses in any other limbs other than the limb that was being tested. Lohkamp and Small7 found that the responses of stretch and pain may not solely be caused by nervous tissue in asymptomatic participants due

Crimes of Obedience Katelynn M. Priest University of Arkansas- Fort Smith   Obedience is a facet of every society, it helps structure social life and maintain social order. However, there are instances where obedience can become destructive, as is the case when crimes of obedience are committed. Crimes of obedience can be most closely identified with war crimes or even to some extent torture. Many of the people who commit crimes of obedience, or who participate in torture may seem like normal people

doing things they should not have. They would kill innocent civilians because they didn’t know who the enemy was. On March 16, 1968, hundreds of innocent non vietcong Vietnamese woman children and elderly were killed in the village of My Lai. This was called the My Lai massacre, led by Lieutenant William L. Calley Jr. It started off as just a rumor, but after several people had heard about it, President Richard Nixon started to look into it. They gathered all of the civilians in the middle of the village

All four times, the Supreme Court upheld affirmative action policies (Snyder and Lai). Because there are a greater number of applicants competing for a very limited number of admissions slots, worried parents and students are trying to find any loopholes in the selection process and many are now turning their attention to the debate