Was the war in Afghanistan Effective
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I agree with the scholar’s theories because it is based on the fact that certain wars do not bring freedom and liberty for the humanity. A good example is the war in Vietnam. The domino theory of Eisenhower messed up a nation. Wrong Analogy created a huge problem for the United States. The US could not get out of the zone because if they did, the whole world would see the failure. The US would look beneath Russia. The war in Afghanistan was a mistake because of several reasons: 1) it is true that the September 11 attack occurred from Afghanistan, but no clear evidence show that Osama has been part the one behind it. The Taliban argued the same thing. They said that if the US can prove it was Osama behind the September 11 attack, they would turn him over. The United States wanted Osama before 9/11, so why Afghanistan, a country that was already in war with Great Britain and Russia for several Decades, should be the target? 2) George Bush did not consider the ethical and moral aspect of his decision. He put the nation into more debt and took people’s lives. Was it worth increasing taxation to increase the number of deaths of civilians and soldiers; because that was the outcome of his decision? The Taliban wanted to hand over Osama to them but the United States did not cooperate with them. The United States violated the United Nations Security Council Charter and on top of that, ruined millions of lives of combatant and civilians. In order to be better than Russia in terms of power, wealth, and strength, the US created a tension between Russia and United States for Afghanistan. At first, the Afghans had to fight one nation. Now, they have to choose to side one of them- either Russia to follow communism, or United States to follow lib... ... middle of paper ... ...Knowledge/US_met_taliban.htm). 7. “Bush Rejects Taliban Offer to Hand Bin Laden Over,” Guardian, October 14, 2001 (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/oct/14/afghanistan.terrorism5). 8. Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Obama Defends Strategy in Afghanistan,” New York Times, August 18, 2009 (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/us/politics/18vets.html?_r=1&th&emc=th). 9. George Arney, “U.S. ‘Planned Attack on Taleban,’” BBC News, September 18, 2001 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1550366.stm). 10. Seymour M. Hersh, “What Went Wrong: The C.I.A. and the Failure of American Intelligence,” New Yorker, October 1, 2001 (http://web.archive.org/web/20020603150854/http://www.cicentre.com/Documents/DOC_Hersch_OCT_01.htm). 11. Tolo News, Afghan Media. "Six Candidates Looks to Join Leading Teams." TOLOnews.com RSS. Tolo TV, 1 Jan. 2013. Web. 28 Apr. 2014. http://www.tolonews.com/
In this essay, the author
- Opines that the domino theory of eisenhower messed up a nation, and that george bush did not consider the ethical and moral aspect of his decision.
- Opines that a politician should consider the ethical, moral, and rights of humanity when making an important decision that affects humanity.
- Explains that president obama is saying that the war is a necessity, but now, the us is interfering with the culture and beliefs of afghan people.
- Explains that literacy rate has a huge connection with morals and ethics. before the decades of war in afghanistan, many afghans were educated.
- Cites jeffrey t. kuhner, "obama’s vietnam?" washington times, and marjorie cohn, “bombing of afghanistan is illegal and must be stopped.”
- Opines that 9/11 justifies the war in afghanistan. global research, 19 may 2013.
- Analyzes how ottaway and stephens met with taliban on bin laden, and how bush rejected the taliban's offer to hand him over.
- Analyzes george arney's "u.s. ‘planned attack on taleban,’" bbc news, september 18, 2001.
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- First, public authority and public declaration, which refers a war between sovereign nations. However, the attack was not true war between sovereign authorities. It was a criminal act of terrorist organization and people. Second aspect of the theory is just cause, which refers a country must go to war to protect innocent people and making sure people can live without fear. The U.S. involvement in Afghan war has been seen as lack of saving innocent life of people. The United States went to this war with a goal of fighting against terrorism, which is a vague term and the war causes higher number of innocent killing in the Afghanistan. Third, this war has not seen as last resort because of expanding ability of terrorism in recent days in middle east.
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- Opines that nations are failing to address the just war theory in terms of involving in different kinds of war.
268 wordsRead More - Post 9/11 Afghanistanargumentative essayIntroduction On September 11, 2001 the United States' economy, government, and national defense were left crippled. Members of Al Qaeda, a militant Islamic group, hijacked and crashed planes into two World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon, and an attempted to attack the White House as well (9/11 Commission Report). Al Qaeda controlled many training camps in Afghanistan along with the Taliban, who called themselves the "religious leaders" of the country (Chayes 64). At first, they appeared as heroes in the eyes of the people, as they fought the Soviet invaders and promised to restore Afghanistan to its original state.
In this essay, the author
- Describes how al qaeda and the taliban controlled training camps in afghanistan and promised to restore the country to its original state.
- Analyzes how the us and allied countries collaborated with the anti-taliban militia to win back the nation.
- Explains that the taliban is populated of pashtuns who continue to degrade hazaras and display themselves as above all. the group largely opposed the influence of western culture on their country.
- Compares afghanistan's reconstruction to the united states after their civil war. the us government favoured hamid karzai as the new president because he believed in a nation which promoted freedom and was economically strong
803 wordsRead More - Military Involvement In Afghanistananalytical essayU.S. military involvement in Afghanistan The U.S. military should stay in Afghanistan because it helps the citizens in Afghanistan. For example, the U.S. Army medics can provide professional aid to Afghanistan children without the money to get aid from the government. Since there is very little urban/ suburban areas in Afghanistan a military medic can help the children who are in need of aid and there can bring them to a place for them too get help. This quote shows how the occupation of the U.S. military in Afghanistan has caused a help too many of the civilians that live in the small villages there. Without the U.S. military not being in Afghanistan many of children and elderly people can die from being exposed to disease and injuries from
In this essay, the author
- Argues that the u.s. military should stay in afghanistan so that it can help their citizens.
- Argues that the u.s. military should stay in afghanistan so that it can help the afghan government.
- Concludes that the u.s. military should occupy their forces in afghanistan to prevent terrorism.
- Narrates the story of the proud afghan lady whose gate was crushed by the searching team of american troops.
- Argues that the us should stay in afghanistan so that we can fix it and stop terrorism.
- Opines that the u.s. military should keep its forces involved with afghanistan for many reasons.
- Opines that the u.s. military should be involved with afghanistan because it can stop or disrupt terrorism from happening so many times.
- Concludes that the u.s. military should keep its forces occupied in afghanistan so that they can help their citizans and their government.
- Explains that the longest war the u.s. has ever fought is about to end, but no one can guarantee that afghanistan will not be a threat in the future.
- Opines that in afghanistan, gates hears of rise in violence. opposing viewpoints in context.
- Cites hekmatyar, gulbuddin, and einfeld's is america helping afghanistan.
1773 wordsRead More - Could 9/11 Have Been Prevented?analytical essayThompson, Paul. “They Tried to Warn Us: Foreign Intelligence Warnings Before 9/11”. Web. 03 Aug 2011.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how bin laden issued a fatwa declaring war on the us after the saudi air force bombing that killed 19 service members and wounded 515 people.
- Analyzes how the 1996 and 1998 fatwas were followed up by a 1998 issuance of the 2nd one, and the bombing of two us embassies in kenya and tanzania.
- Opines that killing americans and their allies is an individual duty for every muslim who can do it in any country in which it is possible.
- Explains that operation bojinka was a 1995 plan created by khalid sheik mohammed to utilize airliners and explosive laden small aircraft to hit multiple targets around the world. the idea for the actual wtc bombing was designed in 1996.
- Analyzes how the 1995 bojinka plot led us officials to question an airliner being used as a weapon, while planning the 1996 atlanta, georgia olympic games. a temporary anti air unit was established for national security special events.
- Explains that us intelligence agencies first discovered the possibility of a plot to fly explosive laden aircraft into us airports in 1998.
- Explains that intelligence about the impending nature of an attack was increasing from us intelligence sources and from 11 other countries.
- Explains that the cia and fbi issued separate warnings about impending attacks, which led to a training scenario which began on the morning of september 11th.
- Explains that most of these aircraft were distributed towards the border areas because they were primarily being used as drug interdiction aircraft. there were no available aircraft within 100 miles aid in the control of the situation.
- Opines that 9/11 was not necessarily preventable when opposing an enemy bent on causing mass casualties and terror within their targeted countries, but the effects of the attack could have been minimized.
- Cites bare naked islam's "never forget: 9/11 jumpers from hell".
- Describes robinson, mathew, and benardyová, albta's "catching seriously bad dudes: us counter-terrorism strategies".
- Describes bin laden's biography, ayman al-zawahiri, and al qaeda skimming charity money. the national commission on terrorist attacks upon the united states.
- Summarizes bin laden's letter to america, which he wrote in 1996.
1339 wordsRead More - The Iran Contra Affairanalytical essayWoodward, Bob. Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981-1987. Simon And Schuster. New York -- London -- Toronto -- Sydney -- Tokyo. 1987
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- Analyzes how president reagan's knowledge of these events is fairly obvious. he knew how to hide things well, and never said go lie to congress.
- Explains that the iran contra affair was a secret arrangement to provide funds to nicaraguan contra rebels from profits accumulated by selling arms to iran in the 1980's.
- Explains that reagan knew about the secret deals before anyone else. he was a good public speaker, and he was what every american pictured in the american president.
- Introduces bani-sadr, abol hassan, and mitchell, george j. men of zeal. a candid inside story of the iran-contra hearings.
1334 wordsRead More - The Invasion of Panamaexplanatory essay... Intelligence and Security. Ed. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 2004. 312-315. Gale U.S. History In Context. Web. 13 Dec. 2011. http://ic.galegroup.com:80/ic/uhic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=UHIC&action=2&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CCX3403300213&userGroupName=mlin_s_hullhs&jsid=2be90fb974b37f6aca36a57ec3c49ff7
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the invasion of panama is an example of presidential foreign policies that involve america in foreign affairs.
- Describes the panama invasion as the beginning to better decision-making, but had faults of its own, that followed through to the persian-gulf war of 1991
- Explains that the drug enforcement administration, or dea, was facing an uphill battle in its beginning because drug use was less common but more deadly.
- Explains the connection between drugs and arms and terrorism on september 11, 2001. the push force a stop to drug trafficking began when the u.s policy of foreign affairs and interventions changed under reagan.
- Explains that the u.s policy for foreign interventions from 1946-81 was to shift of support for right-wing regimes, and cut off aid to dictatorships. president reagan reversed this by launching operation urgent fury on grenada.
- Cites encyclopedia of the american military: studies of history, traditions, policies, institutions and roles of armed forces in war and peace, by john e. jessup and louise b. ketz.
- Explains that americas, modern u.s. security policy and interventions. encyclopedia of espionage, intelligence and security.
- Explains that knight, judson, and brenda wilmoth lerner's encyclopedia of espionage, intelligence and security. gale u.s. history in context.
- Explains that operation just cause pamphlet was published in american decades primary sources. gale u.s. history in context.
932 wordsRead More - After reviewing the research material it is clear that providing an analysis of the intelligence cycle and the structure of the intelligence community is too extensive to cover in-depth. This paper intends to provide a simplified explanation of a broad and sprawling organization and examine some of the existing problems in counterterrorism intelligence in the United States.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that an analysis of the intelligence cycle and the structure of intelligence community is too extensive to cover in-depth. this paper intends to provide a simplified explanation of broad and sprawling organization and examine some existing problems in counterterrorism intelligence in the united states.
- Describes the intelligence cycle in the united states as a process of investigation for end users, including decision makers, u.s. policymakers, investigation unit supervisors, and war fighters.
- Explains that the united states allocates funds across three unique programs, including the national intelligence program and the tactical intelligence and related activities aggregation. the third pillar is oversight and accountability.
- Explains that counter terrorism intelligence is the exercise, practice, and strategies that governments, militaries, or law enforcement agencies adopt to attack terrorist threats and/or acts, both imminent and implicated.
742 wordsRead More - In an age when mankind has the ability to completely annihilate itself through nuclear combat, war can be a more terrifying and powerful thought than ever before. Unfortunately, because of the extent of the actions that the Taliban has committed against both America and its own followers, the United States’ war against terrorism seems to be a necessity. I do feel, however, as if there are many things that can be done by the American government in the near future to peacefully approach a more civil and politically involved Afghanistan. Although my feelings on a war against terrorism are mixed, I do feel that significant actions must be taken in order to restrict the spread of the Taliban and rebuild the government of Afghanistan.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that the united states' war against terrorism seems to be a necessity due to the actions of the taliban against both america and its followers.
- Opines that war should always be a last resort when dealing with problems between countries, especially in today's age.
- Opines that america needs to stop the spread of the radical islamic group's tyranny in order to bring peace to afghanistan.
- Opines that the united nations should focus on bringing the newly emerged afghan government to an economically stable situation, so it can find other sources of money than the sales of narcotics.
629 wordsRead More - The US and NATO's Interventionanalytical essayOn 11th September 2001, the world had been surprised by the attacks on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre in New York City. The United State of America (USA) had respond by investigating the hijacker and recognized Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda as the mastermind of that tragedy. Therefore, USA had commanded Taliban group to hand over him. However, Taliban had refused and this resulted in worst consequences (Williams 2010: 123). The use of military forces on Afghanistan by USA was started when the action had been legitimized in the name of ‘self-defence’ (Byers 2002: 408). The situation in Afghanistan become worst as USA created allied intervention with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). This conflict still remains unresolved until today. Hence, based on realism perspective, I strongly argue that the allied intervention between US and NATO is worst to the Afghanistan. In the first section of this essay, I will provide a broad definition of realism in International Relations. In the second section, I will argue about the humanitarian cost that incurred due to state independence from morality and law. Meanwhile in the third section, I will argue about the loss of Afghanistan sovereignty that resulted from the external intervention by US and its ally, NATO.
In this essay, the author
- Argues that the allied intervention between us and nato is worst to the afghanistan.
- Argues that realism is dealing with the reality of international politics and it is not just a matter of theory.
- Explains that the allied intervention of us and nato in afghanistan war is worst to the afghan people because it was occurred with the expense of humanitarian cost that resulted from state’s independence from morality and law.
- Argues that the allied intervention's action in pursuing their interest gives a significant impact on the life of the afghan.
- Explains that the allied intervention between us and nato in afghanistan war is worst to the afghanistan because the loss of sovereignty due to power interference by us.
- Concludes that the allied intervention between us and nato is worst to the afghan people based on realism perspective.
1211 wordsRead More - Globalization in Afghanistanopinion essayAfghanistan is like a time capsule. Many people farm for subsistence, and few are able to read or write. Afghans have been compared to Spartans in that they are a martial people who have been at war for thousands of years. The rough terrain in which they live lends itself to long periods of resistance. Time and time again they have been able to push away would be conquerors. The current war in Afghanistan stands in contrast to previous wars because its purpose is not one of conquest for land or for the exploitation of resources. The purpose of the current war in Afghanistan is to win over the Afghan people and to help them grow ideologically to assimilate into an ever more technologically advanced global environment.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that afghanistan's importance with respect to the cultural impact of globalization is increasing as the war in afghanistan draws down. once the united states leaves it will be left to create its own destiny.
- Explains that afghanistan has modernized only when forced by invaders. the soviet union built many roads, schools, power plants and other infrastructure to help its newly installed puppet regime, and facilitate its movement through afghanistan.
- Compares afghanistan to spartans in that they are a martial people who have been at war for thousands of years. the current war in afghanistan stands in contrast to previous wars because its purpose is not one of conquest for land or for the exploitation of resources.
- Explains that afghanistan has grown significantly in terms of its ability to care for itself. a national army and a developing police force are becoming more and more capable of providing basic services; security.
- Opines that technology and the internet are portals to the evils of western society. the national military academy of afghanistan would not allow internet access for fears of it being used to access pornography.
- Explains that telecommunications are a particularly important technology in afghanistan. the network has been destroyed by major wars with the ussr and us.
- Explains that even the most simple of technologies cannot be utilized by all because of high illiteracy rates. afghanistan has progressed slowly on the front of human rights, and that has caused large segments of the population to be undereducated.
- Explains that the government of afghanistan has sought to promote the use of the internet and telephones by cutting the tariffs of them in half over the next 4 years. this leap forward in access to the outside world has the potential to shift afghanistan’s culture.
- Explains that american and foreign companies are wary about investing in afghanistan or outsourcing to afghanistan because the political situation there is so volatile.
- Explains that afghanistan's lack of highway infrastructure has severely retarded its growth. many roads were damaged during wars with the ussr.
- Explains that afghanistan's ministry of transportation and civil aviation has stated that the development of the transport sector is important since it will improve the well-being of ordinary people and have numerous positive impacts on afghanistan’s economy.
- Opines that the ministry of transportation and civil aviation is correct that afghanistan is in dire need of an improved transportation network.
- Explains that afghanistan's environment is important to its people because over 70% of them rely on agriculture for their livelihood. over half of all agriculture in afghanistan is at the mercy of natural rains.
- Opines that afghanistan will need to increase public awareness of environmental issues through education. by educating and industrializing afghanistan, people will be able to transition away from subsistence agriculture to spur economic growth.
- Explains that the ministry of mining is actively seeking exploit afghanistan's underground resources and creates jobs that are not agricultural in nature.
- Opines that the city of kabul faces a serious air pollution issue. the government of afghanistan needs to monitor its levels of pollution as it becomes more industrialized.
- Opines that globalization in afghanistan is positive and that new technology, new ideologies, and new political systems are pouring in daily.
- Opines that afghanistan's success in globalization will depend on the success of its government.
- Opines that the worst implication of globalization on afghanistan is its effect on the environment and infrastructure.
- Concludes that afghanistan has a long way to go in terms of globalization. many things have to happen internally for it to be ready to reach out and do business with other countries.
- Explains that more than 3000 people may die in kabul because of air pollution every year.
- Cites the ministery. retrieved april 1, 2012, from ministry of transportation and civil aviation.
- Explains that brendan lopez edited the paper and gave feedback on style and format. he recommended rewording the intent behind the soviet contributions to afghan infrastructure and discussing the lengths that the american government had gone to build cell towers in afghanistan.
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