By: John Haywood | 2010-04-04 | International studies Since September 11, 2001, the United States has been struggling with its war on terror. We, as a nation, have had to deal with a myriad of issues from the appropriate use of military force, how to try terrorists captured and how to continue to defend our own civil liberties. Colombia has been at war with terrorism for over forty years. Colombia may offer some insights on things that can be done better as well as pitfalls the US may want to avoid. read more
By: Ed Kugler | 2010-04-04 | Politics Spec Op's wearing scuba tanks in humvee's! Believe it! When patrolling Baghdad streets don't look too aggressive. These and other said facts from the war in Iraq. Political correctness kills more of our troops than the insurgents. Read on and weep... then get angry and do something! read more
By: K.R.SURENDRAN | 2010-11-06 | News and society Mumbaites and Delhites have already learnt to live with attacks, its' intensity and magnitude heinous, frightening and mind-boggling such attacks since the latter involve hundreds of deaths sometimes and many maimed for life, valuable properties destroyed resulting in foreign nations like US, Britain, Australia, Germany, France etal issuing travel advisories read more
By: Maynard Joseph Delfin | 2010-04-04 | International studies Somalia remains one of the chaotic nations in the world where peace seems to hide its face away from the African nation. With the Islamist rebels gaining control of the country, I wonder how the crisis is being handled by its government. When will the riots and killings end? read more
By: Collymore | 2011-09-16 | Politics Lynching is one, if not the most barbaric forms of feral mob behaviour and there is no escaping that fact; however, when it’s premeditatedly employed as an instrument of acquisitive state terrorism by countries claiming to be liberal democracies and governed by the rule of law, this is conduct that’s well beyond the pale. read more
By: Mike J. Bond | 2010-03-31 | Humanities All the veterans could do was to rely on the thick walls of the building. The Britons piled burning wood around the walls and continuously threw missiles. The whole small area was packed with men, women, children and of course the veterans. Once they'd run out of weapons to hurl at the invaders, they were completely at their mercy. The spears never stopped, but fell like rain. The heat became insufferable, and all died in that cauldron of terror read more
By: Steve Boston | 2010-03-31 | News and society Al Qadea is like a cancerous growth. You can put it into remission, surgically remove parts of it, or try to blast it out of existence, but it simply regroups and either comes back in a different place or strain. In order to successfully "treat" this phenomenon the ideas and beliefs that lie at the root of their movement must be uncovered and attacked, otherwise their cancerous belief system will continue to "create" new cells no matter how many bombs, guns and bullets will be used. read more
By: Walter Brasch | 2010-04-04 | Politics A recent AP-AOL poll revealed that 26% of all Americans think George W. Bush is the Greatest Villain. This is four times as many as those who think Osama bin Laden is the worst villain. This, of course, has upset Bin Laden who's trying harder. read more
By: Amanda Xia | 2011-04-01 | Article Marketing As we can see from the news that the U.S. should avert acquiring a closer family relationship with Libyan confrontation forces, defense force leaders said Thursday, telling an often uncongenial Congre... read more
By: Warren Cooley | 2010-04-04 | Politics This is one in a series of short essays hypothetically suggesting what the American people would like hear from the President of the United States during his next press conference when a reporter asks: Mr. President What About-? Special thanks to Stephen Morgan for his insightful analysis is Al Qaeda's Hidden Weaknesses. read more
By: Skip Conover | 2011-04-19 | Reference & Education Terror management theory was originally derived from the ideas of Ernest Becker, who, in the 1970's, wrote a series of books in which he claimed that the uniquely human awareness of death has a great deal to do with just about everything that human beings do day to day. His argument is that people are the only creatures that are smart enough to recognize that we're here, and ... you also realize that you won't always be around. read more
By: Fred Krone | 2010-04-04 | Politics What started as a spectacle in shock and awe ends in the spectacle of execution. When the execution video hit YouTube it was an explosion in sadistic voyeurism. And why not? This whole endeavor, of course, has been to satisfy our blood-lust. The public wanted a crucifixion and it got one. Now that we have extracted repayment for 9/11 will we leave Iraq? read more
By: Roger McIntyre | 2010-08-11 | News and society Among all the wars the United Stated has triggered, the writer assume that only very few were reluctant. Almost of which are "wars of choice" or voluntarily war. It's the fact that our government will maintain a free hand regarding when, where, and for what we fight, providing that our nation keeps depending entirely on volunteer military. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-06-28 | News and society The September 11 attacks have caused panic across the United States and the world as well. Right after these attacks, the US began a war in order to fight against terrorism, and especially against Al-Qaeda. Although Osama Bin Laden, the world’s most wanted terrorist was recently killed, the war against terrorism and Al-Qaeda is not over. Here is the list of World’s Most Wanted Al-Qaeda Terrorists Killed since 2001 read more
By: Brian John | 2010-12-03 | College In the history of international conflict the Korean War is one of many wars of decolonization and postcolonial political sequence that swept away four centuries of European and Japanese imperialism. With all the World War II participants except the United States worn out by their wartime losses, the client states of the Middle East and the colonies of Asia and Africa faced a record opportunity to declare their independent existence. "Declaring" often proved easy compared to..... read more