brother. It goes on to describe her rather strange marital relationship with all 5 of the Pandava brothers and despite having 5 husbands‚ her love for Karna‚ the most unfortunate and tragic hero in the epic. This book‚ quite relevant to today’s war torn world as well‚ narrates this novel in a beautiful mythical-magical fashion. Though it does talk about most of the events which took place in the original epic as well‚ the author has put in some beautiful imaginative twists of her own such as the
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Essay War‚ what is it good for? Absolutely nothing! Around the World everyday there is some type of war happening. War affect everyone and thousands or even millions die because of war. The problem or issue that I’m going to talk about is why war is morally wrong and can war ever be justified. This Essay will talk about many thing including the three traditions of thought that dominate the ethics of war and peace: Realism; Pacifism; and the Just War Theory. Another thing I’m going to talk about
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democracy all together‚ because there are no actual foot soldiers on the ground. If the United States undermines democracy through drone strikes‚ then what does the US constitution stand for? Of the Realpolitik persuasion “ethical considerations in war are downright dangerous‚ as they can prevent a state from taking action conducive to its national interest” (Dalziel‚ 2014‚ pg.2). While there are individuals in favor for no moral considerations‚ the party against argues “that if we make no moral considerations
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Geneva Conventions By: Maksim S. Yelkin Course: American Foreign Policy Professor: Ronald J. Brown Semester: Fall 2011 Date: 12/03/11 Introduction Now we live in relatively peaceful time‚ but it wasn’t always like that. All those wars were bloody‚ sometimes even too bloody‚ so people needed to create some rules. So those rules were created. Four Conventions for One Purpose Not everybody knows that‚ but there were four treaties‚ not just one. And even then‚ they were modified later
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soldiers in 1937. Another example is the My Lai Massacre (Vietnamese: thảm sát Mỹ Lai) that was committed by United States soldiers during the Vietnam War on hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians. Such military action‚ which has the sole purpose of inflicting civilian casualties‚ is illegal under modern rules of war‚ and may be considered a war crime or crime against humanity. Other kinds of civilian casualties may involve the targeting of civilian populations for military purposes‚ such as the
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warfare? Drones can have a huge impact in combat. They can make our defenses better‚ but sometimes they can provoke terrorist groups. Drones have made a huge impact on war since the use of drones has started‚ but that doesn’t mean they do the best job they are meant to. There has been a lot of talk about how the U.S. can get pass the U.N. laws that prohibit some of the attacks that they have been making. Is it really helpful to kill a few amount of enemies to also be killing such a huge amount of innocent
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The Importance of Torture in Relation to National Security 2‚977. The number of lives our country lost‚ due to a group of hijackers linked to Al-Qaeda that planned a terrorist attack on our nation. This day will always be remembered as September 11‚ 2001‚ or informally known as simply 9/11. This casualty count does not include the additional heart wrenching calls that were made‚ tears that were shed‚ or families that were torn apart. Our nation’s leaders often reflect on this horrific incident
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What is command responsibility or superior responsibility? It is the doctrine of hierarchical accountability in cases of war crimes. It is also called the Yamashita principle. [Yamashita was the Commanding General of 14th Army Group between 9 Oct 44 - 2 Sep 45 and Military Governor of Philippines. He assumed post 11 days before the allied forces took control of Philippines. Under his command‚ his troops committed acts of violence‚ cruelty and homicide inflicted on the civilian population resulting
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The Fourth Geneva Convention was adopted in 1949‚ and it outlines a set of rules that concern the humanitarian protection for civilians in a war zone‚ and also outlaws the practice of a total war. It is considered as an improvement over the Hague Convention IV on the Law and Customs of War on Land‚ 1907. By virtue of Article 4 of the Fourth Geneva Convention‚ the application of this convention is limited to those people‚ who‚ at a given moment and in any manner‚ find themselves‚ in case of a conflict
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of children in armed conflicts‚ nevertheless the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers reports that the use of children in military forces‚ and the active participation of children in armed conflicts is widespread. International human rights law The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child‚ Article 38‚ (1989) proclaimed: "State parties shall take all feasible measures to ensure that persons who have not attained the age of 15 years do not take a direct part in hostilities." However
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