Terrorism - America: Muder Unlimited :: Argumentative Persuasive Topics

America Muder Unlimited   in that locations been no peace of mind in my lifetime as an American. I dont know if fear of atomic war had any effect on the Soviet Union nevertheless it sure affected me. The background radiation of the Manhattan Project has followed me everywhere.   Was I born(p) with post-traumatic stress disorder? No, my mother said I was a capable baby. She must behave done a good job distracting me. At least, I didnt notice that I was lving through an endless series of wars.   moreover as a citizen of the United States, Ive lived through one war aft(prenominal) another. They were not all called wars. In the past twenty years the American military has been involved in Iran, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Korea, Guatemala, Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, Panama, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Dominican Republic, Oman, Chile, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Libya, Bolivia, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Somalia, Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Haiti, Croatia, Zaire, Liberia, Alba nia, Sudan, Macedonia, Afghanistan, Cuba, and more more.   I didnt repeat any countries even though we had repeated engagements with some. I know I have left turn up some.   In January 1961, chairperson/General Eisenhower said, In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether want or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced bureau exists and will persist.   We were in the Cold War more than 40 years. We have been in a war with Cuba for 39 years and counting. We have been in an ongoing war with Iraq for 10 years.   Economists talk about the peacetime expansion of the U.S. economy. There hasnt been a time in my life when the U.S. was not involved in killing people in my name somewhere in the world. just this passes for peace. I think this is because U.S. military activity has always been global, mostly out of sight, away from home.   Years ago th e U.S. government was killing Buddhists in the jungles of southeast Asia. Now it is killing Muslims in the mountains of Southwest Asia. This is what this Judeo-Christian country keeps doing speckle pledging allegiance to its flag, singing patriotic songs, and invoking its variant of God, a Supreme Being.   These things go on simultaneously. The military activity is constant and continuous. That is why the military compute is so large, more than $350 billion this year.