Piercing The Veneer

This book’s main focus is essentially the transformation of the land on the Arabian Peninsula due to the American oil explorers who want to exploit the land to gain access to the huge oil reserve that is the Middle East, in this case Saudi Arabia. The Americans are first described as harmless except by Miteb al-Hathal, who senses that they are devils who cannot be trusted and that something bad will happen because of them, which no one believes. It turns out, in the end, that he was right and if the Emir had realized what was going on earlier and actually worked to stop it then things wouldn’t have turned out so bad for the people.

While reading novels readers can relate to the characters challenges. In the realistic fiction novel Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen, the reader can relate to challenges that the characters in the book have. While we don’t have the same challenges, Juli Baker deals with the lose of the sycamore tree, while I deal with being too hard on myself. First, the character Juli Baker, from Flipped, has the challenge of dealing with the lose of the sycamore tree.

In our society, oil is one of the core requirements. Whether it is to drive from a point A to a point B or to fly between distant countries, oil always had a fundamental impact on our civilization. Its impact is felt, on a daily basis and under many aspects. Not a day goes by without hearing about the Brent's changing undulation, on the markets in New York or London. Some have thought that the desire to gain control of Iran's oil resources was the core of the CIA's intervention in that country, in the 1950s. In recent years, it was considered, by left-wing groups, that the war in Iraq was based upon an attempt of foreign control over the Iraqi petroleum resources. Even though both events have an unquestioned place

The congressional override of Obama’s veto has drawn a lot of speculation from different quarters in the public domain especially since the congress comprising of a majority of democrats and republican have overridden the veto unanimously. The veto was to ensure that the Saudi Arabian kingdom was not sued in any way or its citizens and especially sponsors who were suspected to have funded al-Qaida. The courts could thus not pass judgments against Saudi Arabia, which is a sovereign nation. The victims in this case wanted the congress to side with them and provide them a means of obtaining justice. The article further showed the congress override and the passing of a law that could spell disaster for either Saudi Arabia or the American economy since the Saudi kingdom has opted to remove its investments, which are in the hundreds of billions of dollars. Foreign relations against the United States and Saudi Arabia can be hampered in the process as the article notes. Therefore, the article focusses on the victims and families of the attacks and the delayed justice system, which has not been helped by the president especially since the Saudi kingdom, has been

Oral piercings have become more and more popular among the past couple of decades, especially with younger groups of people.1 They get these piercings because they think it will make them more popular in their social groups or because they think it looks good to get their tongue or lip pierced.2 Years ago, people got piercings because of their certain religious practices or different ethnic groups, but today oral piercings are becoming increasingly popular with the general population regardless of their cultural beliefs.3 The most common places to get piercings in the mouth are the tongue and the lips.4 Over the years, though, the tongue has become very popular.3 With piercings becoming more prevalent, research is finding that there and many complications and risk factors involved. One of the risk factors from getting an oral piercing is infective endocarditis. This is especially significant for someone who has heart disease because he is more prone to getting infections.5 Furthermore, Oral piercings are not to be considered a simple procedure that can be done by anyone, they should actually be considered a surgery that is to be done by professionals because of the complications that can arise from them.6 Some of the early complications from getting oral piercings include pain, swelling of the piercing site, bleeding, and infections.7 Following, late complications consist of localized periodontitis, irreversible gingival recession, fractured or chipped teeth, and difficulty

Invading Iraq was—and remains—a highly debated and controversial decision within both world politics and the academic disciplines of politics and international relations. With a growing number of deaths, rising tensions in the Middle East, and a failure to find any weapons of mass destruction (WMD), the voices condemning the Bush administration have been increasing ever since the decision to go to war was announced. While many scholars have traditionally argued against the war, this paper will argue that the Iraq War can be justified.

The prince is responsible for selling natural gas drilling rights to the Chinese, thus angering the Americans. Furthermore, the Prince’s father, the emir, has good relations with America and allows them to keep military personal in his country. The allowance of US troops is of specific value in comparison, notably, with Saudi Arabia. This is a major sore spot for many fundamentalists as it is viewed as a military occupation of holy grounds. Osama bin-Laden is known for brandishing this point as a major reason for hating America (Zeiden 2001). It also angers Prince Nasir, who believes in reforms to move his country away from dependence on oil and foreign nations. This is noticeably in opposition to American oil interests, so they subsequently bomb the Prince as he attempts to secure the throne away from his brother (emir content with continuing former policies). US interference in Middle Easter politics is extremely common. America, and other European nations, has supported both oppressive regimes and military coups to secure oil interests (Zunes; Pitz, Lecture Modern Iran). In doing so, they have blocked the path to democracy and self-determination for many nations.

In the “The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, And Power,” Yergin undertakes the reader upon a thorough and enjoyable journey through oil history, from the first 1859 well drilling by Colonel Edwin in Pennsylvania during up to the invasion of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein in a wrathful grab for oil and wealth in 1990 August. Yergin explores the role of oil in warfare, depicts the ever-changing organization of the oil sector, and examines the prominent, as well as often flamboyant petroleum players. The book is a well-researched and well-written, and supplement to a history branch, which until very lately, had been regrettably neglected—history of business.

It is not only the economic advantage from Kuwait oil, or the unclear nationalism (Kuwait separated from Iraq with the supporting of Britain), but also desire to re-establish the Babylon emprise of Saddam Hussein. The desire of rebuilt the large Arabic union also try to separate the effects and relations of the US and other Western countries in Middle East. This idea can be seen in Desert Storm campaign, Iraq tried to entice the support from Middle East countries by launching missile to Israel and Saudi Arabia to embroil entire Middle East into the war. This is a remarkable failure perspective of Saddam Hussein because the capitalism, which existed in many Middle East countries and usually considered the US and Israel as enemies, now collapsed. Iraq was isolated because not only there is no acceptable for its invasion war, but also the countries favor America as a great partner have been increased significantly. If Saddam Hussein was success, the roles of US in Middle East might be changed. Moreover, what makes Saddam Hussein confident to wage war may be his chemical weapon strategy that had been used before in the Iran and Iraq war, or his underestimate with the strength of the US and its allies. From the context above, the necessary of stop Iraq’s invasion and balance its powers expand in Middle East could not be hesitated any more with the US.

The United States’ exchange of protection for oil with the Royal Family lead to terrorism in the Middle East due to the American forces and presence that existed in Saudi Arabia. In the film “Blood and Oil”, the United States’ agenda within the Middle east became more than just protecting the Royal family for Oil, it became that the US was protecting their income of oil. Ronald Reagan states in a clip, “Saudia Arabia provides the bulk of the energy that is needed to turn the wheels of industry in the western world; There’s no way we can stand by and see that taken over by anyone who would shut off that oil”. During the invasion of Iraq in Kuwait, Dick Cheney went to Saudia Arabia to convince King Fahd that the Royal Family and the country

The Iraq war had a lot of different causes and effects on the United States. There has been a lot of controversy about why we started the War; a big theory is that we entered the war over oil because Iraq wouldn’t let America buy oil. Another big reason is because of the 911 attacks on the World Trade Center. Combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland, invaded. Hard fought war which concluded with the capture of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad by American troops. The main reason is that the United States and the United Kingdom thought Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, which they didn’t.

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the stages in development of someone that I know. Describing the continuous and discontinuous development that is occurring at various stages of their young and middle child life span. In each section of my paper I plan to include specific subsections on the biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial development of my chosen subject. This chosen subject will be my eleven year old sister, Faith Elizabeth Lattimore. Faith is currently developing in her early years of middle childhood. Piaget describes middle childhood as the time for concrete operational thought, characterized by new logical abilities about direct experiences and perceptions.(Berger, 2011, p. 319). Faith loves to sing,

With the benefit of hindsight, many people consider the invasion of Iraq a failure. After the initial invasion of Iraq, things go worse instead of better within the country. Ultimately both the United States and Iraq payed a heavy cost due to Western intervention, which this paper will later discuss. The purpose of this research paper is to the Iraq invasion which includes the events leading to the invasion, the invasion itself, and the consequences. The purpose of examining the Iraq invasion as a whole is because a proper understanding of the event cannot be achieved without proper context. Actions have consequences, which this paper will explore. Although the invasion of Iraq took place in 2003, the first paragraph will discuss the country

The Veneer Theory proposes that humans are fundamentally selfish and that morals are merely a thin veneer of civilization over the inner beast. William Blake’s “London” seems to be putting this theory to the test. Through imagery that forces the reader to acknowledge the cries of those less fortunate citizens of London; metaphor which names who exactly is to blame for their misfortune; and symbolism encoded to stop just short of inciting revolutionary action against church and state, William Blake’s “London” demands that the reader not only question all authority they hold in esteem, but also demands that they use any means necessary to reform it. Unless the reader wants to validate the Veneer theory, by demonstrating that they are fundamentally

How could someone with no formal education beyond basic reading, writing, and math become one of the greatest thinkers of the Renaissance and still be relevant in modern society? (“Leonardo” 2009). Leonard da Vinci is a world-renowned intellectual pioneer who is primarily known for his artistic brilliance. What many people do not know is, Leonardo was not only an artist, but a historian, a philosopher, a mathematician, an architect, an inventor, and most importantly an extremely successful scientist. Leonardo was born during the Renaissance, a cultural movement that took place in Europe from the 14th century to the 16th century (“Leonardo” 2009). Society revived and valued classical art, science, literature, and music throughout this time, which presented Leonardo with an environment in which he could learn and develop his artistic skills and scientific ideas. Throughout his artistic and scientific explorations, da Vinci exhibited a thirst for inquiry tempered by a strong moral compass. Leonardo da Vinci’s accomplishments reflect the Renaissance values of innovation and personal achievement, specifically in the techniques and processes he