The revenge and feud has finally came. It was time to fight back and get revenge on men fighting us Americans. Enemies who hated us Americans. A soldier deployed to Afghanistan in early 2009. Upon arrival he realized this place was far worse than he could have imagined. As he started to do his job and patrol the villages he realized that everyone in this far away land hated Americans more than anything. As the winter turned to spring and the fighting Intensified the feud between friends and the enemy grew worse and worse. Days turned to weeks and weeks turned to months and the anger and hate between the soldier and the enemy got worse and worse. One day the young soldier was on patrol with his fellow soldiers and as they carre into the village one of his friends was shot and killed. The young soldier at only 20 …show more content…
During his time at home with friends and family all he could think about was getting even with the people that took his friends. His 20 days finally ended and he was sent back to the desert to fight once again. He was different this time he wasn’t afraid of this evil determined enemy anymore. He wanted to fight ,wanted to hunt them down. Losing his friends weighed heavy on his heart. He was determined to get even. He wanted to get back on the enemy’s who killed his friends. This was the second time that we have came back to get revenge on these enemy’s. They have killed over 100 of our men so far in afghanistan. We was tired of them killing our friends , we was tired of them stomping us in the dirt, so we decided to actually get mad and fight back. We rolled into this small town in the desert. Over 100 soldiers rolled out of the tank. As soon as all of us soldiers rolled out of the tank we just started to shoot. As soon as we started shooting these enemy’s was coming out of their houses. It was the worst shooting battle that the americans had ever
The psychological effects, the mentality of fighting and killing another human, and the sheer decimation of human values is what makes war atrocious. War is not only fought on the battlefield though. This book also describes the feelings of a soldier fighting his own demons that war has brought on. The battle that the soldier has with himself, is almost if not more damaging than the physical battle of war. He will never forget his experience with battle, no matter how hard he tries the memories of artillery, blood, and death cannot be erased. “I prayed like you to survive, but look at me now. It is over for us who are dead, but you must struggle, and will carry the memories all your life. People back home will wonder why you can't forget.” (Sledge). This struggle still happens to soldiers today. Sledge’s words of the struggles still captures the effects of warfare that lingers today. The other effects that war has on the men is the instability that surrounds them at every hour of the day. They are either engaged in battle having bullets and artillery fired at them, or waiting for battle just so they can be deposited back in the pressure cooker of survival. “Lying in a foxhole sweating out an enemy artillery or mortar barrage or waiting to dash across open ground under machine-gun or artillery fire defied any concept of time.”
This paper explores the battle of Qala-i-Jangi, with alternate outcomes and relevant capabilities of both sides rendering a future effect on the campaign. Taliban and foreign fighters surrendered near Kunduz and were being held as enemy combatants at Qala-i-Jangi fortress prison for interrogations by the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The prisoners revolted and the ensuing fighting escalated into one of the bloodiest battles of the conflict. Northern Alliance fighters, assisted by British and American Special Forces and air support, to quelled the revolt. As a result all but 86 prisoners were killed. United States (US) suffered the first American fatality during the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan. Among the surviving prisoners was an American citizen. The subsequent lessons learned will be employed throughout campaigns on the Global War on Terrorism, Operation Enduring Freedom. (Wikipedia, 2015)
In response to the September 11 attacks, the United States should declare war on the responsible group. As a nation, we should do only the actions that bring about the best consequences, and the best consequences would occur by bringing the responsible group to justice. In this case, killing the Taliban and its supporters is the right action because it produces the greatest amount of good.
There once was a 13 year old boy named Jonathan who dreamed of becoming a soldier just like his father, cousin, and brother. His father would not let him because he did not want anything bad to happen to him. One day, the tavern bell rang to call all soldiers to come fight in a war. This made Jonathan think that this could be his opportunity to finally become a soldier. When he returned home he told his mother that he was going out to see what the ringing of the tavern bell was for, but he was really going there so he could join the troops. When he arrived, he was recruited by the Corporal to join them in a war against enemy soldiers.
The soldier hears a quiet whistle blowing in the distance but the sun hasn't risen. He hears people running and shouting “GOING OVER!”, before he knows it all the soldiers are all lining up against the wall of the trench and then he hears a voice shouting, but couldn't make it out what the voice was saying and then before he could even blink his eyes everyone suddenly started running over, all he can see is his friends getting mowed down like blades of grass by the enemy's machine guns. As he runs across, charring the enemy head on, he can't help but think that above the trench makes hell look like a picnic. As he gets to the enemy trench, silence falls across the war zone and then seconds later a gunshot breaks the silence, but the soldier is life less on the ground with the gun in his mouth. No one never knew what was in that trench to make him do what he did that day and no one
One week after Mr. Erlsten got to Germany, he was deployed into battle he was in a building in an abandoned with his platoon Mr. Erlsten’s lieutenant sent him and six other men to to hold the streets from any nazis. While holding down the street, they saw a minatory sniper shoot two men in his company then Mr. Erlsten hid behind a damaged car. Then Mr. Erlsten popped his head to find the sniper and while trying to counter any shot Mr. Erlsten was hit in the shoulder by the sniper.
The old man picked up a rock and with little power threw the stone and hit the soldier in the chest but hidden by snow. Then people around saw the scene and joined the man hitting the soldier with one snowball after another. The soldier split the scene and ran to his camp and gathered his troops and came back with guns loaded. As a bystander during the
Following his rape, he starts to do what he feels is right, and in one case, goes directly against direct orders to stand for what he believes in, as well as to reconcile everything he’s been through as a soldier; the violence, the pain, and everything that has emotionally and physically scarred him.
If necessary, women who do leave the house must be accompanied by a male relative and cover
I completely concur with you on individuals like power and being in control, at the point they will practically do anything. I simply believe it's truly miserable when they toss religion into it and go to the extreme doing wrong. This article left me a little confuse to the point of disbelief when it comes to religion being a part of brutality and terrorist. Religion has dependably been great in my visual perception, it's as dependably advance great in the vast majority. Besides, I absolutely don’t ever remembering when religion thought to be violent or do harmful things to others.
The War in Afghanistan has been an all consuming conflict for the US government since we started to launch air strikes on October 7, 2001. This is a conflict that’s been brewing since before the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. This war has the continuation of past conflicts in it, conflicts that can be connected a good deal to the interference of other large powers, such as the USSR. From keeping an eye on the oil reserves, pressuring Iran, and keeping Pakistan stable, our interests and motives for occupying Afghanistan are undeniably laced with many ulterior motives, providing us with the issue of unfavorable opinion and our interests being the source of terrorist attacks. Afghanistan is a country that has been plagued with
“I firmly believe that the [military] operations implemented by the US performed a great service for Al Qaeda, because those operations gave Al Qaeda unprecedented local sympathy,” says Jamal, a Yemeni journalist. The strikes “have recruited thousands.” Yemeni tribesmen, he says, share one common goal with Al Qaeda, “which is revenge against the Americans, because those who were killed are the sons of the tribesmen, and the tribesmen never, ever give up on revenge.” (Scahill).
Throughout history, Afghanistan and Libya have had various difficulties in dealing with harsh terrorist groups throughout the country and the way they negatively affected women’s rights. They have unwillingly embraced the terrorist groups but are fighting for them to get out. While police forces attempt to handle the situation and remove these groups, it so far has not made a lasting impact. In some cases the country was fighting against its own citizens. Currently in Libya, there is a group called the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group. The group’s purpose is to overthrow the current Libyan government led by Muammar Qadhafi. A continent away, another war-torn country, Afghanistan, has similarly not found peace. (6) Presently
Growing up as a female in Afghanistan in the 1900’s was extremely hard being that the Taliban had then taken over and emerged as a political force and began to establish order. Women were equivalent to slaves, they were denied education, and they were financially dependent, where they couldn’t make money of their own. Prior to the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan women truly suffered.
Prior to its fall, the Taliban was the essential state supporter of Al Qaeda and gave a place of refuge that permitted training camps to be set up in Afghanistan. After the fall of the Taliban, Al Qaeda has extended out to other terrorist amasses in Egypt, Algeria, Pakistan, Yemen, Lebanon, and Somalia.