Terrorism - America: Muder Unlimited :: Argumentative Persuasive Topics

America Muder Unlimited   Theres been no peace in my lifetime as an American. I dont know if disquietude of nuclear war had either effect on the Soviet Union but it sure affected me. The background radiation of the Manhattan Project has followed me everywhere.   Was I natural with post-traumatic stress disorder? No, my mother said I was a happy baby. She must have done a good job distracting me. At least, I didnt notice that I was lving through an endless series of wars.   But as a citizen of the United States, Ive lived through one war after another. They were not each(prenominal) called wars. In the past twenty years the American war machine 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, Albania, Sudan, Macedonia, A fghanistan, Cuba, and many to a greater extent.   I didnt repeat any countries even though we had repeated engagements with some. I know I have left out some.   In January 1961, President/General Eisenhower said, In the councils of government, we must vindication against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power 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 expanding upon 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. in time 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 the U .S. government was killing Buddhists in the jungles of Southeast Asia. instanter it is killing Muslims in the mountains of Southwest Asia. This is what this Judeo-Christian country keeps doing while 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 budget is so large, more than $350 billion this year.