In the selected scene, Henry V exchanges his position of the war with those of a few soldiers. ... These feelings of resentment and a need for security are similar to what Henry V encounters in his discussion with the soldiers. ... The soldiers hold Henry V accountable for all the effects of the war, including their deaths. ... It seems as though they feel like the king starts the war and sends his soldiers to finish it, never taking into consideration, the destruction of it all. ... The soldiers and the King are obviously on different planes and aren't seeing eye to eye. ...

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The biggest question right now is weather or not president Bush's actions in the middle east have been good or bad. ... We cannot continue to operate in the this area with out first looking for and destroying the guerilla soldiers of iraq. ... That is why we need to start to curve our interest in the weapons are and start regulating the soldiers in iraq. ... I think we did good and bad. ... Though the fact that we did not find anything still gets to me, i thing we did allot of good. ...

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Reading a good book can usually help get my mind off today's troubles. ... Longstreet had a good theory of staying on the defense, which had made him become known as one of the best defensive soldiers(65). ... The best thing that I found throughout the novel was the relationships between the soldiers. ... He would find soldiers or officers to talk to in order to keep his mind off the haunting dreams(135). ... All that man had wanted to do was say good-bye to his dear friend. ...

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Many people have dealt with vulgar statements for things they've displayed to society and were labeled to be against American soldiers and Marines. For example, when The New York Times exposed a photograph of a brutally wounded soldier lying flat on the ground, the newspaper was then accused with act of disrespect regarding the military. ... He spoke of how Nathaniel Fick and the rest of the Marines and soldiers had to live with what they did to civilians in order to protect our country. ... Another reason that could fit into these films is in order to do good, you may have to engage in e...

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Parents of soldiers far away hang the vertical flag in their windows with stars that denote numbers of children involved in war or abroad in support of war. ... The plan was a good plan but the enemy was also planning their defense against an invasion that was clearly going to happen. ... With several waves of soldiers and equipment to hit the beaches, there was nowhere for the soldiers to go but forward and face almost immediate death from the German guns as they were charging. ... As the soldiers pushed forward they ran into more and more obstacles that planners failed to plan for. ... A...

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The Iraqi military are gaining good knowledge by working with the US military. ... It happened when a vehicle was approached by military personnel, and one of the occupants got nervous and started firing upon the soldiers. ... Some are soldiers, some are weapons experts, and some are there to to make sure everything works the way it should. ...

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If they do not offer any support to help with this war in Iraq, a lot of soldiers will get killed and the United States will feel like all of the rich land and other money making commodities is theirs. ... It does not look good if only one nation is doing all the work as in this case the United States of America, it makes them seem like the aggressor and Iraq look like the victim. ... The American people are losing soldiers daily with the occupation in Iraq. With many Americans not happy with American soldiers in Iraq getting killed daily, this can have a significant role in the poles of th...

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By the end of the year, 190,000 American soldiers were in Vietnam to fight the war. My father was also one of these soldiers over in Vietnam. ... Although, some of the news is not good like the potential was with Iraq , its still refreshing to know that we still have maintained many of the traditions all of these years such as the World Series, the Grammy awards, the Oscars and the Miss America Pageant. ...

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Although President Bush had good intentions, his preemptive war on Iraq is morally and strategically misguided. ... The U.S. soldiers will be faced with bitter, house-to-house fighting. As of December 14, 2003, there have been 456 soldiers killed in battle and more than 2600 wounded. ... President Bush's good intentions were overshadowed by the moral and strategic misgivings of his preemptive strike. ... What at stake is just the lives of thousands of Iraqi and American soldiers and thousands more Iraqi civilians but also our credibility as a world leader. . ...

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These soldiers are risking their lives to defend our country although most of them cannot legally drink or have just barely graduated high school. ... Many people agree with this attempt to scatter democracy for a greater good. ... The U.S. death toll in Iraq has surpassed the number of American soldiers killed during the first three years of the Vietnam War. ...

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Theirs things going on in the world that are a lot worse than a murder in Edmonton, and if you think that person is sick for killing one other human being, George Bush has probably killed hundreds, maybe even thousands, and I"m not talking about the Iraqi soldiers, I"m talking about the innocent women and children who were merely in the wrong place at the wrong time, because Bush thought that maybe there might be a chance that sadam was going to use biological weapons on the United States. ... The worst part of the entire war situation must have been the reaction from the American people to AN...

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No one likes to have their country invaded and their army defeated, even if it was for a good reason," a former Iraqi soldier explained. ... When asked what he does, an American soldier explained, "We kill people and blow things up." ...

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THE WAR IN IRAQ The war in Iraq is a very hot topic in the United States and around the world. I am going to express my opinion of the war and then I will defend the people on the other side of it. If I were in Presidents Bush's position I would have gone to war. Any country or person who is...

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"War is always a betrayal: of the young by the old, of soldiers by politicians, of idealists by cynics... A message is pushed how that the cause is just, the state is right, and everything that the state's leaders are doing is good (Hedges 64). ... The myth in the case of the recent war with Iraq is the fact that we, the people of the United States of America, are doing a good deed in trying to recreate a government for Iraq. ...

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Now without the support the active duty injured soldier gets in the community, he must find a unique way to deal with it. ... Also, it is a good thing to know that someone understands what you are going through and I am sure that is what James wants to hear. ...

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The irony lies in the fact that we wanted to aid in stopping Saddam from brutally torturing his people, but there have been many photos of soldiers including documented cases of waterboarding, and torture. ... In closing for this example he clearly stated he was never involved in any of the accounts that he was charged with and even after his resignation he still claimed of being a good president and with that he said this. ...

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Landmines: Deadly Leftovers "Landmines are the thing for defense in the future. We have covered the works with them and they have done much execution." -General Gordon, British Army, 1884. General Gordon's analysis of landmines in the future has proved to be startlingly true, but it's hard ...

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