War on Terror

Have you ever wondered what Lincoln, Kennedy, and Obama have in common? All of them presented multiple speeches to the people sharing their values. Lincoln’s speech was the ” Gettysburg Address” in the time of the Civil War during his presidency and Kennedy’s speech was his “Inaugural Address” just after WWII. While Obama’s speech was…

Abstract The Things They Carried authored by Tim O’Brien is a partial fabled narrative and partial historical account of the Vietnam War (1955-1973). Throughout the novel O’Brien links the martial theme to what soldiers typically undergo as a result of their participation in war such as post-traumatic stress, gender-discrimination, dehumanization and death. These factors are…

The documentary Dirty Wars, according to Jeremy Scahill, an experienced journalist and war correspondent, is about the “seen and the unseen and the things hidden in plain sight” in the very of the war on terror. The documentary thus, is essentially about bringing up hidden things in plain sight, facts that we know to occur…