Similarities Between World War II And The War On Terror
World War II and the War on Terror
Throughout America’s history there have been a handful of wars that the United States has been a part of. We have proven that we are a strong country and that we can handle anything that comes our way. Along our journey, we have encountered our share of issues: moral, ethical and constitutional issues, specifically in World War II and the War on Terror. We have seen our leaders lead our country and take us to become one of the most powerful countries in the world. We have also seen leaders take us in another direction.
During World War II and the War on Terror, there are many moral issues. One of the questions that people ask regarding the wars is: is reasoning for going to war justified? On December …show more content…
The war in Iraq is against a single man, Saddam Hussein and his government, while the war in Afghanistan is against terrorist forces, especially the Taliban. In this war, we are facing secretive groups that have no rules or laws within the chain of command while in World War II the men fought front line battles, as with most wars prior. We have every right to defend our culture and civilization but we are wrong to destroy people’s towns and lives with no logic, purpose or goal. We have been skeptical as to where the terrorists have been going and we have been destructive on our journey to find them. A similarity between the two wars is that the Nazi’s never attacked the United States and neither did the Taliban. Their allies attacked us, the Japanese and the Al-Queda. It is interesting how in both of these wars the people that we ended up fighting never attacked us in the first place! But, in the end, during World War II, we had clear reasons as to why we entered the war. We stayed out of it as much as we could and entered only when it was necessary for the safety of the American people. Although we had similar intensions entering the War on Terror, our suspicions of Saddam Hussein’s plans to develop weapons of massive destruction influenced the final decision of …show more content…
The difference between moral and ethical is that ethical pertains to right and wrong in conduct (“Dictionary.com”). In a way, during World War II and the War on Terror, people all around the world took the sneaky way out of fighting. In World War II, we have a newly created machine called the submarine. The Americans did not have many submarines but they got all of the possible use out of them. One month after Pearl Harbor, the USS Pollack ship sand a Japanese freighter ship, carrying cargo, right off of Tokyo Bay. This sinking would be the first of many sinking. It was estimated that the American submarines sank five and one-half million tons of Japanese shipping. The United States shut down Japan’s economy by sinking so much of their cargo. The most important parts of the submarines were introduced during World War II due to the increasing numbers of subs and they are sonar and radar. Sonar has since become the most important part of a sub because it is the submarine’s ears; they listen for sounds from other shops and the echoes of the waves. The Germans perfected a Dutch device called a snorkel. The snorkel allowed the submarine to remain underwater for a longer amount of time without having to go back up to fill the gas tank. The submarines allowed countries to attack each other unexpectedly and efficiently. If you did not have the correct technology then you did not stand a
Throughout America’s history there have been a handful of wars that the United States has been a part of. We have proven that we are a strong country and that we can handle anything that comes our way. Along our journey, we have encountered our share of issues: moral, ethical and constitutional issues, specifically in World War II and the War on Terror. We have seen our leaders lead our country and take us to become one of the most powerful countries in the world. We have also seen leaders take us in another direction.
During World War II and the War on Terror, there are many moral issues. One of the questions that people ask regarding the wars is: is reasoning for going to war justified? On December …show more content…
The war in Iraq is against a single man, Saddam Hussein and his government, while the war in Afghanistan is against terrorist forces, especially the Taliban. In this war, we are facing secretive groups that have no rules or laws within the chain of command while in World War II the men fought front line battles, as with most wars prior. We have every right to defend our culture and civilization but we are wrong to destroy people’s towns and lives with no logic, purpose or goal. We have been skeptical as to where the terrorists have been going and we have been destructive on our journey to find them. A similarity between the two wars is that the Nazi’s never attacked the United States and neither did the Taliban. Their allies attacked us, the Japanese and the Al-Queda. It is interesting how in both of these wars the people that we ended up fighting never attacked us in the first place! But, in the end, during World War II, we had clear reasons as to why we entered the war. We stayed out of it as much as we could and entered only when it was necessary for the safety of the American people. Although we had similar intensions entering the War on Terror, our suspicions of Saddam Hussein’s plans to develop weapons of massive destruction influenced the final decision of …show more content…
The difference between moral and ethical is that ethical pertains to right and wrong in conduct (“Dictionary.com”). In a way, during World War II and the War on Terror, people all around the world took the sneaky way out of fighting. In World War II, we have a newly created machine called the submarine. The Americans did not have many submarines but they got all of the possible use out of them. One month after Pearl Harbor, the USS Pollack ship sand a Japanese freighter ship, carrying cargo, right off of Tokyo Bay. This sinking would be the first of many sinking. It was estimated that the American submarines sank five and one-half million tons of Japanese shipping. The United States shut down Japan’s economy by sinking so much of their cargo. The most important parts of the submarines were introduced during World War II due to the increasing numbers of subs and they are sonar and radar. Sonar has since become the most important part of a sub because it is the submarine’s ears; they listen for sounds from other shops and the echoes of the waves. The Germans perfected a Dutch device called a snorkel. The snorkel allowed the submarine to remain underwater for a longer amount of time without having to go back up to fill the gas tank. The submarines allowed countries to attack each other unexpectedly and efficiently. If you did not have the correct technology then you did not stand a