Operation Rolling Thunder
This is a short essay I had to do research for.
John Harr
This paper is about Operation Rolling Thunder during the Vietnam war. I got interested in this particular operation by listening to this one song Uncommon Valor by Jedi Mind Tricks. The lyrics were like a slap of realization of how horrible that war really was. It actually gave me goosebumps when I listened to it. Someone in their family was in the war or they knew someone that could have been in the war. And that’s why they have such detailed lyrics and why it makes you feel so taken aback by what you are hearing in the song because it portrays such detailed horror, and the aftershock from it all afterwards.
Operation Rolling Thunder was supposed to be an 8 week bombing campaign against North Vietnam. The objective was to bomb the crap out of North Vietnam until they were so burned and hungry and homeless that they would just give up. But things did not go according to the U.S.A’s plan.
The second objective was to distract the Vietnam government from running itself because they would be too busy fighting for their lives. Bombing started up in 1965 and we didn’t quit dropping those things till 1968. But the Operation didn’t seem to cease the fighting of the Vietnamese. One of the reasons the mission failed was that they had bombing area restrictions, or they would get attacked by the Chinese or the Soviets. So they concentrated their bombing on the supply line.
The raids cost the US $900 million. They dropped 643,000 tons of bombs, and lost 900 aircrafts. Operation Rolling Thunder ended when president Johnson offered to stop the bombing, if the north Vietnamese would negotiate. The bombing ended in 1968 and two months later came the peace talks.
The words of the song help people remember how horrible and cruel war really is. It never is worth the cost of the pyschological damage it does to the people that were in that war.
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This paper is about Operation rolling thunder during the Vietnam war. I got interested in this particular operation by listening to this one song Uncommon Valor by Jedi Mind Tricks. The lyrics were like a slap of realization of how horrible that war really was. It actually gave me goosebumps when I listened to it. Someone in their family was in the war or they knew someone that could have been in the war. And that’s why they have such detailed lyrics and why it makes you feel so taken aback by what you are hearing in the song because it portrays such detailed horror, and the aftershock from it all afterwards.
Operation Rolling Thunder was supposed to be an 8 week bombing campaign against North Vietnam. The objective was to bomb the crap out of North Vietnam until they were so burned and hungry and homeless that they would just give up. But things did not go according to the U.S.A’s plan.
The second objective was to distract the Vietnam government from running itself because they would be too busy fighting for their lives. Bombing started up in 1965 and we didn’t quit dropping those things till 1968. But the Operation didn’t seem to cease the fighting of the Vietnamese. One of the reasons the mission failed was that they had bombing area restrictions, or they would get attacked by the Chinese or the Soviets. So they concentrated their bombing on the supply line.
The raids cost the US $900 million. They dropped 643,000 tons of bombs, and lost 900 aircrafts. Operation Rolling Thunder ended when president Johnson offered to stop the bombing, if the north Vietnamese would negotiate. The bombing ended in 1968 and two months later came the peace talks.
The words of the song help people remember how horrible and cruel war really is. It never is worth the cost of the pyschological damage it does to the people that were in that war.
John Harr
This paper is about Operation Rolling Thunder during the Vietnam war. I got interested in this particular operation by listening to this one song Uncommon Valor by Jedi Mind Tricks. The lyrics were like a slap of realization of how horrible that war really was. It actually gave me goosebumps when I listened to it. Someone in their family was in the war or they knew someone that could have been in the war. And that’s why they have such detailed lyrics and why it makes you feel so taken aback by what you are hearing in the song because it portrays such detailed horror, and the aftershock from it all afterwards.
Operation Rolling Thunder was supposed to be an 8 week bombing campaign against North Vietnam. The objective was to bomb the crap out of North Vietnam until they were so burned and hungry and homeless that they would just give up. But things did not go according to the U.S.A’s plan.
The second objective was to distract the Vietnam government from running itself because they would be too busy fighting for their lives. Bombing started up in 1965 and we didn’t quit dropping those things till 1968. But the Operation didn’t seem to cease the fighting of the Vietnamese. One of the reasons the mission failed was that they had bombing area restrictions, or they would get attacked by the Chinese or the Soviets. So they concentrated their bombing on the supply line.
The raids cost the US $900 million. They dropped 643,000 tons of bombs, and lost 900 aircrafts. Operation Rolling Thunder ended when president Johnson offered to stop the bombing, if the north Vietnamese would negotiate. The bombing ended in 1968 and two months later came the peace talks.
The words of the song help people remember how horrible and cruel war really is. It never is worth the cost of the pyschological damage it does to the people that were in that war.
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This paper is about Operation rolling thunder during the Vietnam war. I got interested in this particular operation by listening to this one song Uncommon Valor by Jedi Mind Tricks. The lyrics were like a slap of realization of how horrible that war really was. It actually gave me goosebumps when I listened to it. Someone in their family was in the war or they knew someone that could have been in the war. And that’s why they have such detailed lyrics and why it makes you feel so taken aback by what you are hearing in the song because it portrays such detailed horror, and the aftershock from it all afterwards.
Operation Rolling Thunder was supposed to be an 8 week bombing campaign against North Vietnam. The objective was to bomb the crap out of North Vietnam until they were so burned and hungry and homeless that they would just give up. But things did not go according to the U.S.A’s plan.
The second objective was to distract the Vietnam government from running itself because they would be too busy fighting for their lives. Bombing started up in 1965 and we didn’t quit dropping those things till 1968. But the Operation didn’t seem to cease the fighting of the Vietnamese. One of the reasons the mission failed was that they had bombing area restrictions, or they would get attacked by the Chinese or the Soviets. So they concentrated their bombing on the supply line.
The raids cost the US $900 million. They dropped 643,000 tons of bombs, and lost 900 aircrafts. Operation Rolling Thunder ended when president Johnson offered to stop the bombing, if the north Vietnamese would negotiate. The bombing ended in 1968 and two months later came the peace talks.
The words of the song help people remember how horrible and cruel war really is. It never is worth the cost of the pyschological damage it does to the people that were in that war.
The Death Penalty
This is another short essay I had to do research for.
Some people think the death penalty is wrong just because killing people to show to others that killing is wrong is a valid point but, my thoughts are what is the meaning of insanity? “Someone who does the same thing over and over expecting a different result.
I believe in the death penalty to a degree, and I support it if that person is too destructive and cannot function in normal society and are threatening other human beings with their presence then they need to be taken off the earth. However some people can be convicted under innocent circumstances, and may be put on death row for a minimum of 10 years. This is a bad thing. There needs to be solid evidence against the accused and physical DNA ….proof, but that is not what this is about. This is about the threat of the death penalty and if it even is a threat to the criminals that have that hanging over them with every crime they do. In my opinion, it is not a threat especially when most of them live in absolute scum holes in the ghetto and have nothing to live for, nothing to lose. They don’t care. Most of them volunteer to get the lethal injection or the gas chamber or the firing squad. It’s a fast easy escape. No suffering. It’s quick and painless.
Most criminals do the things they do because they need it not because they are bad people. They have nothing, they have no way out, and they need to eat and provide for whatever family they have. There can be a huge debate on this subject about whether it’s wrong or right. But opinions are opinions and mine is that it is right as long as they get the right guy and don’t lock the innocent guy away for 10 years or more. The death penalty is completely justifiable as long as there is strong evidence against the accused.
According to the Old Testament, if you kill you will be killed, if you steal your hand will get cut off. In Old Testament times criminals were dealt with in that way. However Christ encouraged forgiveness because he paid the debt to God for sin. The Old Testament was about revenge; the New Testament is about forgiveness.
Also should we consider how someone was raised. If they only learned violence can they really do anything else? Would it be better to spend all the money that it costs to imprison a murderer ($1,307,000.00) on educating families with parenting skills and making sure that families have their basic needs. Fifty eight countries maintain the death penalty in both law and practice. Ninety five have abolished it. Nine retain it for crimes committed in exceptional circumstances (such as in time of war). Thirty five permit its use for ordinary crimes, but have not used it for at least 10 years and are believed to have a policy or established practice of not carrying out executions or it is under a moratorium.
Today, if you are sentenced to death, you will be electrocuted , gassed, or receive the lethal injection. But the death penalty has been abolished in many countries. Russia no longer performs execution for any crime and parts of Africa don’t do it either. America still does it for crimes and parts of Africa still use it; Asia as well.
Most of the prisoners volunteer to get put to death. But some get proven innocent and released. And get some heavy money for the misunderstanding. Since 1973, 138 people in 26 states have been released from death row with evidence of their innocence. So then we have to ask is the justice system fair? No amount of time in jail can be repaid with money just to help you forget; they still wasted their living years in jail. That’s why, in my opinion, they need strong evidence before they can lock you up. Approximately 1230 people have been executed since 1974. Being put on death row isn’t really that hard: murder a guy or a girl in cold blood and you got a one way ticket to prisondise, and a quick death later. Yay!
I chose to write and research this topic because 1) I was assigned the topic and 2) because it is interesting to discuss the death penalty and the ramifications of it.
1. Imposition of the death penalty is extraordinarily rare. Since 1967, there has been one execution for every 1600 murders. There have been approximately 560,000 murders and 358 executions from 1967-1999 (FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports & Bureau of Justice Statistics).
2. Approximately 5900 persons have been sentenced to death and 358 executed (from 1973-99). An average of 0.2% of those were executed every year during that time. 56 murderers were executed in 1995, a record number for the modern death penalty. This represented 1.8% of those on death row. The average time on death row for those 56 executed - 11 years, 2 months ("Capital Punishment 1995", BJS, 1996), an all time record of longevity, breaking the 1994 record of 10 years, 2 months.
3. Death penalty opponents state that "Those who support the death penalty see it as a solution to violent crime." In reality, executions are seen as the appropriate punishment for certain criminals committing specific crimes. So says the U.S. Supreme Court and so say most death penalty supporters.
4. Opponents equate execution and murder, believing that if two acts have the same ending or result, then those two acts are morally equivalent. But this can be a hard position to support. Is the legal taking of property to satisfy a debt the same as auto theft? Both result in loss of property. Are kidnaping and legal incarceration the same? Both involve imprisonment against one's will. Is killing in self defense the same as capital murder? Both end in taking human life. Are rape and making love the same? Both may result in sexual intercourse. The answer to all these questions is no…there are a lot of factors to consider: circumstances, motivation, intent, etc. Some opponents equate the American death penalty with the Nazi holocaust. Opponents see no moral distinction between the slaughter of 12 million totally innocent men, women and children and the just execution of society's worst human rights violators.
After all this research, I still believe that the death penalty is justified if the person intended to harm someone else in order to serve his or her own agenda, and if the evidence supports a verdict of guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
Some people think the death penalty is wrong just because killing people to show to others that killing is wrong is a valid point but, my thoughts are what is the meaning of insanity? “Someone who does the same thing over and over expecting a different result.
I believe in the death penalty to a degree, and I support it if that person is too destructive and cannot function in normal society and are threatening other human beings with their presence then they need to be taken off the earth. However some people can be convicted under innocent circumstances, and may be put on death row for a minimum of 10 years. This is a bad thing. There needs to be solid evidence against the accused and physical DNA ….proof, but that is not what this is about. This is about the threat of the death penalty and if it even is a threat to the criminals that have that hanging over them with every crime they do. In my opinion, it is not a threat especially when most of them live in absolute scum holes in the ghetto and have nothing to live for, nothing to lose. They don’t care. Most of them volunteer to get the lethal injection or the gas chamber or the firing squad. It’s a fast easy escape. No suffering. It’s quick and painless.
Most criminals do the things they do because they need it not because they are bad people. They have nothing, they have no way out, and they need to eat and provide for whatever family they have. There can be a huge debate on this subject about whether it’s wrong or right. But opinions are opinions and mine is that it is right as long as they get the right guy and don’t lock the innocent guy away for 10 years or more. The death penalty is completely justifiable as long as there is strong evidence against the accused.
According to the Old Testament, if you kill you will be killed, if you steal your hand will get cut off. In Old Testament times criminals were dealt with in that way. However Christ encouraged forgiveness because he paid the debt to God for sin. The Old Testament was about revenge; the New Testament is about forgiveness.
Also should we consider how someone was raised. If they only learned violence can they really do anything else? Would it be better to spend all the money that it costs to imprison a murderer ($1,307,000.00) on educating families with parenting skills and making sure that families have their basic needs. Fifty eight countries maintain the death penalty in both law and practice. Ninety five have abolished it. Nine retain it for crimes committed in exceptional circumstances (such as in time of war). Thirty five permit its use for ordinary crimes, but have not used it for at least 10 years and are believed to have a policy or established practice of not carrying out executions or it is under a moratorium.
Today, if you are sentenced to death, you will be electrocuted , gassed, or receive the lethal injection. But the death penalty has been abolished in many countries. Russia no longer performs execution for any crime and parts of Africa don’t do it either. America still does it for crimes and parts of Africa still use it; Asia as well.
Most of the prisoners volunteer to get put to death. But some get proven innocent and released. And get some heavy money for the misunderstanding. Since 1973, 138 people in 26 states have been released from death row with evidence of their innocence. So then we have to ask is the justice system fair? No amount of time in jail can be repaid with money just to help you forget; they still wasted their living years in jail. That’s why, in my opinion, they need strong evidence before they can lock you up. Approximately 1230 people have been executed since 1974. Being put on death row isn’t really that hard: murder a guy or a girl in cold blood and you got a one way ticket to prisondise, and a quick death later. Yay!
I chose to write and research this topic because 1) I was assigned the topic and 2) because it is interesting to discuss the death penalty and the ramifications of it.
1. Imposition of the death penalty is extraordinarily rare. Since 1967, there has been one execution for every 1600 murders. There have been approximately 560,000 murders and 358 executions from 1967-1999 (FBI’s Uniform Crime Reports & Bureau of Justice Statistics).
2. Approximately 5900 persons have been sentenced to death and 358 executed (from 1973-99). An average of 0.2% of those were executed every year during that time. 56 murderers were executed in 1995, a record number for the modern death penalty. This represented 1.8% of those on death row. The average time on death row for those 56 executed - 11 years, 2 months ("Capital Punishment 1995", BJS, 1996), an all time record of longevity, breaking the 1994 record of 10 years, 2 months.
3. Death penalty opponents state that "Those who support the death penalty see it as a solution to violent crime." In reality, executions are seen as the appropriate punishment for certain criminals committing specific crimes. So says the U.S. Supreme Court and so say most death penalty supporters.
4. Opponents equate execution and murder, believing that if two acts have the same ending or result, then those two acts are morally equivalent. But this can be a hard position to support. Is the legal taking of property to satisfy a debt the same as auto theft? Both result in loss of property. Are kidnaping and legal incarceration the same? Both involve imprisonment against one's will. Is killing in self defense the same as capital murder? Both end in taking human life. Are rape and making love the same? Both may result in sexual intercourse. The answer to all these questions is no…there are a lot of factors to consider: circumstances, motivation, intent, etc. Some opponents equate the American death penalty with the Nazi holocaust. Opponents see no moral distinction between the slaughter of 12 million totally innocent men, women and children and the just execution of society's worst human rights violators.
After all this research, I still believe that the death penalty is justified if the person intended to harm someone else in order to serve his or her own agenda, and if the evidence supports a verdict of guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.