Реферат: Air Strike Essay Research Paper History Americanair
the world’s only remaining superpower uses its awesome
might to slather a stricken little country where hunger is a
daily menace. The “U.S Patriotic Spirit” is at question with the
United States People. At the end of the 1991 Gulf War the
country went into a great recession. Many Americans lost
their jobs and homes. Americans according to a recent CNN
Poll are not supporting an air strike. The poll stated: “41
percent of people favoring an armed strike, with 50 percent
opposed and the rest unsure,” (Charleston Gazette). After the
1991 Gulf War many war veterans have had many medical
problems. One is known as “Gulf War Illness”. The Untied
States Government hid circumstantial information from the
U.S. people. A majority of the troops may have been exposed
to hazardous particles of uranium from shells and wrecked
Iraq vehicles. The vast majority of soldiers who had physical
contact with Iraqi vehicles were on post war missions to clear
the battlefield or to destroy what remained of their equipment.
One soldier Victor Suell, a radio operator with the Marines
had one kidney removed from the effects of the uranium. Suell
stated: “Nobody ever told us to stay away from the vehicles
that might have been contaminated with depleted uranium,”
(USA TODAY 3/02/98). The U.S. Government failed to inform
the soldiers of the dangers of the shelling. What else is the
government failing to bring forward? Is Clinton threatening to
have an air strike to cover up his alleged affair with a former
White House Intern? The U.S. has been through many wars
with the majority of the public support. The United States is
just coming out of a recession. The United States
Government needs to take care of the Gulf War Veterans and