Violent Conflicts Through Media and Politics

 This weeks blog is going to be a little different then what I have been posting about. I had the privilege of sitting in on the Secretary of the Navy, Carlos Del Toro's speech that he held at Georgia Tech for the NROTC and GTRI programs. Most of what I have been posting about has covered current military involvement that is going on from the US across the world. The Secretary of the Navy is appointed by the current sitting president and handles all affairs that relate to the Navy and the Marine Corps. I have been covering a good deal of naval operations we have been seeing recently and how they relate to global conflict and the political spectrum. By listening to his lecture I got first hand information from the source of what the US opinions are in regards to global threats. To start his talk with addressing the obvious conflicts in the world that the US has some kind of involvement in. He was very vocal about a series of concerns that the United States is being faced with. The t...

 A common theme of my blog has been covering the Israel and Palestine conflict. Not surprisingly there has been major developments made with the amount of aid the United States is providing to Israel with now a new shift in the direction of what possible US involvement will be in the region.      Last week the US sent an advanced missile defense system in response to an increase in rocket attacks Israel has been bombarded with from Iran. While the US has already provided Israel with technology and defense systems such as their "Iron Dome" this time the system comes with 100 US troops to operate it. These are the first American troops that have been deployed to the region directly sense its outbreak in 2023.  President Biden has stressed that this system is strictly focused on defense of Israel, however Israeli officials have been discussing a major counterattack in response to the increase in hostility from Iran and Lebanon.     There has yet...

 China recently started ramping up war games near Taiwan saying it was a warning to the "separatist acts of Taiwan independence forces". While China intruding on Taiwan's territory is nothing new, these specific targeted training exercises have Taiwanese government officials in a high state of alert. China has been known to be unpredictable at times with their military operations when they want to send messages like in 2022 shortly after then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, China fired missiles over the island.  In response to this Taiwan has launched their own forces in the region as a readiness and response to these actions posting a statement that they dispatched appropriate forces to respond accordingly to protect freedom and democracy, and defend the sovereignty. This only furthered the Chinese anger prompting them to post a statement saying that they are ready for battle.    This has been a headache to say the least for the US who has been a lo...

 Iran recently launched battery of ballistic missiles into Israel which added gasoline to the already waging war in the region.  This attack came after the Israel assassinated the Hezbollah chief  Hassan Nasrallah and began their ground invasion of Lebanon. While the terrorist organizations Hezbollah and Hamas have been backed by Iran with resources this is the first major direct action from Iran with this attack. The US has advised Israel that they can only respond to this attack proportionally urging them not to attack Iran's nuclear facility's.  President Biden continues his stance of containment of this conflict, which has resulted in troop escalation and military presence in the region to be strengthened. As it currently stands there is at least 40,000 US troops on the ground in the region with 2 carrier strike groups lurking in the area in case the decision is made that the US needs to step in to intervene.  As the election creeps closer and closer many ar...