V for Vendetta (film) V for Vendetta is a 2005 dystopian political thriller film directed by James McTeigue and written by The Wachowski Brothers, based on the 1988 DC/Vertigo Comics limited series of the same name by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. Following the commercial success of the Matrix series,…
[T]he United States actively supported the Iraqi war effort by supplying the Iraqis with billions of dollars of credits, by providing U.S. military intelligence and advice to the Iraqis, and by closely monitoring third country arms sales to Iraq to make sure that Iraq had the military weaponry required. “During…
Although the U.S. government stayed neutral in the Spanish Civil War, about 2,800 Americans—many of whom had never before fired a gun—volunteered for the Republican cause. United States and the Spanish Civil War On the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared the United States government…
No. The United States signed the treaty on April 24, 1970. The U.S. Senate has not given its advice and consent to the treaty. The United States considers many of the provisions of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties to constitute customary international law on the law of…
More than 60 US Defense Intelligence Agency officers provided combat planning assistance, and the US also provided battlefield intelligence including satellite pictures to Saddam Hussein’s military. Exclusive: CIA Files Prove America Helped Saddam as He Gassed Iran. The U.S. knew Hussein was launching some of the worst chemical attacks in…
The foreigners managed to resist repeated Boxer attacks until a multinational force finally fought its way in from the coast and reached Beijing, lifting the siege. U.S. marines played a key role in defending the legations during the siege and also joined the multinational force that crushed the Boxers. Boxer…
In total, the combined U.S., Saudi, and Chinese aid to the mujahideen is valued at between $6–12 billion. The mujahideen benefited from expanded foreign military support from the United States, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, United Kingdom and other Muslim nations. The U.S. lended massive support to the Mujahideen in Afghanistan in…
The Union or Northern States won the war against the South or the Confederacy. Instead of looking at causes or consequences, in this article we delve into the reasons as to why did the North win the Civil War. During the American Civil War (1861–1865), the Union, also known as…
Resolution 84, adopted on 7 July 1950, recommended that members providing military forces and other assistance to South Korea “make such forces and other assistance available to a unified command under the United States of America”. South Korea, led by Syngman Rhee, maintained close ties to the United States. On…
The UNSC managed to delay the Covenant long enough to evacuate many of Harvest’s civilians. Eventually, the Covenant used their capital ships to glass the planet’s surface. Cole’s fleet destroys the Covenant ship in the Second Battle of Harvest. The UNSC managed to deal a heavy blow to the Covenant…