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Orwell in the story depicts and warns about Oceania filled with telescreens and cameras everywhere to make sure the citizens don't do anything that would go against the government.
This meme presents a picture from Pinterest of everyday technologies that has eyes on a civilian. They all say "You Can Trust Government" This picture is telling us that the government has eyes on all civilians at all time.
This relates to Orwell because today government has eyes on everyone through phones and modern televisions. Recently the NSA has been accused of invading privacy of the Americans by obtaining information without telling. This is a minor problem because civilians' privacy can be invaded eternally as well as the start of a dictatorial governing. However the extent of this problem is limited because surveillance is somewhat needed.

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Orwell in the story depicted the idea of leader worship in Oceania. Most civilians seemed to follow and listen to whatever the ruler said without any special reasons, except the fact that he was president.
Today we see this in our world, specifically North Korea, located on the Korean Peninsula underneath China and Russia. North Korean had been under the influence of communism and dictatorship after WW2. When a North Korean defect, Jeon Geum-Ju, was interviewed by the Washington Post, she described her past life under the rule of Jim Jong IL.
Starting from a young age, she was required to sing a song, about the president. The song described Kim Jong Il as a hard worker, a worker who tried so hard that he slept in his car and only ate rice balls. She was also taught to throw a ball at a dummy that had white pale skin and long nose which appeared to represent the Americans. The ball represented a grenade. Everything that the president said was right.
This relates to Orwells idea of leader worship because today in our world some countries practice brainwashing so that one follows the leader no matter what action is taken.
This son is North Korea's national anthem which generally talks about the nations heading into victory in war. It also talks about its national pride over and over. This is a form of brainwashing because anthems are created bring unity in a country. This song tricks civilians into thinking North Korea is the all mighy country in the world.

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In 1984 Orwell warns about the rise of totalitarian government and constant war.

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In 1984 Orwell warns about the rise of totalitarian government and constant war.

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Orwell in the story tells of Oceania constantly being in war with the world around them. A quote from the book tells how the government announced yet another victory from the war."Attention! Your attention, please! A newsflash has this moment arrived from the Malabar front. Our forces in South India have won a glorious victory. I am authorized to say that the action we are now reporting may well bring the war within measurable distance of its end. Here is the newsflash –"Bad news coming, thought Winston. And sure enough, following on a gory description of the annihilation of a Eurasian army, with stupendous figures of killed and prisoners."  Winston already knew what the government was going to say even before it was proclaimed. This tells us that Oceania has been at war for a long time with other superpowers.
Today we see this happening in countries in the Middle East and Asia. The US is currently fighting ISIS and on top of that tensions are rising between superpowers and countries that have possession of nukes such as Russia and North Korea.
This relates to Orwell because both ours and his world were at constant war. From the Revolutionary war, Civil War, WW1, WW2, and the Cold War, America seems to always be in a war with itself or others. This presents a serious problem because war comes with great costs of lives and money. Elevated war today can result to the loss of many lives, and possibly the end of the world. This video by USA Today shows footage of the American army launching a cruise missile to Syria.

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WASHINGTON - President Trump ordered a cruise missile strike against Syria Thursday, saying "no child of God should ever suffer" the horror of the chemical weapons attack Syria launched on its own people.

Trump ordered the strike against Syria early Friday local time in retaliation for the chemical weapons attack that killed 86 people on Tuesday, he said.

Later, Homs governor Talal Barazi told The Associated Press there had been deaths from the missile strikes, but gave no number of casualties.

"I believe - God willing - that the human casualties are not big, but there is material damage. We hope there are not many victims and martyrs," Barazi told Reuters by telephone.

The attack, the first conventional assault on another country ordered by Trump, comes a day after he declared that the chemical weapons assault had "crossed many, many lines," including causing the deaths of 27 children.

From his resort in Palm Beach, Fla., Trump said Syrian President Bashar Assad "launched a horrible chemical attack on innocent civilians using a deadly nerve agent. Assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women and children. It was a slow and brutal death for so many. Even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered at this very barbaric attack. No child of God should ever suffer such horror.

"Tonight I ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in Syria from where the chemical attack was launched. It is in this vital national security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons," Trump said.

Years of previous attempts to change Assad's behavior had failed, Trump said.

The 59 missiles, fired from the destroyers USS Porter and Ross in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, struck the airfield where Syria based the warplanes used in the chemical attack, according to Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman. The missiles destroyed aircraft, hardened hangars, ammunition supply bunkers, air defense systems and radar at the Shayrat Airfield.
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The chemicals used in the attack on April 4 were also stored at the base, Davis said. The missile strike was designed to deter Syria from mounting another chemical attack.

"Obviously, the regime will retain a certain capacity to commit mass murder beyond this particular airfield," National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster told reporters in Palm Beach Thursday night. "I think what it does communicate is a big shift - a big shift in Assad's calculus. It should, anyway."

The attack essentially follows the plan that the Pentagon had set in September 2013, according to a senior Defense official not authorized to speak publicly about the operation. That plan was devised after President Obama had set a "red line" on the use of chemical weapons. Assad had used the weapons that killed 1,400 civilians, but Obama did not order an attack. Instead, Assad agreed to turn over his stockpiles of chemical weapons, a pledge he obviously reneged on in light of Tuesday's use of what experts believe was sarin gas on civilians.

In 2013, military planners had planned to use land-attack cruise missiles launched from Navy destroyers cruising off shore from Syria. For weeks, the Navy had four destroyers floating off shore, waiting for the order to strike that never came.

Using ships negates the need to seek permission from countries where U.S. warplanes are based. Land-attack Tomahawk missiles can travel 1,500 miles to strike their target and carry a warhead with 1,000 pounds of conventional explosives.

Among the options that Pentagon planners had developed for Trump: the airfield, military command-and-control centers, air defense systems and troops.

There were no signs immediately after the attack that the Syrians had moved to retaliate, according to a senior Defense official who was not authorized to speak publicly about the operation. There is an expectation that they could harass warplanes from the U.S.-led counter-ISIS mission by training anti-aircraft radar on them when they fly missions in Syria, the official said.

Any attack also puts at risk the hundreds of U.S. special operations troops in eastern Syria who are advising local ground forces in their fight against the Islamic State, or ISIS. The concern, according to the official, is that Assad could order a counter strike, targeting the Americans. There is also the risk that the attack could kill Russian troops who have been supporting the Assad regime.

McMaster said those risks were weighed against the risk of inaction, "which is the risk of this continued, egregious, inhumane attacks on innocent civilians with chemical weapons." Given that choice, the president chose to act, he said.

The Pentagon, which has been bombing ISIS targets in Syria since 2014, can provide extra air patrols to protect those troops. But they still would be vulnerable to attacks by surface-to-surface missiles fired by Syrian forces.

Deadly chemical attack

The strike followed an attack on a rebel-held city in northern Syria with apparent chemical weapons. Autopsies on three Syrians who died after being brought to Turkey for treatment suggest the banned nerve agent sarin was used in the attack, the Turkish Health Ministry said.

Turkey, which also is involved in the fighting, has long pushed for Assad's ouster.

Russia said the deaths were caused by a Syrian strike on a terrorist chemical lab, but the United States, other nations and human rights groups rejected that claim as baseless.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Russia bears some responsibility for the suspected sarin gas attack, after failing to enforce a 2013 agreement to ensure Syria gave up its stockpiles of chemical weapons. "Either Russia has been complicit or Russia has been incompetent in its commitment," he said.

Officials said high-ranking Russian officials in Moscow wasn't consulted or notified before, during or immediately after the attack. But U.S. forces did implement the so-called "deconfliction" agreement with Russian forces in the region in an effort to minimize Russian casualties. There may have been Russians at the Syrian base that was struck.

"The purpose was not to seek permission. The purpose was to reduce the chance of Russian casualties," McMaster said.

Russian officials warned Trump against military strikes.

"We have to think about negative consequences, negative consequences, and all the responsibility if military action occurred will be on shoulders of those who initiated such doubtful and tragic enterprise," said Vladimir Safronkov, Russia's deputy envoy to the United Nations, speaking with reporters at the U.N.

Asked what those consequences might be, the Russian diplomat cited ongoing problems in Iraq and Libya.

Trump had long shared that opinion. He had previously urged the United States to support Assad against rebel groups fighting him, many of which are aligned with al-Qaeda. In 2013, he criticized Obama for contemplating strikes without getting congressional approval. But the images of the dead children spurred an about-face.

"I think what happened in Syria is a disgrace to humanity, and he's there, and I guess he's running things, so I guess something should happen," Trump said Thursday afternoon.

"What Assad did is terrible," Trump added. "What happened in Syria is truly one of the egregious crimes and it shouldn't have happened. And it shouldn't be allowed to happen."

Now, in the early morning darkness in Syria, Trump has responded with force.
Gregory Korte reported from Palm Beach, Fla.
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U.S. launches cruise missile strike on Syria after chemical weapons attack

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WASHINGTON - President Trump ordered a cruise missile strike against Syria Thursday, saying "no child of God should ever suffer" the horror of the chemical weapons attack Syria launched on its own people. Trump ordered the strike against Syria early Friday local time in retaliation for the chemical weapons attack that killed 86 people on Tuesday, he said.

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Orwell in the story tells us how the government in Oceania simply erased anyone who opposed the government. For example, the Thought Police was created by the government to erase anyone who even thought something against the law.
Today in our world we see this in the US where the CIA tortures detainees overboard. According to RT America the CIA practiced several torture methods such as rectal feeding, waterboarding, freezing death, continuous standing and much more. However the more important part is that some of the detainees were only suspected criminals and had no evidence to back the torture. The CIA still carried out their plans to torture the detainees which most of the time led to death.This relates to Orwell because he warned readers about the coming of a totalitarian government and erasure without trial. This political cartoon shows the government trying to torture a detainee but to no prevail.

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Orwell in the story warns how the government of Oceania brainwashed the citizens into thinking the country is doing well when it really was not.
Today we see fake news everywhere and people tend to believe it. With few clicks a person can be informed about a country in a totally biased or untrue stories.
This article by Bruce Riedel explains how our current POTUS claimed to have made a $110 million arms deal with Saudi Arabia. However the news was later found to be fake where the kingdom had not signed any contracts nor agreed to Trump. It has later been concluded that Arabia might have an interest later on but no agreements have been settled. This relates to Orwell's story because the government of Oceania told fake news to their civilians about their state of war claiming that everything was going well when in reality the country was suffering. Today we see fake news everywhere which affects many people into thinking the wrong way about the country.

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I think [Rouhani] seems to be prepared to leave no stone unturned in terms of warning of the possible consequences of an election that is engineered against him, but also trying to rally those who might be sceptical about the utility of their vote to come out and cast a ballot.

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I think [Rouhani] seems to be prepared to leave no stone unturned in terms of warning of the possible consequences of an election that is engineered against him, but also trying to rally those who might be sceptical about the utility of their vote to come out and cast a ballot.