To torture, or not to torture

You should treat these detained prisoners like normal, subjecting them to absolutely no physical or emotional torture or abuse. Giving in to torturing for information will only fuel their hatred for Americans even more giving them a reason to torture and kill us too. Although a little more frustrating and strenuous, your squad will have to find the information out another way.
One long term repercussion is the continuation of the war is more likely with torturing enemies because this makes people vengeful and peace is harder to obtain. A short term repercussion is that if word spreads of our troops torture of the insurgents other enemies and terrorists can plot against us and kill us while we are still in the area. Thus we would never find the bomb factory, whereas without torture we could still have a chance.

Responses to the war

The United States declaration of war mentioned a lot about the government and the country of Germany. It also talked about the rights of the people and wanting to make peace and encourage freedom. The United States wanted to take action against imperialistic Germany and their use of unrestricted submarine warfare as seen with the sinking of the Lusitania in May. Even if you can't see the whole passage, my guess is that the tone was reasonable and straight forward, where as the German response seemed more violent and belligerent towards the United States. You could probably find some mention in the German response of the US being ignorant because we were previously warned not to boat in those waters because of the prospect of being sunk. We ignored those warnings and because of that many people perished and it indirectly forced our involvement in the war. Germany obviously didn't seem regretful or sorry about this incident because they had already warned us so they accepted and embraced the fact that we were entering the war.  

War Letters

The perils faced in this war were unimaginable, with all the battles and loss of life. So it's not much to ask to receive a letter from home, or send a letter, so your family would know that you're okay. But this was almost too much to ask because of the lack of technology. Letters would take weeks or months to get to family from their soldier and vice versa. Soldiers must've felt so impatient and hopeless trying to send news to their loved ones and their families must've felt desperate for news. Sending letters in this era might not have been the best method either. Postal service even now is sometimes unreliable with letters being sent to the wrong people or possibly getting lost. This could cause some major confusion and grief if families were to not receive a letter. They would think that their soldier was dead when probably he was not. It could also cause the opposite problem of families thinking that their soldier was alive because of the time lapse of letters. Since they took so long to deliver families could be reading a letter that said that the soldier was fine but in reality they were dead.

Dogfight (planes, not dogs)

These fights that happen in midair are absolutely insane, and in fact a death wish if you aren't skilled enough. This probably takes years of practice to even be remotely comfortable doing these airplane acrobatics, including flips, turns, and loops. Not to mention the fact that someone is shooting at you the entire time. I played the game dogfight on that link, and the only reason I was winning was because I never let go of the spacebar to shoot. But pilots in WWI did not have unlimited ammunition. They had to make sure every round was going to count and hit the enemy plane fighting them and try to shoot them down before the enemy had a chance. And because these planes had both a pilot and a shooter, you had to make sure that each were very skilled . If the pilot wasn't as experienced or vice versa death seems guaranteed.

Queen Lili`uokalani's Twitter

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At the Government Building attending the legislative session's closing ceremonies, excited to announce my constitution! 

01/14/1893 12:00 pm

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Walking over to `Iolani Palace to restore power to the throne and the rights to my people. A historic day indeed!

01/14/1893 1:32 pm

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My Cabinet refuses to sign this constitution; so stubborn! However, it is not over. It will be postponed temporarily

 01/14/1893 1:45 pm

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My Cabinet has informed me that the Committee of Safety is challenging me! Me, the Queen! It is an outrage, absolutely unacceptable! 

01/15/1893 10:19 am

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I have just spoken to Minister Stevens' only to be told that he would not support my government against foreign arms. It seems no one is in favor of this monarchy!

01/15/1893 12:47 pm

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My fellow Hawaiians have come to my aid gathering peacefully at the Palace Square, if you are reading this come and join to fight for peace and preserve the monarchy!

01/16/1893 11:46 pm

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Many armed troops are now coming ashore on my beloved island, can I not rule my own people in peace?

01/16/1893 5:00 pm

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I have just heard a gunshot from the street! I do not wish for there to be any bloodshed or violence!

01/17/1893 9:21 am

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I, Queen Lili`uokalani, hereby denounce my throne to avoid any conflict and loss of life, in the hopes that one day Hawaii will return to me and my people. This island's sovereignty is now dead.

01/17/1893 5:15 pm 

Magic is Might

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, and in fact in all of the Harry Potter movies, the concept of imperialism is obviously apparent. Imperialism is basically when a stronger nation oppresses a weaker one, and in the example of Harry Potter, Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters try to oppress the muggles, or non magical people. They feel that witches and wizards shouldn't have to hide because of these muggles and they strive to kill and destroy anything in their way to make themselves known to the world and seize power by controlling and killing these muggles. The muggles would represent the weaker nation because first of all, they are oblivious to the wizarding world and anything it involves; they are completely unaware that these forces even exist. Second of all, since they are non magical, they do not have the skills or power to overcome this threat and defeat the Dark Lord. The Dark Lord and his Death Eaters are the stronger nation because they take control not only of muggles, but of the Ministry of Magic too, where they oversee all operations and also dispose of any wizards or witches that are pro-muggles, and try to provide aid to them. When Voldemort takes over the Ministry, a new statue is put in place in the lobby that depicts muggles being enslaved and holding up a foundation on which a wizards stands. The words "Magic is Might" engraved on the base. Implying that anyone who has magic is mighty and prevails over the weak muggles, that getting rid of them would be for the greater good, because then all witches and wizards could show themselves to the world. Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters also oppress fellow witches and wizards by instituting a new law that all magic folk have to submit themselves to questioning, because they thought that mudbloods, half muggle-half magical, stole their magic and did not obtain it on their own. They imprison and kill these mudbloods, so Voldemort oppressing mudbloods is another example of imperialism. Many mudbloods are forced to be on the run either from Hogwarts, the school of witchcraft and wizardry, or from their jobs and homes, because if caught they would be punished and tortured. Only the pureblood witches and wizards were safe from harm if they had nothing to hide. In the second installment of Harry Potter, The Chamber of Secrets, owners of house elves would be viewed as the stronger nation, forcing the house elves to obey every command or face cruel injuries. The house elves could only be released until the owner or "master" of the house elf gave them an article of clothing, securing the elf's freedom. However, this act of kindness was very rare indeed.    

Death in the Panama Canal

I live in constant fear. There are so many ways to die while working here, laboring under the sweltering sun and humidity, on this great structure. Disease, railroad accidents, explosions, dehydration, the possibilities are endless, and each day that I work I never know which one it will be. I hope, if death is to come, it will come quick, avoiding any pain or torture, but only if I am lucky. I now have to carry 50 pounds of dynamite on my head and shoulders, thrashing through the jungle, in order to blow up the land separating two oceans. With every step I take, my heart is pounding out of my chest with the anxiety that each step could be my last. As we near the railroad, we stop for an approaching train. I look up at the fast moving train, but then everything feels in slow motion. Cars of the train filled with the dead bodies of men, workers like me. But some hardly seem to be men at all, their bodies disfigured and in pieces, beyond recognition. There is a constant reminder of misery and death while I work. The train passes, and when the dread sets in I see my mother across the railroad tracks smiling at me. I ever so carefully put the box of dynamite down and run towards her, but as soon as I reach to where she was standing, she is gone. Everyone is staring, and I soon began to realize she was never there at all. I don't think I am lucky enough to get a sudden death after all.