The main goal of Flying Tigers was to composed pilots from the United States Army Air Corps, Navy and Marine Corps.
Answer:
President Bush announced the end of major combat operations, not that the war was over.
Explanation:
Neither President officially said the war was over. And the administration in a bit of cockiness did make a variety of statements about how the war was over (the "mission accomplished" banner, a speech by Rumsfeld, etc.). The Bush administration did not anticipate or plan for any kind of real insurgency and at the time of the invasion, there was no al-Qaeda presence in Iraq so the continued fighting came as a major surprise.
President Obama announced the end of US combat involvement in Iraq. Technically that was true--the SOFA (US status of forces agreement) had expired and the only elements we were allowed to have in Iraq at that point were trainers, security (for US personnel and our embassy) and support (for instance, the Iraqi air force was almost non-existent). But no authorized combat units.
The Catholic Church defended the selling of indulgences because they needed the money to fund their projects. One of these projects was the reconstruction of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
Answer:
In India, the people have resisted changing their attitudes toward the caste system because the Hindu beliefs of karma and dharma reinforce the caste system.
Explanation:
Both European Societies and Japanese Samurais had and hereditary system of classes. The warriors were the most important class in both of them, in Japan called samurai and in Europe called knights that served the lords of the local, and had some codes about moral an ethic.
Knights had a military rank, Samurais did not.
