Is china a necessary Evil?

    Is Chins a necessary evil for the United States? Most would say that it is isn't, but if think about it, it is. Look at the "Made in" stamp on almost any toy in America, it will most likely say "Made in China". This is because it is easier to got people in China to work for less money because China's economy is so bad due to Communism. Communism brings the promise of equality to all civilians of that Nation, in this case, China. If it weren't for American aid, China would have fallen and given way to a new government years ago, just like all the other countries that were declared as Communist Nations, (examples, United Soviet Socialist Republic ((U.S.S.R.)), Belarus, Vietnam, Korea). Yes, if it were not for America, China's economy would be failing, but the same could be said in reverse. America needs China for it's economy or it too, would fail and it could suffer another depression. The co-operation and success of this partnership is do to China's induction into the United Nations. Before that, China had just opened up to the world for the first time in centuries, and America wanted nothing to do with it. This changed when China started setting up trade and travel routes with other countries. This is when America saw an opening for a wealthier tomorrow. Chinese were willing to work in factories for less then one US dollar an hour. This would save the United States government money because they could evade the "Minimum Wage" law of it's country. Because of this, every US dollar that the United States government spends, 40 cents of it goes to China instead of about $1.12 going to a European country such as England. Without China and America's mutual relationship, Americans would not have many of the luxuries they have today. But this relationship also has a downside for both countries.

In America, unemployment is at an all time high. Many families are on the border line of poverty and thous that aren't are seeing that prices of everything are going up.

In China, many children are forced to drop out of school to work in factories to help earn extra money for their families. Child labor is not illegal in China like it is in America. Many people die or become gravely ill in factories because of dangerous machines and air born particles going in their lungs.

The question I was asked to answer was "Is China a necessary evil?". My answer to that question is, it's up to the person who is thinking about it. If you don't think that it is, that's ok, but try living in a world were you don't have China, see what things would be different. And those that think it is, you are probably right, but as i said, It's up to the person thinking about it. Opinion is everything.

Aljazeera Movie Question #2

What sources of tension, new or old, in the Middle East are revealed in this movie?


Arab spring is all the revolts and riots in the Middle East

If the USA likes the dictator, we has a good relation ship and life goes on, if we don’t like them, we kick down the door and invade

Many in the Middle East are disappointed about the USA doing nothing to help their country, yet helping others

Bahrain is important to America because of the 5th Fleet, it controls the area of the Middle East that exports most of the Middle Eastern oil

Saudi Arabia sent 1,000 troops into Bahrain to silence protest without consulting America

The government was destroying Shiite mosques 

There are protest in Saudi Arabia that we don’t help because we have a good relationship with the Saudi Government


 Basically, America will not invade Bahrain because they are allies with Saudi Arabia, and so are we. So if we attacked Bahrain, Saudi Arabia would not like us and stop giving us oil, and if we don't get oil, our Economy and Government would collapse. If America collapses, no one would be afraid of us attacking them if they attacked our allies and the whole world would probably go into war, except Australia, because there just a giant island in the middle of the ocean.

Aljazeera Movie Question

What sources of tension, new + old, are revealed in the movie?

The Libyans had a Dictatorship, the rebels wanted a democracy like the United States, that is one reason why we are backing them. Another reason is oil. Libyan oil is special because it’s crud, and easy to refine. It is also uncertain were the oil that the Rebels are selling is going and being used for. It is also even more uncertain were the  money from the sold oil is being used for. It is thought that the United States doesn’t know much about the Rebels that they are helping.

The importance of Jerusalem

Jerusalem is important to The Jews because it is were Abraham supposedly gave his son to God. It is important to the Islamics because it is were Muhammad went to heaven. Many people fight over weather Isreal or the Palestinians, I think that neither should get it. I think that it should be turned into a country all by itself like The Vatican City in Italy, that way it won't be fought over any more and thoughts that want to worship their God there, or not.

Global Connections the Middle East
Oman
Describe the country's geography.
The country of Oman is mostly flat with a large dessert in it's center region. the country is about the size of Kansas.




What is the climate?
It has a dessert like climate in the center and a subtropical dry climate in the Northeast and Southwest.


Does the country have a fresh water supply? What is it's source of water? Does the country control it's water source? Does the country have access to a seaport?
Oman has a very low water supply that it gets from decreasing underground aquifers. It has many sea ports because it makes up the bottom of the Arabian peninsula.


What industries does the country support?
 Copper mining, petroleum, cement, and fishing.





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A few explanations

1. What questions do you have about the reading? How might they be answered?
       I am still wondering why Obama and his speech partners would not answer Thomas' question,   
       but Bush did.

2. Years have passed since President Bush's comments. What knowledge and evidence do you have to support, add to, amend, or oppose his explanation for terrorist acts? Why might jihadists want to overthrow certain Muslim governments? Drive Israel out of the Middle East? If you don't know how might you find out?
      I'm not sure, so I should probably Google it and look for some thing on a reliable site.

3. Even more years have passed since Bin Laden's harsh critique of the United States. What knowledge and evidence do you have to support, add to, amend, or oppose that critique.
      Well, I can deffnetly add his reasons for 9/11, and the 2004 London Double-Decker and   
       subway bombs.

4. According to Wright, what has led young men in Arab countries to find martyrdom attractive?
      Lack of fun, such as Movies, Music, and Woman.

5. According to polling in Muslim countries, how popular is Al Qaeda? Why?
     Al Qaeda is not very popular because most Islams don't agree with killing, be it allie of enime. 

Linkedy Links

This is were I will post my links.

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Searching for Reasons

1. What questions do you have about the reading? How might they be answered?
   
I would also like to know why they are doing this, but that won't be answered any time soon.

2. What is President Obama's answer? Brennan's?
    
He did not have one. Brennan avoided the question so it would not be publicized.

3. Thomas was clearly dissatisfied with Brennan's answer. Why? Would she have been satisfied with the president's? Why or why not?        

She didn't like his answer because he twisted his words so that he didn't give a strait out answer. I'm not sure, the President might have been more direct, but he also might not have.

4. Why does Glenn Greenwald think it important to consider terrorist motivations? Do you agree? Why or why not?    

Because if we don't propare for them, when they come, we won't be ready to pick up there mess or try to provent them. I agree with this strongly because we need to be ready to provent their attack.

5. How would you answer Thomas' question, "Why?" Why do Hasan, Abdulmutallab, and others commit such acts?? If you need more reliable information, where might you find it?    

I'm not sure how I would answer Thomas' question, because I am not sure myself what the answers is.  I also don't know why the terrorist commit the acts they do, each one has their own reason. I don't know were I would go for more reliable imformation but I would not go to Wikipedia.