Friday, February 24, 2012

Unfathomable Burning of Korans


This is an article about how we “accidently” burned some Korans during a library clean up. We claimed it was a mistake but who knows if its true. This article proves some valuable points about how we handled things in Afghanistan. We have done this to ourselves, burning what means a lot of importance to their culture. I agree with this writer in the fact of their anger being understandable. People must know, Afghans hold different values then us Americans, therefore becoming more violent then how we handle things. If someone burned our flag, we feel disappointed, not violent usually. The Koran is the key of their religion, life, and culture. What our military has done is unacceptable, and should carry more intel about the Koran, so “accidents” don’t happen. We therefore let harm upon our soldiers, laying death to two. I don’t think people will ever respect other cultures/religions in our country. We need to take things accountable and not make silly “mistakes.” If we will ever be considered a great country, it would be first to not make dumb mistakes and upsetting foreign countries. I think this author proves the point in how we handled this situation a little wrong. We need to be accountable for our people, and our military forces should know better than to burn a Koran knowing its consequences. I don’t think it was an accident, we don’t send undereducated military forces to burn stuff in a library. Maybe it was an accident, but a dumb one at that.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Government allows for more space for wind power

This Article from The New York Times seemed very interesting to me. The Federal Government is willing to let more space open for the wind energy scheme. It would give us more power, a bit more easy on the environment. I'm no advocate or crazy environmentalist, but it seems like a good idea. However instead of spending money to do so, it should go to more pressing matters. Our president may be thinking right for doing this, but is it important at all? It is a way for us to save money, however, it is costly first. This explains how it can create more jobs, and that is good I suppose. This Article is interesting to me, and is interesting to know plans for better energy.