Recap of class on 3/25/15 North Africa/Middle East and Israel with some Terrorism on the side

Well we covered North Africa and the issues with the encroachment of the Sarah (by the way this means desert so don't say it twice) into populated areas causing conflict. Speaking of conflict we had the pleasure of seeing Sun City, South Africa and the De Beers family and their monopoly of the worlds diamonds, buying up of Conflict Diamonds, the use of slave labor to work said mines, and the squandering of a major natural resource WATER to do their patented flood mining. So go ahead and get her a Diamond you "TOOL"! Big supporters of Apartheid also! The 1%, love'em or leave'em!

Then we move into the Middle East and how the main force that drives population growth is access to water. The fact is that more and more areas are loosing this precious commodity. On the other hand they do have oil and the (haves') have "more money then God" while the "Have nots" Have  God and nothing else. Meanwhile the two Islamic powerhouses(Saudi Arab and Iran) wage proxy wars against each other. The latest is in Yemen where Iran Backed "Hootie rebels" tried to overthrow the elected government with the backing of Iran. The Saudis are dropping bombs to maintain the Pro Saudi regime that was in place. Meanwhile with the with all the confusion there seems to be a golden opportunity to Foster Radical Islam. Why do they hate us? Well we promote freedom, women's rights, and materialism. How horrible! It's always better to oppress all women, Kill women, children, and anyone who wants to speak out about the brutality. All this in the name of religion or just to cover the brutality of man. In class it was pointed out how Israel used terrorism to help achieve its state hood but should be ready to do it again if threatened. Well if we're going that route then what about a tea party, the targeting of Royal goods and employees, and full on attacks by a rebel alliance.

Latin America and Africa (South of Sahara) 3/18/2015

 Well tonight we started up with Latin America and the liberation of Grand Columbia by Bolivar. He took his example from us and is considered The George Washington of South America. He liberated the Spanish Colonialist from Spain's oppression. This would have been a golden opportunity for a true relationship between North/South America if they only spoke English. We have always been snobs about that fact that we want freedom but only if your WASP.
  We also looked at Argentina and Peronism, don't be misled, this is Fascism renamed after WWII by Nazis and remnants of Mussolini's party who fled to this safe haven after the war. They practiced their own atrocities as we in the U.S.looked away. Well they weren't communist so who cared. It's sad that we put so much effort into stopping the spread of communism instead of making the lives of the people in South America better. Now we have an illegal immigration problem because of all the crap we stirred up with regime changes to keep the red threat out.  
  Lets look at Africa now. It seems that with global warming and the expanding deserts, the continent is in turmoil. HIV/AIDS have killed generations of Africans and created some of the worst refugee criseses since WWII. It seems that some are under the impression that Catholic Charities is the  biggest cause cause of this because they maintain most of the medical and educational needs of these poorest of the worlds poor. Well I may not be a practicing Catholic but I am a Catholic and I Say what has any other group done to really make a difference in their lives. We watch Islamic radicals come in  and kill and force their views on the weak. Yet they make no one they touch better and destroy all they conquer. More Christians (Most Catholics) are killed for their beliefs then any other religious group today. They still go and help regardless the threat, and they don't force conversion on those they help. So I say if you don't agree with their views then come help these poor your own way. Don't hate Catholics for being Catholics. Well thats my rant for this week.

      

United States Hegemon of the World? 3/4/15

America,
What's our culture? Free, Powerful, Bipolar, Capitalism (selling of labor), Complicated, Money is Power, Influence, but we have to do so to make the world work together. The World looks to us to be that influence that has to fix everything. We can't pick and choose what causes we will and won't support! If we are going to be the Worlds Hegemon then we need to be ALL-IN, or ALL-OUT!!!!!
We never listen to our own good advice. We should have filled those voids we created after the Cold War but instead we let the world fall into turmoil. If we are morally obligated to take care of these issues then we need to get off our ASS NOW!!!!! Our weakness didn't start with Obama but could go back as far as Ford and Carter. We try to control the world through USAid. Buying friends 1 country at a time.
We also talked about gender inequality and how women rights around the world. How America turns out ideas that women should be educated and that puts us into conflict with many Islamic Fundamentalist. We start these ideas but we don't protect these women when there beaten, raped, and beheaded. We just don't give a crap unless we can build a Wal-Mart or a Chilies.