2. One cause of the conflict is that regions commanded for oil resources and waterways. Iraq, Syria, and Libya mistrusted their colonial rulers, this causes conflict between the rulers and the people within the country. Israel gained land in 1967 from Golan Heights from Syria, East Jerusalem and the West Bank from Jordan, the Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula from Egypt. Arabs or Palestinian's tried to get their land back in 1973 but lost. Israel wouldn't give up the countries until Israel was recognized, and Israel displaced many Arabs. The displacement of Arabs causes more conflict because they might not have anywhere to go. Arabs in refugee camps wouldn't give up without a fight. Many teenagers threw rocks and didn't obey curfews. It got out of hand and some people wanted to trade the regions for peace. What mainly caused conflict was that Arabs wanted their countries back, but Israel won't give up those regions or countries. Arab governments soon realized they needed to negotiate with Israel. In 1993, Israel had their first direct talk with Palestine Liberation Organization or PLO.
I think Israel should have possession of the city of Jerusalem because Israel is made up of mostly Jews. The city is a holy city to Jews, Muslims, and Christians. Israel can give up the other countries and keep Jerusalem as the holy city for all 3 religions.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
Global Connections- The Middle East
Natural resources have played a huge role in politics and economy in the Middle East. Water is very important, so is oil. Countries make natural resources and then export them to other countries to help with the economy.
Kuwait's physical geography has an area of 17,820 square km. It's capital is Kuwait city, it's terrain is a completely flat desert plain. Kuwait's highest elevation point is 306 m.
Kuwait's climate is very hot and dry in the Summer time. Winters are short and cool with not much rain. Temperature's in the Summer range from 108-120 degrees. In the Winter time, temperature's can range from 50-80 degrees.
Kuwait has a fresh water supply but it's very limited. The source of water for Kuwait is ground water or sea water. The water comes from wells within Kuwait, Kuwait does control their water source. Kuwait does have headquarters that gets water from the ground.
Types of Industries in Kuwait are petroleum extracting and refining, fertilizer, chemicals, desalination, and construction materials. All of these types are about 48.3% GDP.
A problem Kuwait is currently facing is trafficking. Men and women migrate from many countries to work in Kuwait. Domestic service and Construction face force labors, nonpayment of wages, working long periods of time without rest, no food, and threats. There's restrictions on movement such as passports. Sometimes they have to stay at work and can't leave. Kuwait's government has worked poorly to fix the trafficking situation.
The population of Kuwait is a total of 3,520,000 people. The life span for women in Kuwait is 78.96 years, for men it's 76.51 years.
Kuwait's GDP is about $15 billion. Kuwait's GDP per capita is an estimation of $48,900. These numbers were estimated or established in 2010.
Kuwait reserves 105 billion barrels of oil, which is 9% of world reserves. Kuwait has Petroleum or gas and it's 95% of export revenues. Kuwait also have fish as an natural resource, 0.3% of GDP is fish.
0.84% of Kuwait's land is arable, 0.17% of land is used for growing crops. Kuwait has very little crops, they might grow some vegetables, but it's mostly fish and oil.
Kuwait imports $18.77 billion, and exports $65.97 billion. The major exports for Kuwait are oil and refined products, and fertilizers. Major imports in Kuwait are food, construction materials, vehicles and parts, and clothing.
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Sunday, September 18, 2011
Why Do They Hate Us? Reading 3
1. Why would al-Awlaki praise Hasan for what he did? He lives in America, it doesn't make since to me that he would do that.
2. Muslims mostly hate U.S. policies that have to do with America embracing Arab and Muslim system that torment their own people and deny their natural freedoms and their right to freely elect their governments.
3. Not acknowledging that U.S. policies have nothing to do with jihadists attacks might be seen as "blaming the victim" because of their ability to recruit and win agreements. If the policies don't want to share information that's right, it might be seen as politically incorrect.
4. There's been no visible progress with Israelis and Palestinians negotiating because of the conditions on the ground. It's hard to make peace talk and resume peace talk. Both sides have demands such as, Palestinians want to have East Jerusalem as their capital, Israelis wants their own security.
5. Gaza is suffering because of the bombing that's going on. They have no food, heat, water, or electricity. The low flying aircraft lands bombs, Gaza is like a city that people can't get out of. There's no work for them, they have no way of making money or buying things.
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2. Muslims mostly hate U.S. policies that have to do with America embracing Arab and Muslim system that torment their own people and deny their natural freedoms and their right to freely elect their governments.
3. Not acknowledging that U.S. policies have nothing to do with jihadists attacks might be seen as "blaming the victim" because of their ability to recruit and win agreements. If the policies don't want to share information that's right, it might be seen as politically incorrect.
4. There's been no visible progress with Israelis and Palestinians negotiating because of the conditions on the ground. It's hard to make peace talk and resume peace talk. Both sides have demands such as, Palestinians want to have East Jerusalem as their capital, Israelis wants their own security.
5. Gaza is suffering because of the bombing that's going on. They have no food, heat, water, or electricity. The low flying aircraft lands bombs, Gaza is like a city that people can't get out of. There's no work for them, they have no way of making money or buying things.
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Saturday, September 17, 2011
Why Do They Hate Us? Reading 2
1. Why does Osama bin laden make America seem like such a bad country? This could maybe be answered by researching.
2. Knowledge that I have to support his explanation for terrorist attacks is that terrorists don't like America and it's government. Osama has said before that he doesn't like America's government system. Jihadists might want to overthrow certain Muslim governments because they do not like the way Muslims way of living. They want to drive Israel out of the Middle East because of Jews or peoples religion.
3. Knowledge that I have or suppose about Bin Laden's harsh critique to the U.S. is that you don't have to kill American's just because you're a Muslim. Osama claims that America wants to destroy Jews' holy city and/or relocate it, America is not after Iraq for that reason. Osama says that America is trying to repeat a horrific massacre when that's not the case. Osama is looking at America's history and using what we have done, to help his story.
4. What led young men in Arab countries to find martyrdom attractive was that martyrdom promised them an alternative to a life. Young men wanted to kill religious people, they wanted to take their anger out that way and not deal with resentment from others.
5. Al Qaeda is not popular because of Osama's declared goals. One of his declared goals was to remove American soldiers from Muslim lands. Osama's violence has taken a toll on the ratings of his polls and other things too. People don't want anything to do with Al Qaeda because of Osama.
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2. Knowledge that I have to support his explanation for terrorist attacks is that terrorists don't like America and it's government. Osama has said before that he doesn't like America's government system. Jihadists might want to overthrow certain Muslim governments because they do not like the way Muslims way of living. They want to drive Israel out of the Middle East because of Jews or peoples religion.
3. Knowledge that I have or suppose about Bin Laden's harsh critique to the U.S. is that you don't have to kill American's just because you're a Muslim. Osama claims that America wants to destroy Jews' holy city and/or relocate it, America is not after Iraq for that reason. Osama says that America is trying to repeat a horrific massacre when that's not the case. Osama is looking at America's history and using what we have done, to help his story.
4. What led young men in Arab countries to find martyrdom attractive was that martyrdom promised them an alternative to a life. Young men wanted to kill religious people, they wanted to take their anger out that way and not deal with resentment from others.
5. Al Qaeda is not popular because of Osama's declared goals. One of his declared goals was to remove American soldiers from Muslim lands. Osama's violence has taken a toll on the ratings of his polls and other things too. People don't want anything to do with Al Qaeda because of Osama.
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Questions 1-5 for Ad. World Studies
1. Some questions I have about the reading is why is Thomas so determined to figure out why? This could be answered maybe by her if you asked, or maybe in a different reading or interview, she explains why she wants to know why.
2. President Obama's answer is that al Qaeda wants nothing but misery and death. Also, that the United States wants justice and progress. We also need to let Muslims around the world, know that al Qaeda only seeks misery and death. Brennan's answer was that al Qaeda attracts people and use them to attack others. Al Qaeda uses an organization that involves the banner of religion, they use it in a corrupt way. Also, that al Qaeda likes to carry out attacks, and they're determined when do so.
3. Thomas was not satisfied with Brennan's answer because he didn't really explain why. He also didn't give a good enough reason why. I think she would have been satisfied with the President's answer because he gave more details to why. He also was more descriptive then Brennan was.
4. Glenn thinks it's important to consider terrorist motivations because he believes that you don't have to justify in order to explain why. He also claims that when someone can't give a reason to why, then they're more in likely afraid of it being heard. I agree that if someone has reasons but can't explain why, then they are afraid to tell why. I also agree that if you are explaining why, you're not justifying it. You're simply explaining yourself but with reasons.
5. I would answer Thomas' question by giving her more detail in the question. That they are using religion because they don't like that religion so they use it against us. Hasan and Abdulmutallab commit these awful attacks because they want to show their religion, they want to show who they are and who they belong to. Abdulmutallab might of done it because he was a Muslim boy stressed out, also because he claims that he's not sure if he wants to be a devoted Muslim, or a member of society. Hasan killed 12 soldiers, some media accounts think Hasan has had past contacts with Al-Awlaki. They cannot tell if his attack was in response to al- Wahayshi's message, which was to make attacks in Muslim world. Hasan had brought attention to himself and he made statements to people he worked with. The people he worked with reported him and the government was monitoring him.
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2. President Obama's answer is that al Qaeda wants nothing but misery and death. Also, that the United States wants justice and progress. We also need to let Muslims around the world, know that al Qaeda only seeks misery and death. Brennan's answer was that al Qaeda attracts people and use them to attack others. Al Qaeda uses an organization that involves the banner of religion, they use it in a corrupt way. Also, that al Qaeda likes to carry out attacks, and they're determined when do so.
3. Thomas was not satisfied with Brennan's answer because he didn't really explain why. He also didn't give a good enough reason why. I think she would have been satisfied with the President's answer because he gave more details to why. He also was more descriptive then Brennan was.
4. Glenn thinks it's important to consider terrorist motivations because he believes that you don't have to justify in order to explain why. He also claims that when someone can't give a reason to why, then they're more in likely afraid of it being heard. I agree that if someone has reasons but can't explain why, then they are afraid to tell why. I also agree that if you are explaining why, you're not justifying it. You're simply explaining yourself but with reasons.
5. I would answer Thomas' question by giving her more detail in the question. That they are using religion because they don't like that religion so they use it against us. Hasan and Abdulmutallab commit these awful attacks because they want to show their religion, they want to show who they are and who they belong to. Abdulmutallab might of done it because he was a Muslim boy stressed out, also because he claims that he's not sure if he wants to be a devoted Muslim, or a member of society. Hasan killed 12 soldiers, some media accounts think Hasan has had past contacts with Al-Awlaki. They cannot tell if his attack was in response to al- Wahayshi's message, which was to make attacks in Muslim world. Hasan had brought attention to himself and he made statements to people he worked with. The people he worked with reported him and the government was monitoring him.
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