There’s tension between the Bahrain dictator and the people within Bahrain. People within Bahrain are protesting against their dictator because they want democracy, they want the freedom of speech. Bahrain has open fire and has hanged those who protest. There’s also tension between the United States and the people of Bahrain. People within Bahrain are irritated with the United States because the U.S. is just standing by and not doing anything about the violence towards the protesters. America won’t step in because they have a good relationship with Bahrain’s dictator, and they don’t want to ruin that. If they ruin that relationship then they will lose the oil that they are getting from Bahrain. There’s tension between the people of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia took 1,000 troops over to Bahrain and tried to get rid of the protesting. There was no sign of Saudi Arabia coming, they just did it.
There’s two kind of muslims, Sunni and Shiite. The government doesn’t like Shiite, Sunni Muslims are very wealthy, Shiite are not. My guess is that Shiite are asking for a better living style, and because they are protesting, the government does not like them. The government has destroyed Shiites’ holy books and people have come up missing. Sunni people can not do anything about their family members or friends’ disappearing. If they ask, they are punished, if they go to U.S. troops, they’re more in likely brought to the police and are killed. What’s going on in Bahrain makes me think of a food chain. If one thing goes wrong, it goes chaotic and falls like dominoes. This is why the U.S. won’t get involved because they would lose oil and things would just keep going down hill.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
Tension Video Part 1
What sources of tension, new and old, in the middle east are revealed by the film?
There’s some tension between the United States and Aljzeera. People want the war to end and some people think the United States shouldn’t of intervened. President Obama decided to go into war but didn’t people vote for him because he said he would stop sending people into wars? People in Libya and other countries don’t see what’s in front of their face. They think where they live that it’s safe, but people are getting arrested and shot by the Rebels. Ammunition is left behind to show the danger that’s still going on, this could leave tension within the city, people feel unsafe in there own city 24/7. Rebels have very little organization for their military, they send people into the military at the age of 18, some go into the military with no experience at all. Some people say that the U.S. needs to be aware of what they import and how it might affect the economy, I totally agree with this. Security is very tight and people will start shooting, some people don’t understand why or who their shooting at. One person says that the U.S. should have counted to a million, and then think about what they are getting into, how it might affect others, and who they are fighting. I strongly agree with this because the United States has a habit of getting into other people’s business.
There’s some tension between the United States and Aljzeera. People want the war to end and some people think the United States shouldn’t of intervened. President Obama decided to go into war but didn’t people vote for him because he said he would stop sending people into wars? People in Libya and other countries don’t see what’s in front of their face. They think where they live that it’s safe, but people are getting arrested and shot by the Rebels. Ammunition is left behind to show the danger that’s still going on, this could leave tension within the city, people feel unsafe in there own city 24/7. Rebels have very little organization for their military, they send people into the military at the age of 18, some go into the military with no experience at all. Some people say that the U.S. needs to be aware of what they import and how it might affect the economy, I totally agree with this. Security is very tight and people will start shooting, some people don’t understand why or who their shooting at. One person says that the U.S. should have counted to a million, and then think about what they are getting into, how it might affect others, and who they are fighting. I strongly agree with this because the United States has a habit of getting into other people’s business.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Critical Thinking Essay
In the Middle East, there’s not much of a balance of wealth. Some countries Gross National Product is very low and some are very high. The fifteen countries I chose, their GNP ranged anywhere from $6.63 billion to $342 billion. The countries’ GNP per capita ranged anywhere from $222 to $17, 081. I think Cyprus and Saudi Arabia have the highest standard of living in GNP per capita. Cyprus was the highest and Saudi Arabia was the second highest, these are the only two countries that are in the ten thousands.
My findings could cause conflict between regions, because some countries could be limited to certain things such as, water or food, then other countries are. Some countries might have a very low standard of living, their economy is bad, and they don’t like their government. This could cause conflict in the region because the people within the region want a better life style, but it doesn’t improve. They might also want to move to another country but are not welcomed there.
My findings could cause conflict between regions, because some countries could be limited to certain things such as, water or food, then other countries are. Some countries might have a very low standard of living, their economy is bad, and they don’t like their government. This could cause conflict in the region because the people within the region want a better life style, but it doesn’t improve. They might also want to move to another country but are not welcomed there.
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