Censorship of media in the Middle East is a very big deal. The authorities have been hammering down on media coverage in Bahrain. The Arab Spring is the rebirth of the Middle East countries, its just what the Muslims called. A lot of people protest publicly against the dictators and the authorities shoot at them. If the U.S. likes the dictator of a country then we don’t get involved in the revolt of that dictator and if the U.S. don’t like the dictator then we get very involved in the spread of democracy in that country. The people of the country don’t like that because if we like the dictator than we don’t do anything and they want democracy. The U.S. wants to use the best policy to spread Democracy in that country. Saudi Arabia is the best ally of the U.S. in the Middle East. Bahrain contains an important U.S. naval base, that is one reason why U.S. isn’t helping as much with the rebels. Bahrain is a good place because of all the oil that passes through it, hence why we want military there, they are near Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia sent troops to Bahrain to help the government, which caused some discussion. There is a conflict between Islam groups between Sunni vs. Shia/Shiite. The Sunni based government are destroying some Muslim Mosque mostly Shiite Mosque. The police are taking people away and the survivors can’t say anything about it because they will be taken away too, even when the U.S. is there because they don’t do anything either. There are protest happening in Saudi Arabia now but we aren’t going to help there either because we love their oil. Our interest in countries of the Middle East really depends on what the other country has to offer us, mostly oil.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
View on Tensions Part 2
What sources of tension, new or old, in the Middle East are revealed by the film?
Monday, October 3, 2011
Video on New Stuff Tensions Part 1
What sources of tension, new and old, in the Middle East are revealed by the film?
Sources of tension in the Middle East is one is that Qaddiffi is attacking and killing cities and people. When the U.S. intervened with Libya and other countries this caused more conflict, and might of actually killed more people then it saved. Qaddiffi has military support but the rebels who we are rooting for is really only a militia. The rebels do not have great weapons and only have weapons from WW2 and from some they can steal. The Libyan government and the US government had to discuss if the US got involved than they could work out a deal for crude oil. Another reason why there could be a tension is that Qatar is a major supporter of the rebel forces and the Libyan government does not like that. They don’t think it’s right because the rebels don’t own the oil and they do not have the right to sell the crude oil. The rebels find ways to produce oil and sell the oil through the oil ships in a way that is not legal. A council member even confirmed that the rebels are making at least 100,000 barrels a day of oil. According to the video the U.S. might not even know everything about the people that they are supporting. The United States should not intervene because it is none of our business. The side that we are supporting does not have very good experience, the rebels are very young, and they do not have a lot of fire power.
Sources of tension in the Middle East is one is that Qaddiffi is attacking and killing cities and people. When the U.S. intervened with Libya and other countries this caused more conflict, and might of actually killed more people then it saved. Qaddiffi has military support but the rebels who we are rooting for is really only a militia. The rebels do not have great weapons and only have weapons from WW2 and from some they can steal. The Libyan government and the US government had to discuss if the US got involved than they could work out a deal for crude oil. Another reason why there could be a tension is that Qatar is a major supporter of the rebel forces and the Libyan government does not like that. They don’t think it’s right because the rebels don’t own the oil and they do not have the right to sell the crude oil. The rebels find ways to produce oil and sell the oil through the oil ships in a way that is not legal. A council member even confirmed that the rebels are making at least 100,000 barrels a day of oil. According to the video the U.S. might not even know everything about the people that they are supporting. The United States should not intervene because it is none of our business. The side that we are supporting does not have very good experience, the rebels are very young, and they do not have a lot of fire power.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Balance in the Middle East
Based on your research, is there a balance of wealth in the Middle East? What countries do you think have the highest standard of living? How might your findings illustrate a source of conflict in the region?
Based on my research there is no where near a balance of wealth in the Middle East. I think the countries that have the highest standard of living are Kuwait with a $23,423 GNP per capita, Saudi Arabia with $11,764, and Oman with $8,999. I think that these countries are typically smaller and easier to control. My findings might illustrate a source of conflict because people that are in a poor country would attack or harm other countries because of jealousy. Or maybe the richer country would attack the smaller country because it would be a cheap win. More reasons that the poor countries would attack the rich is that they would know they have a lot of natural resources.
Based on my research there is no where near a balance of wealth in the Middle East. I think the countries that have the highest standard of living are Kuwait with a $23,423 GNP per capita, Saudi Arabia with $11,764, and Oman with $8,999. I think that these countries are typically smaller and easier to control. My findings might illustrate a source of conflict because people that are in a poor country would attack or harm other countries because of jealousy. Or maybe the richer country would attack the smaller country because it would be a cheap win. More reasons that the poor countries would attack the rich is that they would know they have a lot of natural resources.
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