The war on drugs is a war that needs to be continued and its policy should be looked over again.America has never been drug free and never will be. The Government is first the biggest drug dealer. And as for the issue of Marijuana it should be legalized ASAP. We spend way too much money that we could use on other important matters. What we should do is offer more youth programs for kids and more youth employment. We need to put America in Rehab not in jail. According to the FBI 823,942 people were arrested just this year cannabis law offenses that are close to a million people locked up that could have been contributing paying taxes.
Hard drugs such as Heroin, Crack, Cocaine, and opiates should be the government’s major target we should not be spending money on s. They should stop the production and transportation of these drugs more effectively. The US should enforce and train anti-drug programs and organizations on Narco States. America’s need for drugs is causing problems for countries like Mexico. More kids in the United States drop out school and choose to live life on the fast lane by disturbing drugs. What the government should do since there plan is clearly not working is that they should give the public the choice to legalize certain drugs or not. This country is young rebel nation the more we tell teens you can’t do drugs the more of interest they develop for it. Addicts should bot be thrown in jail more programs like drug courts should be funded. If we invested more in our people we would be less addicted to drugs if every teenager was kept busy with some program and our borders were tighten with better securityit would decrease our drug addiction. People in America need to start getting high off life not drugs.
We should first ask ourselves who are we at war with is it the Afghanistan the nation or bunch of radical groups? According to US these radical groups like the Taliban and Al-Qaeda have left to neighboring countries like Pakistan, Iraq and operate out of war-torn nations like Somalia. There is no “Great Taliban” presence in the region. The United States need to realize that there dealing with a criminal organization and not a nation. Occupying predominantly Muslim nations is not going to make the US any safer and its costs way too much. It actually gives these groups moremotivation and more followers. The people of Afghanistan see the United States as an occupier due to this EXTENSIVE WAR. They completed their mission successfully by dismantling the Taliban, a terrorist organization that deceived its way to power through religion. Now the Taliban has become Pakistan’s Problem much of their weapons supporters and operations come from within that country. The United States has had the worst foreign policy in the last decade we have been deceived by our leaders in many issues like Iraq so why expect different from Afghanistan.
The people of Afghanistan hated the Taliban and its oppressive rule. However the damage done to the nation and its people by both sides the US and the Taliban has left the people of Afghanistan with no one to trust and this is what terrorist originations take advantage of.The united states should have left a long time ago. Let me remind you people this is the same group we put into power to fight Russia for taking over there nation. If they fought with Russia till they won (DUE TO OUR HELP) what makes you think they want to stop fighting with us until we leave. I think the United States should have left a long time ago as soon as the Taliban government fell apart. Occupying Muslim land increases hatred between the west and the Muslim.
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I personally don’t see how wining this war or participating in it is going to make America safer it actually creates more terrorists you cannot fight a thought that is produced and published and practiced by our favorite oil giving country Saudi Arabia . Have you ever asked yourself what pushes these people to kill one another, to take their own life (Islam does not CONDONE) it’s because of a religious creed that was developed in the 18’ century. It’s called Wahhabism Al-Qaeda and the Taliban represent Wahhabism in its purest form – a violent fundamentalist doctrine that rejects all non-Wahhabi Islam and all other religions.This is radical teachings that disgraces Islam and are relatively new. It is forced upon citizens in Saudi Arabia to fallow the extremist creed; the Saudi government has also lavishly financed the propagation of Wahhabism throughout the world. Saudi Arabia’s considered the most secrete land In Islam. This is the reason why young men blow themselves up in the name of Allah. The kid in Somalia killing his people and the kid in Afghanistan killing his people are all reading books and listing to lectures from scholars in the holy land in which they think is right. Let me remind you this is the only form of Islam that condones the killing of other non-Wahhabi Muslims. They deploy sheikhs,scholar’s and books in all nations in order to promote their form of Islam. Creating a mini-violent millitary that is funded by our money.
As Americans we should fight the war on terror in a smart way. And I think Obama has taken that route but he himself is unclear of were the problem lies. Is American greed stopping us from forcing the Saudi Arabia to stop these teachings that have ruined Somalia, Afghanistan, Yemen, Palestine Iraq and much of the Muslim world? Let’s stop wasting our money and most importantly our lives painting ourselves as the enemy to the Muslim world. Yet what we should do is readjust our foreign policy and focus on defending the correct form of Islam. The west and Muslims We have lived amongst each other in peace for a longtime and stop promoting the corrupt kind that kills all people regardless of color, religion and nationality. We should also focus on our selves we have been at war for more than a decade we have lost money and lives that could have bettered this nation’s economy and safety. There is no war to win. There is no country to put back together Afghanistan is nation that is tribally divided and in civil war. It is one of the world’s biggest NARCO-States. Afghanistan has never been the same since the Soviet Invasion I think it’s time for America to focus on America and stop fuelling terror.
Facts
1.2,809 Deaths total 1,731 US military Soldiers.
2.120 billion dollars a year as of 2011. So far 400 billion dollars spent on the Afghanistan war. Afghanistan Current GDP: $14 billion Estimated
3.Largest opium and hashish producer in the world.
The Supreme Court ruling on Citizens United has endangered Americas Democracy. This ruling is bound to complicate our way of life and this free democracy. The nation was established by those who were enlightened by thoughts of freedom and social equality. Government was established by the people and for the people not by BP or Google. Corporations are not people and do not deserve the right of the 1st Amendment which is freedom of speech. This ruling gave corporations the right to invest unlimited amounts of money to any political side or state anything about any candidate in politics. In the beginning your thinking there is nothing wrong with companies saying what they want about politicians or giving them money. Well the Supreme Court figured that if they have the right to say what they want now they may as well have the right to invest and do what they want with their money. Yet what they failed to
“Governments are established by the people and for the people.” Corporations threaten that statement in every sense of the word you may be wondering how? Money is the answer corporations have more money then you, which makes them more important to candidates then you!
Money is one of the primary aspects in elections and corporations have it all. The sad aspect of all this is that your money is not needed by candidates anymore. Due to the fact he can get double what the city of people of Boston gave him by BP or Exxon so why bother? This opens the gates of special interest since candidates need money and corporations need maximum profit. These large entities are soul less they have no morals or political preferences money is the only language they speak. So in the future president’s will be less concerned with the issues concerning Americans and more focused on Wal-Mart’s issues and problems instead. This also allows foreign corporations that exist in the US to spend without limit on elections. That is defiantly not a positive effect on our democracy but the Supreme Court thinks it is! I hope you see the problems the Supreme Court has led the US into. I think Supreme Court a failed to realize why laws were made to stop corporations from having political influence in the first place. Whatever the case may be it ended sadly.We can only hope for the best as we watch our democracy fall into the hands of corporations
The death penalty in many cultures has always been seen as a system of justice “an eye for an eye” or "a soul for a soul". Capital punishment is something is a law I strongly support. I support this due to cultural and religious reasons. The death penalty in the United States should be enforced justly on those who do commit murder and the state must have solid substantial evidence linking he/she to the murder of a person. Violence is part of human nature therefore murder will happen and government should enforce a laws that express the seriousness of the crime. The death penalty is a perfect way to show the importance of human life. Living in prison for life is really not bad compared to being dead especially in the United States anywhere else I can understand. Prisoners here can get education, job not to forget the essentials 3 meals a day, shelter and time to relax and live. That sounds like vacation to many starving people in the world today some would kill and commit murder just for all of the things offered to inmates in the US. I agree with the death of those who wrongly kill others.
When we look at the issue of capital punishment from an intellectual angel studies show that homicides decrease 37.5 % immediately after a publicized execution, the more publicity on the case the more homicides decrease. However this effect is short-term according to (David P. Philips) “The Deterrent Effects of Capital Punishment: New Evidence and Old Controversy”; this effect is drops the homicide rate for short period of time. And In this nation there a murder is committed every 32 minutes according to FBI statistics. So technically we need to enforce the death penalty even more then ever to save more lives. One less killer on the streets one less victim in the world. It's simple and has been practiced for hundreds of years .
Improving the death Penalty is what we need!
A Miscarriage of justice or what is known as wrongful execution. Is crime carried out by Uncle Sam himself? Yes our government has executed the wrong people for murder every government has. I’m completely against this yet Our legal systems can be wrong and unjust people who do commit murder can getaway (OJ) and people who do not commit murder can be executed wrongfully. A relevant case of miscarried justice in the states was Troy Davis. A man who executed by the state of Georgia he was seen innocent according to many. No murder weapon was ever found and more than 7 of the witness who said he was guilty admitted to lying after he was executed. Many people including the Pope and former president Jimmy Carter asked for this case to be reviewed. He was executed and his case was not reviewed. State government’s try their best to bring justice with the death penalty and when it comes to the innocent lives of people being executed "We was almost right" doesn’t cut it. The government is not insisting on murdering innocent people but there are flaws in our legal system and as a nation we can improve on this issue. State governments should review all aspects of each execution case prior to the execution. Everyone should have a chance to prove their innocence before death in the court of law.
No man or women that has taken an innocent soul should not have the right to breath the air that there victims couldn't. They should not have the right to live the days there victims couldn't. Living in this world is a privilege by its self even if your in a cage. No murder should have the right to live to tell his Sin.
Sources:
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/
(David P. Philips) “The Deterrent Effects of Capital Punishment: New Evidence and Old Controversy” JSTOR
Within the last 10 years there has been a growing concern on the issue of “Global Warming”. And while many politicians in America see this alarming issue as the greatest liberal hoax ever to be made. Many of us didn’t know what was going on until global warming came into the big picture screen. With movies like “The Day After Tomorrow” many of us then started realizing there is an issue.
In the last of century the earth temperature has risen much faster. Since the industrial revolution humans have been burning fossil fuels like oil and coal. According to NASA Scientists 1998 and 2005 have been the warmest year’s ever on record. More than 97% of scientists believe that man-made climate change is real and exists. In the earth history climate change would happen due to natural causes. , These natural causes are still in play today, but their influence is too small to explain the rapid warming of the earth atmosphere. Scientist’s see this issue as an urgent problem in the world today and governments across the world act drastically. Organizations like the IPCC (United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) and NASA have been dedicated to monitoring the earth’s climate change.
Government view on climate change:
In the beginning this issue was ignored. Some Republicans saw this as a liberal plan that was going to give government more rights to be involved in industrial organizations and business. Yet in the end the United States is started taking action slowly. The US state department has said “The United States is taking a leading role in addressing climate change by advancing an ever-expanding suite of measures.”
The United States has started many programs dedicated to climate change producing cleaner energy such as The Clean Energy-Environment State Partnership Program, Climate Leaders, Green Power Partnership and (CHP) Combined Heat and power all of these programs have been developed by the EPA Environmental Protection Agency to make a greener cooler earth. Even though these programs exist they cannot take action if the government does not cooperate and fund them. The current administration is trying to lead the way and is taking the issue very serious. Finding and investing renewable energy resources is the key to cleaner and cooler planet. The US is just needs to invest its war and nation building budgets in producing cleaner energy. The way I see it is we are bound to change our energy ways so why not make the future come quicker by investing in cleaner energy resource’s now by investing in Wind, Water, Solar, Geothermal and Biomass programs. It would cut dependency on foreign oil, and most importantly it would lead the way for many nations to the same.
"As we recover from this recession, the transition to clean energy has the potential to grow our economy and create millions of jobs - but only if we accelerate that transition. Only if we seize the moment." - President Barack Obama
The website publishes classified information that has changed the current political situation in the world today. The website has sparked major controversy across the world. Exposing many nations and their high racking officials the founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange has made his share of enemies. Julian Assange has good intentions he believes that the truth should be known about all those who do wrong.
WikiLeaks is positive tool for society it allows us to know more about our governments and those in high ranking positions. The more we know about our governments and our officials the better we are and the faster we can react to situations concerning our safety and human rights. On the other note this website does raise eyebrows when it comes to national security. Due to the fact all the information that is leaked is classified intelligence. WikiLeaks educates us on what’s really going on the world. The United States is not a big fan of WikiLeaks Due to the Information the Publishing website has leaked about the super power. The United States has tried to indict Julian Assange he states in the interview with 60 minutes “we are free press activists” he also states “The organization is supported by millions of people across the world”. He also tells the public that they have many unreleased files that more than a hundred thousand people have access to and if anything was to happen to him or his staff such as murder, imprisonment or if the organization feels threaten and cannot continue to publish then they would be forced to leak that valuable classified information to other publishing companies. WikiLeaks is showing the world the abuse and corruption of major government organizations. Exposing the mighty that thought they would never be exposed.
I agree with the actions of WikiLeaks for providing the public with sensitive information regarding governments and officials. I can also understand why the united states feels threaten by this organization it is putting the lives of American Armed forces at danger by showing all the wrong unjust actions that have been done in Iraq and Afghanistan. The US has done a bad job of hiding stuff during the wars such as Abhu-Grahib Prison Torture, Guantanamo, Black Water civilian shootings and now these files have been released adding more fuel to fire. Terrorist can use WikiLeaks files to confuse and corrupt young souls into thinking America is the enemy. What impact the people are not the actions of the soldiers, it’s the actions of the government trying to hide the information of this nature. The murder of thousands of Iraqi and Afghan civilians is now known thanks to WikiLeaks. War comes with civilian deaths it’s an external factor that cannot be controlled. However being one of the world’s most powerful nations we should lead by example when it comes to the rules of engagement. Thanks to the Bush administration the United States has changed the world drastically since 9/11. The United States has a reason to worry about WikiLeaks yet I see Julian Assange as an innocent man for the main reason that he’s just publishing the truth. If people in our governments and our armed forces are giving crucial information to publishing companies such as WikiLeaks then that is an internal problem the government should deal with. Julian Assange states that his stand on America is not Anti-American and that his founding values are those of the US revolution and our founding fathers. He also states that there are Americans who work for the organization. WikiLeaks has not just targeted the US but many other nations that are also doing unjust actions.
People see this organization as threat to many nations including our own. Yet what people fail to realize is how we can take advantage of this magnificent organization. In correcting and monitoring our government’s unjust actions. The government represents “we the people” so it’s in our best interest to know what our governments have been doing to other nations and how they are shaping the world we live in. Like they say the truth hurts so if you’re not ready for WikiLeaks then you cannot handle the truth.I support the freedom of speech !!
On September 11th many American lives were lost.The world as we know changed on from that day on especially for America.The tragic attack on innocent lives enraged the nation and its people. As a result of this attack the Bush administration announced a war on terrorism. The United States shortly after 911 attacked the nation of Afghanistan and over through the Islamist militant terrorist group that ruled the nation. The operation was called “Operation Enduring Freedom”. Two years later the US started a new war with Iraq and the Saddam Hussein Regime.Millions of American’s and others across the world protested against the war. The United States and Britten paid no mine and saw Saddam Hussein as dangerous threat.So in March of 2003, U.S.-led forces invaded Iraq and deposed the defiant leader. Saddam escaped capture, but after a nine-month manhunt, he was caught and hung by his neck. As a result the Iraq’s people who have been divided by many categories like tribe and religion have been unable to restore peace. With no iron fist ruling the nation the people of Iraq have founded it hard to trust each other and the new US led regime. The whole world was affected by the United States actions after 9/11.
A body of lies fed to the American people for a personal objective to be completed. This is our government today. US government took advantage of the public’s reaction to 9/11. We shifted the world against us politically.Hatred for the United States and western nations grew in the Middle East and predominantly Muslim nation. The Iraq war was unjust as you can see in the videos above our government has falsified the reason for war. Dictatorship is better than a civil war. Thousands of Americans and civilians have died in Iraq. The nation of Iraq has yet still not found peace. We can’t spend trillions on destroying nations and building them back up. We must look out for America’s interest these wars did benefits the United States financially, it did not reboot the economy. We spent over 3 trillion dollars on Iraq and Afghanistan while middle class families were becoming homeless. The benefits of these wars are uncertain and unclear. As the world’s super power we should be concerned with developing our nation and moving in the interest our people.
