Monday, February 9, 2015

Thoughts On Current Events

On my way to school something caught my attention.  


Putin's face was on every pole for at least a couple blocks. After a few blocks the signs were spread out a little more and Putin wasn't in your face the whole drive. 

Naturally, I was curious so I googled "Putin in Egypt 2015". Turns out Putin and I will be in the same city for two days. 

Now before I continue, I am not expert in anything other than High School Musical, so this will probably be the least intelligent piece ever written about politics. 

I don't know anything about Putin. The only reason I know he's a person is because I took a class on international politics right when the whole Edward Snowden thing happened in 2013. The only Putin related thing I've seen since is this picture:


I saw this on tumblr. As you can see Obama and others helping the queen down the stairs, and then there is Putin. 

I also know the US and Russia aren't exactly best friends. 

What I took away from the article I read is that this trip is basically just to piss off the US. Russia wants a relationship with Egypt. And Egypt wants to show that they don't need the US. "...they can look to China, and they can look to Russia." Also there's some sort of weapons deal, possibly. 

Back in my class in 2013, I was in a debate on whether or not the US should keep supporting Egypt. In my argument against the US supporting Egypt, one of my points was that Egypt didn't want our help. And now, I can tell I was right. 

People here don't like the US that much, or more specifically, Obama. Actually, most of my friends hate Obama because he supports Israel. 

I am a terrible global citizen and I barely know anything about… well, anything so I'm not going to comment on Israel or Russia or whatever. I personally think there are enough problems within the US that we should deal with before trying to solve any other country's problem without their consent, because sovereignty. One of my friends responded to this by saying the US is building alliances in case of war. 

But, what if we stop trying so hard to prepare for wars, and start using those resources to prevent wars?


You are awesome, learn something today. 

Byeeeeee

Corie. 



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