Mini Seminar

My favorite part of the discussion was talking about how king leopold  treated the Africans, like how he manupliated them. I also like the dicussion part about how leopold got the men over to the congo to do these terrible actions to the Africans. I still wonder why no one stood up and said that what was going on over there was not right. However, I did like the part of how we discussed of why people would not have done that.

I thought the book was good. However I got a little confused on who was who as I started to read in the chapters. On page 5 they talk about how the man were proud of there killing and they would go talk to newpapers about the killing they did, I am looking forward to see if any of those feelings about the killings change. I like the fact that the Europeans are called out for the crimes that they have done. I actually learned a lot from the chapter.

Why did the Eurpoeans feel the need to attack the slave trades?
why was there such hate against Africans?

I have learned more details about how the industrial revolution happened in Europe and how it affect many others. From CIA  Factbook I have learned a lot more about Pakistan and Afghanistan. I learned there population, dates of independence and how they were colonized. I also learned why the war in Iraq was officially called a war.
I would still like to learn more about how the pulling out of Iraq is going to work and rather it will happen or not. I would also like to know what happen after the year of 1914 with how Africa was run.
I would like to know if there was a vote to who was going to run each country that was split up by the government.

Current Event: Obama end of Combat misson in Iraq

Jenn Wilson

Source: Obama Declares an End to Combat Mission in Iraq, Helene Cooper and Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, August 31 2010. 

Summary: Obama made a announcement that the US will be ending the war in Iraq, due to the fact that we have many domestic problems that need to be taking care of. Obama says his focus will be put on bad economy. He said he will help to rebuild a strong government, however he says it is up to the Iraqies to rebuild there government system. Obamas main reason for getting out of the war is the issues that are going on in the united states. Those issues will become the dominate issues for Obama. The republicans are not exactly happy with Obamas issues. The republicans feel like Obama is not giving the solider's enough credit for there work and hard dedication for our country. Obama repeats the amount of time the war has been going on in Iraq, which is 7 years and also repeats how much money we have spent, and according to republicans, he does not give the soliders enough credit. 

Analysis: The decision that Obama made about ending the war in Iraq affects many people. It could affect the families who have family members in the war or the economy. This is a war that has been going on for a long time, and to have it come to an end, unexpected things happen. This article is interesting because  of how this war started and the unknowing of what is going to happen now that the war is ending.  This article is something that should be known to everyone because of the history of it, and know what happen in the past, you will have an understand of why things are happenning the way they are because of what happen in the past. I think this article is something for everyone to be aware of, rather you are an Obama fan or not. To me, if someone picked up this article and did not know much about Obama, they may think that Obama does not have much respect for the soldiers, because even though he does thank them, he also complains alot about how much money was spent and how he does not agree with the war beginning in the first place. Everyone has different opinions about the war, everyone should be aware of what is going on in Iraq and now that we are not in the war anymore. This article could affect everyone, no matter what age because ending the war could possiably change the economy for everyone, wather its good or bad and could also affect the economy or how the Iraqies treat us in the future years.