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American troops were sent a while ago

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:02:20 -0400

I know that people have already started to get over this subject. This is just incredible how easy it is to forget and not notice what is happening all over the world. Due to the area in which we are born we do not think about what happens around us. I listen to the news on the way to school every morning and I still feel as if I have no idea what is actually happening around the world. As said in the video, troops were sent a while ago and this is a news article by ABCnews saying that Obama signed a Recovery Act to oppose Kony’s actions in MAY of 2010. I just wish we did not take our lives for such granted. I am more a participant in this than most and one must blame he or herself for this but I can say that this mentality is too present in our specific society.

someone had to post.

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:07:24 -0500

someone had to post.:

Interesting how one video can create a whole social movement.Tragedy has a way of provoking and I gues s we all need to be more aware of the tragedy in this world. Even if this situation ha s existed for several decades I still respect the pas sion evoked by everyone around and I think it is a start. What are your thoughts on the subject?

Conflit Ex-Yougoslavie

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:04:34 -0500

Le conflit Yougoslavie commence en 1980 avec la mort de Tito, le président de la république fédérale Yougoslave. La Yougoslavie commence à divisé complètement. Avec une crise économique, et les désirs pour indépendance de ses États les conflits intérieurs agrandisse. Pendant cette période de conflit la Yougoslavie était dirigé par le parti communiste mais son autorité et son territoire diminuait à cause de ces pays nationaliste qui poussaient pour leur indépendance.

La première demande pour l’indépendance est faite par la Slovénie. Le 23 décembre 1990 elle organise un référendum pour leur séparation de la fédération et le vote « oui » emporte à plus de 80%. Le siège du pouvoir centrale de Yougoslavie (communisme) était à Ljubljana et cette politique communiste réagissent mal envers cette information. Ils voulaient garder Slovénie pour avoir l’idée de stabilité en Yougoslavie. La Slovénie était dans une place très stratégique entre l’Autriche et l’Italie, c’était un porte à l’Occident. De plus, leur économie marcher le mieux parmi tout les autres membres de la fédération.

La Yougoslavie porter un armée divisé en deux plans différents : la JNA du politique intérieur et les armée de chaque républiques de la fédération. Alors, la Slovénie prend les actions nécessaires pour confronter cette situation à Belgrade. Ils ont reçu des armes de l’étranger et à cause de la différence en matérielle et en nombre l’armée Slovène prend que des mesures stratégiques et défensive contre la JNA. Pour des raisons politiques, la JNA ne savait pas si elle devrait utiliser la force ou non. Si la politique attaqué alors elle sera vu comme un agresseur au point de vu internationale. Mais l’armée slovène commencer à prendre du territoire comme l’aéroport de Brnik qui contrôler l’aviation de Ljubljana. Les slovènes essayent de prendre des positions stratégiques pour se munir et potentiellement faire une attaque sur la JNA. Mais la JNA est bien équipé avec des sources de communication placer sur tout le territoire qui a laisser la JNA reprendre du territoire rapidement. La JNA reprend l’aéroport mais le gouvernement slovène (la Slovénie déclare leur indépendance le 25 Juin 1991, 1 jour avant leur premier mouvement stratégique pour confronter le JNA) décide d’utiliser la force et donne un ultimatum à Belgrade pour avertir la JNA/politique de Ljubljana qu’elle doit arrêter le survol de son territoire. Ceci n’est pas respecter par la JNA et donc les bases yougoslaves, en territoire slovènes, sont encerclées et 2 hélicoptères au dessous Ljubljana sont détruits. Toujours gardant ses positions, la JNA bombarde certaines postes slovènes mais elle rencontre un événement qui change tout; les soldats slovènes de la JNA partent pour joindre l’armée slovène. Les forces slovènes reprennent l’aéroport et certaines troupes de soldats yougoslaves commencent à se rendre. De plus en plus, les soldats Yougoslaves se rendent et le 2 juillet un cessez-feu est demandé par Ljubljana. Le cessez-feu est accepté par la JNA et elle se retire, laissant les forces slovènes prendre le contrôle. Le 7 juillet, les accords de Brioni finissent les hostilités et crée la reconnaissance de l’État slovène. Cette indépendance va entrainer l’indépendance de Croatie et comme l’effet « domino » la Yougoslavie va se dispersé en plusieurs pays indépendante en 2006.

The Last King of Scotland.

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:03:47 -0500

The Last King of Scotland is a truly amazing movie about the war and conflicts in Uganda at the time of military leader Amin. The tale told by the movie is that of the coming to power of dictator Amin. We observe the events taken place at the time of his ruling the first person view of an outside character, Dr. Nichola Garrigan, who starts off as a volunteer doctor for a medical clinic in Uganda and is then hired to be Amin’s aid after having created a certain person connection with him. At the beginning of the movie we see Amin as powerful generous character but through the movie one sees a completely contradictory side of this leader. This movie really portrays the certain sorrow of what had taken place at the time the movie presents. Milton Obote, the political leader who was overthrown by the coup d’état Amin executed, had created Ugandan independence from the clutches of British colonialism. Amin overthrows this government to create a dictatorship full of murder, corruption and xenophobia. It depicts the horror of what happened during this period, how serious, how real, all of what we (students) learn is. At the end of the movie it indicates that during this dictatorship there were over 300000 Ugandan murders. This is a very dramatic and intense movie that really helps you understand the situations of “Third-World Countries”.

Mitt Romney wins.

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:11:14 -0500

The History of Athletics.

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:14:12 -0500

The History of Athletics.:

The Green Party strongly opposes a military attack on Iran

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:56:08 -0500

The Green Party strongly opposes a military attack on Iran:

I wish things could actually be like this.

La Vie des Autres, la fin de la Guerre Froide.

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:07:28 -0500

La Vie des Autres, la fin de la Guerre Froide.:

This movie illustrates the hardship of being in Berlin at the time of the cold war. With the Stasi overruling the East side of Berlin there was a strict security throughout this side of Berlin. Through this movie we see the widespread terror evoked through this State Security and really how strict this politic was. Whoever and whenever someone was seen as disloyal or as slightly rebellious they were arrested and severely questioned during this time. This movie is mainly centered around the artist Georg Dreyman and how simply because the Stasi has acquired a bad vibe about him they set up an intense and rigorous supervision system within his house without his knowing to spy on him and hopefully arrest him for some kind of “wrong-doing”. This was not only a bad vibe but it was actually the doing of a man with high power wanting Georg Dreyman’s girlfriend and so if able to arrest him then she would have no choice but to be with him unless she wanted her acting privileges revoked. This idea that Georg Dreyman’s was simply being spied on for the sexual benefit of someone of high power in the GDR indicates the corruption within the Stasi. To conclude, we observe through this movie an intense depiction of what was going on in East Berlin at the time of the cold war. Not only was it ridiculously out of line but it was a very extreme situation. This movie also indicates that there were some that rebelled and tried to help even within the Stasi, maybe with severe consequences but there were still some that knew the wrongs within the system.

Is Europe as stable as we have learned?

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:20:47 -0500

Is Europe as stable as we have learned?:

The European Union is definitely one of the largest powers of the world with the other members of the Triade. This said though we can see that the United States are not the only ones in deep financial problems. We can maybe observe and so illustrate that the European Union itself is also in a large crisis concerning many of its’ members who are going into deep debt. This is all said but it seems that the European Union is trying to fix this problem, just like the United States with bailouts and maybe deepening the problem but they are trying something.

You do not have to read the whole article it is quite long.

Good Night and Good Luck, a criticism of the U.S. government's supervision.

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:59:14 -0500

Good Night and Good Luck, a criticism of the U.S. government's supervision.:

This film issues the debate between senator McCarthy and reporter Edward Murrow. Senator McCarthy tries to find and reject all supposed communists from the American Nation. He does so unjustly in several cases, being the argument of Mr. Murrow. This film is really interesting because it is placed in 1953, right after the World War II and right at the beginning of the Cold War. Even when there was no proof whether or not someone was communist if someone suspected you were in the least you were immediately convicted. This not only shows the tension between the East and West but it also shows that the East was not the only side making certain threats, the U.S. was hunting down all communists within their boundaries even if they did not follow the certain laws of communism but simply had some kind of connection to communism.

Video of groups finding random missiles in unsecured bases..

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:36:41 -0500

Video of groups finding random missiles in unsecured bases..

Simply rediculous

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:35:04 -0500

Simply rediculous:

In Libya there have been missiles discovered in different random places. We have become something else, are we not afraid to kill one another?

Une contradiction marant

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:11:52 -0500

Une contradiction marant:

This is a yahoo link about a group of millionaires who tried to beg the government to tax them more. This is interesting in context of our ideas about the recession. Why would the rich want to be taxed more when they already pay more than everyone? Isn’t it their investments that keep our economy going?

Thirteen days trailer, c’est sur le post juste avant mais...

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:05:16 -0500

Thirteen days trailer, c’est sur le post juste avant mais je ne sais pas si vous cliquerez dessus.

Thirteen days (movie)

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:03:56 -0500

Thirteen days (movie):

This is an incredible movie on the Cuban missile crisis that really demonstrates the political conflict and its effect on the U.S. population. I strongly suggest watching it, not only is it a very good take and an incredible movie but it also gives a pretty precise view on what had gone on during the time of the crisis.