Implications Post

If the United Nations does not solve their problems and get things straight, there might not ever be a world that can live peacefully. The United Nations needs to solve their long-lasting and unsolved problems or else they will fail. This website goes into great detail about these long-lasting problems. I believe that the United Nations has to lose the image that they are a Democratic Organization, so that they can experience success. If the United Nations does not change, they are destined to fail.

If the United Nations fails, we could all be in big trouble. With Nuclear Weapons being so rampant and rulers being crazier than ever before, I can foresee a nuclear war breaking out if no one intervenes. The United Nations would be a key asset in pushing world peace, instead of world war.

If the United Nations fails there will be no bridge that connects small countries and large countries. The only ties that nations will have with one another are military and economical ties. There will be no other similarities between the nations, and we will revert to a pre-World War I style of diplomacy, where the large nations rule the world. Being a United States citizen, it sounds good to me; but, there are other people in the world who don’t want to live by our rules. If the United Nations fails, terrorism will rise to an unprecedented height, wars will break out, and the Middle East will never become stable. All the work that the United Nations has done in Darfur will be for nothing. I seriously hope the United Nations resolves their problems and undergoes reform, if not we could all be paying the price soon.

Self Analysis (part 2)

When I analyze my writing on this blog, I see that it is not my best work that I have done in an English class setting. Most students would see this and be upset, worry that they will get a lower grade because of it. Through this blog, I realize that my imperfections in writing have added to my blog, given it personality. Sure, if there were so many mistakes that this blog was unreadable or my message was damaged, we would have a problem. I feel that through this blog, I have been able to be creative in an English environment on a topic that genuinely interests me. Instead of doing research to find information that supports my thesis, I read information and drew my assertions from there. I see that when I would write for English class, I would write in a linear form tying together information in hopes for and A. On this blog I am able to think big picture, and think in full circle. Analyzing the information, my views, and the views of my classmates. Sure, I came in with a relatively well defined belief system, and a political background that is pretty defined. Still, I was able to find new and relevant information that allowed me to see both sides of the argument. My position on the argument did not change all that much, I believe that currently the United Nations needs to be reformed because of the large amount of problems that surrounds them. Hopefully one day they will be the mediator that the World currently needs and will need then.

Annotated Links

http://www.un.org/en/

This is the United Nations webpage. Through this you can find a lot of information pertaining to the United Nations on this page (imagine that!). They put all of their news on the side and you can find lists of all current members of the Security Council on this page.

http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/

This is a page sponsored by the United Nations which shows all of the Global Issues the United Nations is currently working on fixing. On the right side of the screen there are the main issues (there are 10-15 there) and those are the ones that are most important. If you click on those, you can see what the United Nations is doing to fix some of those issues

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/ and http://www.foxnews.com/world/index.html

Both of these websites have bias, so you need to check them against each other to get the true story usually. However, they are very good resources to see what is going on in the world. In my opinion these are the two best websites to use for United Nations news, because they show both sides of the argument I have been talking about. They are, in my opinion, the two quickest and most up-to-date news website on the World Wide Web.

http://www.antiwar.com/stromberg/?articleid=740

This shows some of the lasting problems of the United Nations, and is also a very interesting read. I encourage my readers to skim over this and just grab some information. The first paragraph is my favorite because it says what I have been trying to say really well.

http://unworks.blogspot.com/

This is another blog here on blogger.com and it focuses on the good of the United Nations. The author seems to be pretty insightful and publishes some quality posts. This adds to the argument that the United Nations is worth keeping because it does some good in the world.

Personal Problem with the United Nations

One of my biggest problems with the United Nations is a personal problem, and by that I mean that are not many people who share this same ideal with me. If I were to establish a peacekeeping moderator like the United Nations, I would not want the same 5 countries running it all the time. Especially when many of the countries have different core value systems that make these negotiations almost impossible. For instance, when the Security Council was first establish there was almost a dichotomy between the United States and the USSR. The United States was a Democracy, valued the individual, pushed for peace, and did not want to use the Nuclear Bomb again. The USSR was a Communist Dictatorship (that killed almost twice as many people under Stalin than Germany did under Hitler), did not believe in individualism, wanted to spread Communism by invading the surrounding nations, and was working on acquiring a Nuclear Weapon. Shouldn't something have been done then? Of course nothing good is going to come when you have 5 countries running an agency, and 2 of which hate each others guts! Why doesn't the United Nations ditch this whole idea of having nations running the United Nations and instead try as hard as possible to get non-partisan people from each nation running it. Hopefully this way world politics can stay out as much as possible. Instead of having Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State for the Obama administration represent the United States in the United Nations, why doesn't the United States vote in their representative? Other countries can do the same. It would be a direct democracy going into the United Nations and the people voted in would have less ties to the leaders of the Countries they are representing. This way they can think more clearly and opened minded, which would hopefully lead to a better world.

Blogs I Read

American and Iranian Relations

I find this blog really interesting because the author not only covers modern day problems between American and Iran, but also provides the historical knowledge that goes along with it. Some of the information that I cover on my blog is also covered on this blog as well. It allows me to see a different point of view on information that I was/am writing on. If you want to learn about the voting "scandal" or anything else, you should check out this blog.

http://americanforeignpoliciesandiran.blogspot.com/

The impact of Superweapons

I find this blog interesting because both superweapons and superdefense is covered. The author shows how the two actually go hand in hand with each other. Information is covered from Star Wars (the movies) to "Star Wars" (the Reagan administrations SDI attempt). There are posts of Weapon of the Week and other things to keep the reader interested. I have learned a lot about new technological advances in warfare that could come about in the next few years. Anyone who likes technology, warfare, or learning in general should spend a couple minutes on this blog.

http://supertechblogger.blogspot.com/

Battles between Race and Healthcare

Personally, I appose the new proposed healthcare bills that are running through the House and Senate in Washington right now. However, I did not think it to be a racial issue. Through this blog, I have seen that there are some racial tensions tied to this bill. A large amount of the people who would receive help from this bill are African Americans, and the proposed cuts from Social Security would affect the older generation that lived through the Civil Rights Movement. While these battles with racism may be subconscious, they are still there. Still, I appose the healthcare bill, but I see where the author draws the notion that some could be basing their support or dissent on racism.

http://battleswithrace.blogspot.com/

United Nations in Darfur

The United Nations mission in Darfur is one of the largest missions worldwide, if not the largest. The mission is called African Union: United Nations mission in Darfur. It was started rather recently, in July of 2007. So far this mission has had a decent amount of success because the United Nations has joined forces of with the governments and militaries. This mission deals with both Social Issues and the HIV/AIDS issues. The United Nations estimates that there are over 1 million lives at stake in this civil war that is taking place in Darfur, and that is why it is one of their top priorities.

I think that when peace is wrought in Darfur, the United Nations should be seen as a more legitimate policy making bureau. This is only if a) Peace stays in Durfur for a long period of time and b) if the United Nations does this without the help of any large nation who will take the credit for it. Everyone agrees that something needs to be done about Darfur, and I assure you that the United Nations is doing all they can. Sometimes, this may not be good enough, be we can only hope in the long run that the United Nations work is good enough.

Self Analysis

When I decided to do my blog on the problems surrounding the United Nations, I was very much against the United Nations as a whole, and thought of them as a wasteful group because of all their unresolved problems. Still, I believed they are an organization worth saving, because of the values behind the organization as well as what they are capable of bringing about in our world. I believe that if the United Nations is able to help create a more peaceful environment in the world, they are a success. I believe that the United Nations will have to give up their Democratic ideals and realize that they are not a world government. I believe the United Nations will only be influential once they start to make policies that the large nations of the world will approve of. This does not mean the United Nations should start making policies that are one-sided and favor large nations, but instead provide incentives to both large nations and smaller nations.

When creating an argument that favors or opposes the United Nations, it is important to remember what issues are facing the United Nations at certain periods of time. The United Nations currently has a limited ability to act, therefore will only act on the most important issues. Also, with no major way of enforcing their resolutions, the United Nations is very limited in how much enforcing they can do.