Title: Blog on Mailer
Oil,is just one of the reasons Mailer gives for the Iraq war. This reason could have one of the worst effects on people locally around Middle Georgia. The rising cost of gas might just take us back to the days of horse and buggy. It could happen. We could even be flying mini saucers through the air to get to work on time in the near future. If course those saucers would probably use oil too.
If like Mailer said, “That once America occupies Iraq, it will also gain a chokehold on Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Middle East”, this might eventually lead to cheaper prices at the local Chevron gas station on Hwy.96. We as Middle Georgians are just as dependent on oil as the rest of the United States. Employees of the base, or any place in Warner Robins, must get to work somehow even if the employee does not drive their selves. Chances are that however, the local employee gets to work will somehow use oil. Mailer also goes on to say that, oil could never be an admitted reason for war (57). I agree. Oil as a reason far war seems to be a secret that most everyone knows.
Take a step into the yard of most people’s homes in Bonaire, GA this time of year and grass is generally, what you will step onto. That grass has to mowed. The lawnmower we use to cut the grass, you guessed it uses oil also. Even though we have perfectly good scissors in the house, it’s just more convenient to use the oil consuming lawnmowers. If the nation runs out of oil soon people could be out covering the grass with concrete or cutting it with oversized scissors.
Whatever the future holds in one respect I can see how our country could benefit from the war because of the need for oil in the United States. However, there is a need for independence away from oil. Learning to do day to day activities energy efficiently could benefit the country far more than the Iraq war. Its just a thought but it couldn’t be that difficult to the store and it could even help with the weight problem in the U.S..
Monday, March 19, 2007
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
A Reason For War
Title: Blog on Mailer
There were several arguments I wanted to express my opinion about while reading the book, Why Are We at War. I found reading this book was difficult because Mr. Mailer often had far different opinions than mine. I feel strongly about some of the dicussions mention by the author especially terrorism.
In the appendix, Norman Mailer explained how he believes if the war continues over the next decade it could be in one respect worse, than any other conflict we as a country have every known. The one reason Mailer gives for this, is that we do not really know what we are fighting for. Terrorism to Mailer is not enough. I do not mean the author any disrespect, I just do not agree. However, I don't understand if when he mention the above wether or not it was toward his feelings for the president or not. In the beggining of the book it was almost like Mailer was defending terrorism and Dotson Rader was for sure defending it. Here is my take on it.
I believe that most of our country does believe that terrorism is enough to fight for. It could eventually mean our loss of freedom if control is not gained. It all goes back to a former argument I made in an earlier blog, if we let terrorist feel like they can take advantage, they will. It would more than likely mean more destruction than we have seen done to the United States. I can’t speak for everyone but I do not want to see another attack like the one on the towers. Dotson Rader agreed with me but not for the same reasons.
Even if terrorism was not enough it is clearly not all we are fighting for. Some innocent people have been killed and not just by our soldiers but by their own people. People who believe it is ok to kill someone just because they look at you the wrong way. I feel that it is obvious that we are trying to establish structure for the nation of Iraq, with a government that does not feel it is ok to kill their own people for just anything. After all aren't all people important even if their not important?
I hope that one day we can become true allies with the Iraq people. Not all of the people in that country are terrorist who are out to harm us, and often time they are happy to see Americans. This makes it all the more obvious why we are there, to help others. These people have never known the freedom that we so often take for granted. This is the true reason I believe we are at war.
There were several arguments I wanted to express my opinion about while reading the book, Why Are We at War. I found reading this book was difficult because Mr. Mailer often had far different opinions than mine. I feel strongly about some of the dicussions mention by the author especially terrorism.
In the appendix, Norman Mailer explained how he believes if the war continues over the next decade it could be in one respect worse, than any other conflict we as a country have every known. The one reason Mailer gives for this, is that we do not really know what we are fighting for. Terrorism to Mailer is not enough. I do not mean the author any disrespect, I just do not agree. However, I don't understand if when he mention the above wether or not it was toward his feelings for the president or not. In the beggining of the book it was almost like Mailer was defending terrorism and Dotson Rader was for sure defending it. Here is my take on it.
I believe that most of our country does believe that terrorism is enough to fight for. It could eventually mean our loss of freedom if control is not gained. It all goes back to a former argument I made in an earlier blog, if we let terrorist feel like they can take advantage, they will. It would more than likely mean more destruction than we have seen done to the United States. I can’t speak for everyone but I do not want to see another attack like the one on the towers. Dotson Rader agreed with me but not for the same reasons.
Even if terrorism was not enough it is clearly not all we are fighting for. Some innocent people have been killed and not just by our soldiers but by their own people. People who believe it is ok to kill someone just because they look at you the wrong way. I feel that it is obvious that we are trying to establish structure for the nation of Iraq, with a government that does not feel it is ok to kill their own people for just anything. After all aren't all people important even if their not important?
I hope that one day we can become true allies with the Iraq people. Not all of the people in that country are terrorist who are out to harm us, and often time they are happy to see Americans. This makes it all the more obvious why we are there, to help others. These people have never known the freedom that we so often take for granted. This is the true reason I believe we are at war.
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