It has been a few days...
Not a whole lot has happened. The Japanese situation is pretty severe and it is unclear how devastating the effects of this nuclear leak will be. It is unbelievable that so many have died. It is shocking with the technological capability of the Japanese that more warnings were not given and people didn't evacuate more inland. I feel that the United States is still ill equipped to dealing with a possible tsunami. I think nuclear power has some benefits, but the problem is that when something goes wrong the effects could be catastrophic. With oil there can be leaks that can be cleaned up, but a nuclear meltdown can cause great damage. America should continue to do everything it can to help them and to be quite honest our president should not be making NCAA picks and playing golf while all of these terrible world events are happening. When you take the oath to become president it should be a full time job. That's just my opinion.
I still can't believe what is going on with Libya. I am embarrassed at the leadership of this country. I've read a lot of comments about "minding our own business". I agree that Iraq and to a large extent Afghanistan have been complete disasters, but those saying never sending troops anywhere are dead wrong. Our country cannot stick its head in the sand every time. The people of Libya may appreciate us helping. We should not do this alone and the Arab League and the EU should go along. Gadhafi continues to attack and kill rebels using tanks and air attacks. We seem to be sitting around doing nothing. I am not a big believer in using force to solve problems, but it is obvious we should be doing things to help the people of Libya and prevent this carnage. I think the leadership in this country is dreadful right now. I think Bush was a terrible president, but what I am seeing right now is not much better. You can't sit back and let a dictator murder people like this. Something is terribly wrong about it.
That is all for today
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