Nuclear War or World War 3?

There have been many reports of wars and rumors of war from media outlets and many other agencies from the US government because of the ongoing threat of North Korea possesses to the United States and its neighbors in the region. North Korea came into existence from the ashes of the Korean War, after the defeat of Imperial Japan in WW2 Japan had to give up all of its conquered territories and colonies, the Soviet Red Army north of the 38th parallel took over the north and the United States Army south of the 38th parallel took over the south.

North and South Korea never signed a peace treaty and are technically still at war with each other but have had a cease fire since the Korean War ended more than 60 years ago, North Korea has been ruled by the Kim Family since the founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in 1948 and is a one man dictatorship and one of the world's last remaining hardline communist countries. South Korea was under American occupation until South Koreans held elections in 1948 becoming the Republic of Korea (ROK) being fascist and nationalistic and fanatically anticommunist ruled by a series of military strongmen until the assassination of General Park in 1979 and following the gradual democratization of South Korea.

North Korea has the world's fourth standing at 2 million and is a confirmed nuclear power and their leaders are fanatical and extremists and its people living in poverty where national life is surrounded by the cult of personality centered around the Kim Family. The Donald Trump administration has taken a hardline stance on North Korea and has repeated many times that North Korea will face the "Armed and Military might of the United States Armed Forces" and North Korea has threatened to "Turn Seoul into a Lake of Fire" and has tested missiles close to Japan and has the capacity to bomb Alaska, Hawaii, Guam and other important allies in the region.   

If worst case scenario there is war South Korea will be the first to have major losses being right in the middle of the conflict and causalities would be in the millions, China would have a major humanitarian crisis with massive exodus of refugees fleeing across its borders and causing instability in the northeast part of the country, Japan would have cities destroyed and mass lost of life from nuclear attacks and the United States would lose half of its military due to the suicidal and fanatically North Korean Army.

In my opinion the United States needs to be very careful on dealing with North Korea, North Korea is the closest enemy within striking distance of the Pacific Coast of the United States and they have leaders that don't care to bring Armageddon and destroy the world as we know it. The United States needs to use China to get North Korea to back down and to take it easy and offer some kind of economic incentive in exchange to disarm and stop its nuclear ambitions before it gets out of hand, because God Forbid if there is another world war its a war where nobody will win.

Genocide or Armed Uprising? The Armenian Genocide Question: Fact or Fiction?

Reparations or Fabrication? The Armenian Question 

The Ottoman Empire was one of the largest and longest lasting empires in the history of the world. Asiatic Turkic tribes from Central Asia migrated to Asia Minor which is modern day Turkey and conquered Constantinople in 1453 lasted for six centuries until the end of World War I at its height the Ottoman Empire was in three continents Asia, Africa and Europe.

The Armenian people are a Indo-European people from the Caucus region and at one time inhabited Asia Minor. Their language and culture is unique and their language Armenian is considered a isolated language. Armenians are considered the first country in the world to officially adopt Christianity as their national religion, and throughout their history they have been persecuted by more dominant countries and they have fiercely fought off the Islamic invasions and have been able to maintain a strong Christian identity for centuries.

During the Crimean War Turkey and Russia fought each for control of the Balkans and in the Black Sea and Russia saw itself as a protector of Orthodox Christians in the territories of the Ottoman Empire. European imperialism brought gradual decline of the Ottoman Empire and many territories gained independence or were taken over by European powers.

The Armenians have tried many times to gain independence but have been largely unsuccessful due to their small numbers and not having arms and outside support. During the late 1890s Russian Imperialist ambitions turned towards the declining Ottoman Empire and its desire to annex land into the Russian Empire caused the Russians to seek out Armenian assistance in order to lead a armed resistance and promising a independent Armenia out of parts of eastern Asian Minor.

During the outbreak of World War I the Ottoman Empire sided with the Central Powers and declared war on the Allies and in turn Russia declared war on the Ottoman Empire the Turks were fighting the Russians and many Armenians crossed over into the Russian side and fearing more assaults from the Russians on the eastern front the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed VI ordered the entire Armenian populations from Asia Minor and Caucus regions into the deserts of Syria in order to avoid more civil unrest.

The Armenian Lobbyists and their Allies want to equate the Armenian Massacres of WWI to the Jewish Holocaust of WWII by Nazi Germany and to demand reparations and to force the Turkish government in recognizing the Armenian Massacres as Genocide. What qualifies as Genocide is state sponsored mass killings based on religion, race or an ethnic group.

The Armenian Massacres or the Armenian Genocide as the Armenian Lobbyists and their Allies call it don't qualify as a Genocide because of several things: 1. The Armenians took up arms and were supported by the Russian government to destabilize and overthrow the Sultan, 2. Armenian guerilla groups pillaged and attacked Turkish towns and villages were civilians lived in order to take territory for Russia, 3. If what happened to the Jews of Germany happened to the Armenians of Turkey why did the Ottoman Officials only punished the Armenians that were disloyal but left alone the other Armenians that didn't rebel.

The events of 1915 were very tragic and sad but it doesn't classify as Genocide and what most people don't know is that both sides were killing each other, Armenians killing Turks and Turks killing Armenians and vice versa its just the nature of war. But in order for dialogue and closure can be addressed there needs to be open discussion and not demonize the other side. And not allowing freedom of thought and freedom of opinion on the issue is no different than demonizing and criminalizing the denial of the Holocaust and to discuss the possible inflated accounts  of how many people have died.  

Freedom of Speech and Difference of Opinion goes both ways and both sides need to be heard and allowed to discuss things that many people will not agree on no matter how horrible or controversial they may be, people need to be shown all the facts and use critical thinking before making their own decisions on what is truth and what is false.

  

Racial Hatred And Police Brutilaty

Racial Hatred and Out of Control Police: Where does it stop?

A few days ago in the city of Anaheim, California a group of kids were walking home from school and one of them a girl was walking on the lawn of someone's property and the owner of the house came out and used a expletive towards the young girl and one of the boys came to her defense and told her not to disrespect her like that and the man grabbed the boy and the there was a altercation and the man pulled out a gun and fired on the ground luckily the nobody got hurt.

I know that there are kids that do and say things they shouldn't but from what I saw in the video the cop was in the wrong. He didn't say he was a police officer and he didn't show his badge and he didn't have to fire his gun at the kids. They were not immediate threat to his person and it could have been handled differently.

And when the police came instead of the man being arrested the boy was taken into custody and the other kids were arrested as well. But this has to stop we are becoming a nation were the rule of law no longer exists and people resorting to the law of the gun to resolve disputes and in many cases it becomes lethal.

What most people don't understand is when someone is not dressed in uniform people assume they were civilians and will not believe them unless they show some form of identification which the officer failed to do and its a natural reaction to want to get away from someone that is trying to take you away to God knows where.

What is more disturbing is the fact that many people are in defense of the cop saying he was justified and many people were even saying that the boy got what he deserved and in some cases many others have said he should have been shot like an animal. It was very hateful and ugly the rhetoric and hatred towards a child regardless what he said or did the boy was a minor and the adult should have known better and used better judgement.

Imperialism in the 21st Century: America, China, Russia, Iran

The New Clash of Civilizations: Neo-Imperialism of the 21 Century

The last century was the last century of Empires and Colonial rule that the great powers had over the world and many of the great powers became socialist and gave Independence to their overseas colonies and many of those countries became part of the European Union and the Soviet Union ceased to exist and broke up into 15 independent countries; The Baltic Republics, Central Asia and The Caucasus Region. 

America was the only world power left in the world after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the only country left unchallenged for more than a decade until September 11, 2001 and that created a power vacuum and the United States was at war with Radical Islam and Al-Qaida and it caused Russia, China and Iran to start with their own form of imperialism in their own right and competing for influence and hegemony  around the world and in within their political borders. 

China: The Dragon of the East

The Chinese Empire is one of the oldest civilizations in the world and it was at one point one of the most advanced in the ancient world. Chinese culture, government, ethics, religion and language spread to East Asia particularly influencing Japan and Korea. China was the dominant power for more than 2,000 years and many countries had to pay tribute to the Chinese Emperor and be under the sphere of influence and the Chinese Empire remained unchallenged until the arrival of the Europeans who were interested in trade with the Chinese Emperor. 

The Chinese saw the Europeans particularly the British with suspicion and they closed all trade with the Europeans and that led to war with the British over Opium and losing the port of Hong Kong to Britian. Little by little the great powers were taking over territories and demanding that China open its ports for settlement and trade causing the Chinese lose power and becoming weaken. 

There was interval strife within the country with traditionalists wanting to stay the same with no reforms and with reformers that wanted to modernize and westernize the country. The failed revolution of the Boxer Rebellion eventually led to the eventual overthrow of the Qing Dynasty, following the Chinese Civil War and the Communist victory and the gradual liberalization and opening the country for economic and political reform. 

The Chinese economy is the number one economy in the world after the United States and Japan and their currency the Yuan is the fifth most trade currency in the world and now the Chinese want to exercise their influence not only in trade but also in military and political might within its borders and they want to spread their own form of imperialism and influence in East Asia and the world and they are the world's largest military in the world per capita. 

Russia: The Bear of Europe 

 Russia has been a country and a people that have been always proud and unpredictable in the way they behave and the way they are towards smaller countries and the surrounding countries it borders. Russia started as a small city state of Kievan Rus and adopting Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire and gradually over time expanding its territory from Moscow to Europe, The Caucasus Region, Central Asia and all the way to the Far East and parts of North America. 

For centuries Russia was ruled by Czars that ruled as autocratic rulers over millions of peasants and was more concerned in extending its influence in Europe and the many parts of the world where their borders touched. Russia saw itself as a protecting power of the Orthodox Christians that lived in the Balkans and always had clashes with the Ottoman Empire over the treatment and occupation of Christian lands by Muslims. 

Russia's entry into World War I bought the collapse of the Russian Empire and the Monarchy and the Czar was deposed and Russia became the world's first communist state in the world and became the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was the other superpower that was a challenge to the United States after the second world war and a threat to world peace and security because of the Soviets exporting of armed revolution throughout the world and the instability in the Soviet Union and the communist bloc. 

When the Soviet Union disintegrated and ceased to exist and broke up into 15 independent countries there was a period of civil and economic chaos in Russia and the country had to deal with the high unemployment and political corruption with the privatization of the economic sector and moving away from a planned economy to a market economy. 

Russia today under Vladmir Putin wants to resurrect the Russian Empire and wants to bring back Russians their glory and power that they once had under the Soviet Union but with a different approach using state sponsored fascism and the Russian Orthodox as the symbol of Russian Identity and pride and they want to go back into a imperialist power with the former Soviet Republics and with continental Europe at its door step with the control of natural gas and oil.  

Iran: Persepolis Wants to Create a True Persian Gulf 

Iran or Persia as it was once known back in ancient times was a world power that was a united power along with the ancient Medes and they overthrew and conquered the Babylon Empire and were very tolerant towards other religions and minorities in the countries they occupied. The Persians were eventually overthrown by the Greek Empire and the Persian empire came to an end. 

During the advent of Islam invading Arab armies conquered most of the near east and Islamized the native populations they took over and Iran was conquered by the Arabs and they forcibly converted to Islam but they were able to maintain their Persian culture and language and not fully assimilating into Arab culture. After the schism between Sunni and Shia Islam, Shiites became dominant in Iran and have been the majority of the population since.

For most of their history Persians have been able to maintain complete Independence not only from the Arabs but also from European colonialism and the Ottoman Empire and during the 19th and early 20th centuries Persian Independence was recognized by Britain and Russia and Persia appointed a new Shah (King) that took steps to modernize and westernize the country and the name was changed to Iran. 

After the 1979 Islamic Revolution that deposed the pro-western government, Iran became a theocracy and established a regime that wants to control national life though oppression and enforcing strict Islamic law as interpreted by the Mullahs. Iran is a regional power in the Middle East that can challenge US and Israeli dominance in the region and because of different denomination of Islam the Arabs fear of Persian influence and power in regional affairs and Persian ambitions to make the Persian Gulf a truly Persian Gulf controlled by Persians not Arabs. 

America: A Declining Power and a Divided Nation

For the last 100 years the United States of America was the world's largest democracy and the world's only true superpower after the second world war and the fall of the Soviet Union and the fall of Communism. America became a independent nation through armed revolution and its opposition to being taxed and controlled by the British crown. 

The country formed from its humble beginnings of 13 original colonies to becoming the country it is today, the country expanded west by purchasing land from the French and taking over tribal lands from the Native Indians through wars and forceful take overs and unfair treaties. The importation of African Slaves and the civil war that broke between the North and South further caused more polarization of the country through race and religion and culture. 

The 20th century proved to be a time to show that America can complete with the European Colonial powers by newly acquiring the remnants of the declining Spanish Empire, sending its soldiers throughout the region and securing its hegemony and having the other nations under its sphere of influence. 

With American power and interests focused abroad in fighting the spread of communism within its borders the country was decaying and bleeding, the civil rights and nationalist movements among African Americans, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans and Women put America against itself and against its people. The US government has been more focus on being a superpower than to look after its people and that is causing for militia and far-right and right-wing groups to grow and people are separating themselves by race and by region and many people don't realize that each state is like its own autonomous entity with its own culture and politics. 

In order for the United States to save itself from economic and political collapse like Soviet Union, the country needs to reexamine itself and make reforms and fix the infrastructure and the system which has been abandoned for decades and to make amends and reparations to its minorities and deal with its racist past and put an end to fascism segments within the government and in many parts of the country and to combat home grown and domestic terrorists and to make sure everyone has access to opportunities or else there will be civil war and it will be the last.  

 

 

Processed Foods: What We Eat is Destorying Us

Process Foods: Affordable Meals or a Deadly Killer?

We have heard the saying we are what we eat its not any closer from the truth. People are so busy working and making a living that many people choose something that is cheap over something that is healthy simply because its more expensive. Many people don't know that the reason behind why processed foods are much cheaper than organic and Non-GMO foods is because the government heavily subsidizes foods that are not healthy over foods that are healthy. 

America has no restrictions when it comes to additives and preservatives being put in our foods and its these additives and preservatives that are causing people to get sick and many get cancer because of the chemicals that are being put into our food supply and unfortunately people are so focused surviving and to make something quick they are jeopardizing their family's health and their own health. 

It really bothers me how the government allows companies to put so many preservatives into our food and not warn us about the health issues it can cause to people. For example Europe and Canada and most of the world if you read the ingredients they don't have the additives as we do here. For example Coke in Mexico is made with cane sugar not with high fructose or high corn syrup and chocolate from Sweden doesn't have emulsifiers or alkali as in American chocolate. 

The people need to read and be careful what they consume and eat because in the long run it will save you from getting sick and getting cancer in the future and we have to make wise choices and read the labels in what we will eat.

 

Elderly People in The USA: An Aging society and country.

Taking care of the Elderly, A major social problem. 

America has a lot of social issues that it addresses: Drug Addict, Disenfranchised Youth, Poverty, Illegal Immigration, Jobs, Crime etc. but no one seems to mention about the Elderly? 

The Baby Boomers born during and after World War II are the generation that has lived through the golden age of America where jobs where created and everyone had work and they had more options and choices than ever before but today they are seen as a burden because for one they are living longer and they are increasing in population they represent 14.5% of the US population and will increase to 98 million people by the year 2060. 

The cost of nursing homes and health care services are going up every year and so is the cost of prescription drugs and many senior citizens are left alone causing them to commit suicide or ending homeless simply because they don't have anyone to look after them in their old age because their children need to work and make a living and many seniors that are in poverty cannot even cover their basic expenses and many have to work in their old age which many can't even live in dignity while retired. 

Our government and our society needs to address the growing population of elderly people and must do something to make costs of health care services and retirement homes to be low or affordable because its placing a burden on the next generation of workers that are fitting the bill and many themselves worry if they will have enough to retire in dignity and with a living pension that will cover all their basic necessities and not be at the mercy of the government or others. 

The Wall: Will It Resolve The Issue of Illegal Immigration or Lead to Civil War in Mexico

The Trump Wall 

Its official that President-Elect Donald Trump will keep his promise of building the wall along the US-Mexican Border and it will cause billions to make and President Trump has said that Mexico will pay for the construction of the wall to keep illegal immigrants and drugs out of America, but will it be effective? or will bring more problems? 

The United States has been fed up with the flow of illegal immigration from Mexico and the Mexican government's refusal to curb the tide of people sneaking into the United States has prompted President-Elect Trump approve the construction of the wall and many people in the United both worry both Liberals and Conservatives what the consequences can come from sealing the border shut completely. 

Mexico is the only country in Latin America that hasn't had a people's revolution since 1911 when Dictator  Porfirio Díaz was ousted and exiled to France. Mexico is one of the most corrupted countries in the world where millions of people survive on less than $2 a dollar while being very rich in natural resources and the small White minority that rules with a iron fist over a majority Mestizo nation. 

The Mexican government has always had the borders open to dump its poor and its people on the other side of the border because it helps to keep the people from rising up because they always have somewhere to go and if Trump is successful in building the wall and completely shutting the flow people out of the country and the people don't have no where else to go and cause Mexico to become unstable and can lead to civil war in Mexico and that is what the Mexican government doesn't want is a people's revolution where they know that will lose. 

The Trump can lead to both economic disasters on both sides of the borders and could lead to diplomatic relations being broken off, the prices of food and basic commodities going up and more hostilities towards Mexican-Americans and more Anti-Hispanic sentiment than there already is. 

If Mexico were to collapse and become a failed state it will create a humanitarian crisis and a economic disaster that will take decades to recover, however if Mexico were to make reforms like in China, Eastern Europe, Russia and Former Soviet Union and Vietnam there would be more stability and more opportunities for its citizens there wouldn't be this mess in Mexico. But time will tell and we will see what happens.