Malaysian Mystery

                Search teams from around the globe have gathered in the surrounding seas of Malaysia to search for a missing Boeing 777 that has been missing for almost a week now. There has been no sign of the commercial airline in almost a week and there were no distress calls made of any trouble. Was there a mechanical emergency? Or was it more? As of right now nobody knows and this could take weeks to figure out what really happened.

                If the plane is found within a month of crashing officials will be able to find a black box that is withheld on the plane. This box is nearly indestructible and has all the information that investigators need to find out what exactly happened to the plane. The black box contains all of the voice calls, distress calls, and all of the talk between the pilots throughout the flight and would help bring this case to a close. The only problem with this is that the box with all of this information only keeps sending a signal for only one month and when that time is up, all of that info is lost forever.

                No matter what happened to the passenger plane people’s lives were at risk. Investigators need to do whatever possible to put an end to this and give friends and families of the passengers the good or bad news about the situation. And the sooner they can do this the sooner everybody will have closure about the situation.

                Terrorism is a possibility in the disappearance of the airplane. It was reported by Fox News that two passports were stolen from a Malaysian airport. This could have led to a hijacking and inevitably ended in the crashing of the plane. As of right now that is the only evidence that officials have been able to find. Almost two hundred and forty people were on the ship. Of those people there were thirteen different nationalities, three United States citizens, and two children on board. This is devastating to all the families and friends that are anxiously waiting to hear the fate of their loved ones. 

Ukraine Uprising

There has been a lot of speculation over the Ukraine crisis over in Eastern Europe. If Russia gains control of the troubled country of Ukraine, Europe might be in a bit of trouble. This entire situation will most likely not go through but if Russia has any say they will do anything in their power to obtain the rights to own Ukraine which will help spread the ideal of socialism. That is the last thing that the United States and the rest of Europe want to see.

                Ukraine has supposedly voted to join the country of Russia by a staggering 95% approval. This seems like a terrible idea because of all of the trouble Ukraine has had with Russia in the past. Russia is not going to help Ukraine in any way, shape, or form. The only reason Russia wants to get Ukraine in the first place is to gain more power and spread the policy of socialism to more countries in Eastern Europe. This is a very alarming move to the United States and for the United Nations. Not only will this threaten the spread of democracy but it will threaten the authority that the United States has in that region of the world.             

                Even if Ukraine does join Russia, it will not be recognized by the United Nations which makes up almost every nation in the world. President Obama and the White House Administration have rejected the vote. This does little to nothing at all but it just shows that the United States is not happy and disapproves of the entire situation.

                Now even though this is a very serious matter I do not think that there needs to any military action taken by the U.S. But even though I say this there will probably be some time in the future when we send some type of air raid or even troops to Russia. The thing that we need to learn is that nothing will change in that part of the world. Even if we overthrow President Putin, there will always be another person to take over that has the exact same ideals as Putin did. It is the exact same way in Europe as there is in the Middle East. Nothing is going to change and we need to realize that.

                Even though Ukraine is a troubled nation and needs to be helped, the United States needs to make sure that Russia does not become any more powerful. With more power comes more socialism which is the last thing that we need to deal with right now. Let another country like England or Spain deal with the issues in Russia. The United States has its own problems right now and this is just another setback that the U.S does not need now or ever. 

Soldier Cuts in the U.S Military

Secretary of State John Kerry has spoken lately about the United States Military and diplomatic plans for the future. First is to get out of Afghanistan and Iraq, second is to control the violence in Syria, and third is trying to keep Russia under control after “invading” Ukraine a week ago. The fourth provision might surprise some people and the plan now is to cut the number of troops to pre-World War II levels. With all the violence and conflict we are involved with, is this a good idea? Or could this just hurt our power and credibility even more?

            The United States has been the top world leader since the end of World War II and it is mostly because of our military. It was the United States who changed the outcome of World War I and World War II and it was because of our experience, resources, and size of our military. Cutting soldiers could be a grave danger to not only ourselves but to other countries that need our assistance around the world. I have always been against getting involved with conflicts that have nothing to do with us but if we are going to do it in the first place we better have a strong and big Army to fulfill the needs that is wanted by our allies. This could make us weaker in the long-run and make it harder for us to control areas that we want to control.

            Congress has also talked about cutting some spending from our military budget. Even though this might be a step in the right direction (because it would save us money) there are many other areas that should be cut before our military. Our Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines is what keep this nation safe and cutting spending is not the answer right now. We are not at peace with most of our conflicts and they are not going away anytime soon. We might be able to cutback in the future but now is not the time.

            With the Middle East still being in an unstable stage and Eastern Europe in riot, cutting back on spending will only make it worse for people living in those areas of the world. The United States is the world’s cop for a reason, it is because we can get the job done quickly and do it right the first time and all of that credit should be given to our military. Cutting back is not the answer and could just lead to more problems if it is put in place here in the next year or two.