I
am going to write my “stage six” blog in response to Noah Fleming’s blog post.
I picked his blog because it is quick to the point and easy to read. I agree
with some of what he wrote and disagree with other things he wrote. This paper
will contain both “editorial or commentary” and “reasoned criticism”.
He
stated, “Shouldn’t saving American lives be a higher priority instead of
maintaining a large global military.” He’s alluding to the idea that a large
global military doesn’t save lives here at home. In order to understand how
important maintaing a large military is to American interest you have to look
abroad. A lot of countries are very unstable and could quickly become a threat
to U.S. interest abroad.
On
the other hand, I do agree with changing the American immigration policy. I
look it that more as a human rights issue then any else. However, whenever the
author states, “We could spend the money we save from defending our borders.” I
think he’s suggesting a completely unprotected border and that’s a bad idea. If we had less border protection more drugs
would make it out of Mexico, and into the largest consumer of the Mexican drug
trade. All of the "extra" drug money would fuel even more violence in Mexico and
likely affect parts of South America.
That concludes my blog stage six.
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