Iran has already started its nuclear reactor. When the world leaders are talking about doing away with nuclear weapons more and more countries are jumping on the band wagon to harness nuclear power. Some might say that is being used to power our homes and factories. Reality is that any country that uses it for energy ends up building nuclear weapons. Look at Pakistan or India, they do not seem to have the funds to do many things but do have the resources for nuclear technology.

What is the major problem that a country like Iran brings? It is recklessness and ignorance. The UN is the organization that is supposed to enforce laws and regulation on nuclear. So far what does it do? Simply put nothing. Iran itself does not have the military force or technology to safe guard the nuclear materials. It is going to be like Pakistan where terrorist groups could thrive and possibly have such weapons at their disposal.

Even after being pressured by the UN such projects are being completed. It just shows that the UN is powerless and possibly will not be able to bring about a world without nuclear weapons. Iran has already expressed its right to nuclear technology. Which I think it is alright as long it is for energy production. The President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has openly declared that Israel has to be annihilated. He has quoted from Quran and did state about using nuclear weapons as well. The evidence is clear cut and yet Iran has been allowed to have nuclear materials.

The issue here is the influence it can have on other countries. When Iran has been so persistent about what it wants than other countries might one day do the same too. North Korea is literally just waiting for the right time or the right ally. China itself is another nation which is capable of starting something. The only reason why such nations will ever do anything is when organizations like UN do not do something. You can negotiate to bring about a common understanding but you cannot give in when you know the risks involved.

Nuclear technology is a wonderful thing but considering the cons, it is better to find a solution to do away with it.

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We have heard it many times over and over again. China is spying on the United States of America. While this may not be much today, it can result in dire consequences in the future. While our government are scratching their heads thinking of what to do with them, we got an idea…

China is spying on the United States more than every before. That is what the site www.uscc.gov states. I also find it hard to believe that my nation would be out there trying to frame China as some would suggest. They often ask : Why would China only spy on America and not other countries? My answer would be : what makes you think that China spies only on USA?

The manner the Chinese do it is genius. They do not use agencies like we do. They do not have the FBI, CIA or other securities that are carrying out this operations; they use random kids! They let teens and young adults hack away the CIA on their own and then let them sell the secrets to the Chinese government! That I think is absolutely genius, in an evil sort of way!

Evil, because this is a method the Chinese can use to get unfair trade advantages with us. They do not need to spend billions of dollars worth of their taxpayers money to get the technology like we do. That jeopardizes our economy.

They can also hack and receive military secrets, something which is of a national security interest. While China may have a much smaller military budget, her areas of concern are small as compared to the US. Why do they need that much if they are only defending their borders? Why are they so concerned about our ships in the South China Sea, which is international waters? That is something that we Americans should view as a threat.

So what should we do about it? Well, we have thought about this and we came up with something very simple : Lets copy what they do to us, improve on it, and give them back a taste of their own medicine!Lets use our teenagers and young adults and spy on them. Not only that, we can send them some Trojans as presents too!

Think about it. We can take all the good things from the Chinese. Lets know where their military is located. Lets find out what they think about us in the China Communist Party. It is cheap and effective. How do we know? The Chinese are doing it! Lets give them back their own medicine for a change.

It is not like people have not spied on China before. There was this guy who spied for Taiwan, before their idiot of a President Chen Shui-bian ( now a convict in prison) opened his mouth and the spy got exposed. If the Taiwanese can do it, so can we!

I think nobody would follow this, even if they may agree with me. This is because China holds so much of the US debt and we are still taking lots of debt money from them. We still need China’s help with North Korea, Sudan, and Iran amongst other countries. E.g. If China stops buying Iranian oil, Iran would go bankrupt in a week!

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This has got to be the joke of the year! Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang claims that President Obama should be sympathetic to China as an African American person whose personal hero is President Abraham Lincoln. You know, China keeping Tibet at all cost is equivalent to President Lincoln freeing slaves!

First, let me state my position on the Tibet issue. I do not know if the Tibetan people want the Chinese in their land or if they want their own independent state. What I do know that China’s excuse that “since one billion people want Tibet to be part of China, therefore it should be part of China”, is wrong and baseless. So if this one billion people want Vietnam, they get it?

I would rather see a plebiscite where people in Tibet and Xinjiang vote to see if they want an independent state or be with the Chinese. It is the 10th Amendment, or better known as Amendment X. Remember Rick Perry suggestively threatened to use it to secede during the Tea Party protests? I think that is fair, and as I said earlier, I really do not know if the two states would really want to separate. Economy in those states has been booming.

In no way is the situation of Tibet similar to the situation in the American Civil War. For one the United States did not start any hostilities, the Confederate States did. While President Lincoln did not give approval for the secession, he did start any war. China invaded Tibet, which was free for only 37 years, in1949. That itself is the difference.

Had the Chinese done any homework whatsoever, they should know that there is nothing in common between our American Civil War and the Chinese claim to Tibet. It is entirely different. They are as similar as a donkey is to an apple.

President Abraham Lincoln fought for states to free slaves and stop slavery. It is, was and always would be a morally correct standpoint. It is not debatable at all. Whereas, Chinese claim to Tibet is. Chinese have tried to exert Han culture in Tibet by whatever means necessary, something that has added questions to China’s already-bad record on human rights.

We have got to wonder, what the Chinese are going to say next: Since the President is a fan of the White Sox he should allow the Chinese to censor freedom of speech in China. You have got to be kidding me!

This also highlights the problems President Obama would be facing in Asia this few days. From a Japanese government that is trying to move her closer to her Western neighbors (China, Korea, etc) rather than her Eastern ones, to the Chinese who already have so much power with regards to America thanks to her holding about $1 trillion of our debt and having influence on problem areas like Iran, Sudan and Burma, making up nonsensical remarks.

How President Obama acts, reacts and the outcome of this trip is going to have a huge standing on American foreign policy. It is something that is going to affect us all in the near and mid term futures. There are questions like : How is President Obama going to persuade China on Iran? Is America going to carry on asking the Chinese to buy our debt? Or is he going to move away from that and ask China to devalue her yuan? Can America keep her bases in Japan? How is he going to deal with North Korea?

You can be sure of one thing though, you can get all the important facts on this site.

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Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR) came under attack from some Republicans for pushing for more Muslim interns in Washington, calling it the planting of spies. I can understand, but on the whole I think that this is discrimination 101.

Representative Trent Franks, Representative Sue Myrick, Representative John Shaddeg and Paul Broun all came out demanding an investigation on CAIR. The evidences on their side is an internal memo which states that CAIR want a lobby day, to lobby Congress on their agendas and to have interns serving in Congress and a book written by a crazy right wing nut named Paul Sperry called the Muslim Mafia. Actually, the memo too comes from the book.

Would there be Muslim intern spies if there were Muslim interns in Washington? There could be, the risk is definitely higher with more Muslim interns. However, would there be more Chinese spies if there were Chinese interns? Would there be more be more Israeli spies if there were more Jewish interns? It is the same thing.

Yes, I do understand the fear that the Muslim interns could give away intelligence to Muslim agents. This could lead to lives being lost on the battlefield. But, what makes us so sure that a non-Muslim would not do the same thing for money?

It is all the matter of the ifs and maybes. And we cannot make judgment based on that! I am an Asian. I would not be pleased if they were investigating me because they fear that I am being a spy for North Korea. I would feel insulted to the core, especially since I am born here and served in the army. That is discrimination, as simple as that.

It would be the same for the Muslims. They are just as Americans as you and me. It is not right, it is not American, to discriminate like that based on hunches. What would be the reaction if the politicians did this to AIPAC or the Black Caucus? Come on!

When is this islamophobia going to end? Why are we so afraid of Muslims? Are we afraid of Buddhist due to the Chinese? Are we afraid of atheists because of North Korea? There would be bad people in every race, religion, color and creed. Are we going to be afraid of all of them? Enough already!

The GOP politicians also would like to strip CAIR on its non profit status. This I say, lets see the figures. If CAIR is making profit, selling stuff, then they should be stripped of their non-profit status. It is as simple as that!

Lastly, there is the issue of Hamas, which would definitely brought up by critics. The FBI has severed ties with CAIR due to CAIR supporting Hamas. To these critics : Don’t you think that the FBI would have cracked down on CAIR if they were supporting terror networks? Do you think that the FBI is that ineffective?

Please remember people, that we are Americans. We are a country of immigrants. We cannot act like the manner the four GOP politicians have. If there is proof, lets whoop CAIR’s butt. Else, they are innocent!

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President Obama is in Moscow in hopes of accomplishing several agendas. He has met some in the first day, but there is worrying lack of progress when it comes to Iran. He is on track with soothing Russian concerns of American weapons around her neighbors, but success on that is issue is yet to be determined.

We told you this before President Obama left for Moscow. He has confirmed and sealed the deal to transport weapons and soldiers across Russian land into Afghanistan and agreed to slash nuclear arsenals with Russia. Thought that was very much expected, it is still a very good job done by the President’s negotiating team. I do not think that this would have been done in President Bush’s term.

The order of nuclear piles and corporation with Pakistan and Afghanistan were some areas where both President Obama and President Medvedev seemed to agree on. That was something that I was happy to see, but still wonder what Prime Minister Vladimir Putin would be thinking. He could hijack the whole thing whenever he wanted.

Other than that, there are some areas that worry me. The most outstanding of which is Iran. Unlike North Korea, which is also a close friend of the Russians, Kremlin and Washington are not on the same page when it comes to the Iranian agenda. Most recently, Kremlin had acknowledged the latest Iranian elections as legitimate, even though many people around the world did not.

Russia is the best party that can negotiate in Iran. For one, they are neighbors. Proximity is something that no diplomacy can ignore. More importantly is that Russia is the only country that has offered a solution to the Iranians on the nuclear issue that many in the world thought was very fair. I feel that the Russian solution of building a nuclear power reactor on Russian soil and transporting electricity to Iran was by far the best deal that came up yet.

President Obama is trying to soothe Russian nerves about America having weapons in Poland and Czech Republic. The Russians fear that the missiles would threaten them. The effort from the President was visible, but I think the results of that would only be out today. Prime Minister Putin too may have a large say in this matter.

President Obama is due to make a speech in Moscow’s New Economic school That is one to watch. If he does that well, he might not have won over Russia skepticism, but at least he would have diminished their fear of America surrounding it.

This speech is not going to be as easy as his other speeches, and a true test to his speech skills. He is not on a ground that loves him a lot. He is on a ground that is nonchalant to what he says. If he could get them chanting, the way he did in Cairo, he would go down in the history books as one of the greatest orators the world has ever seen.

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