Thursday, January 20, 2011

Unrespected Foreigners vs. Respected Citizens

Foreigners alarmed by Swiss expulsion vote

This is my second article review for German project. Even though this article about Switzerland, I must do it. Article talks about issue that not only Swiss, but many other countries are facing “What to do with immigrants that break the law?” Well, it was a no-brainer for Swiss “On Sunday some 53 per cent of voters backed a rightwing initiative for the automatic expulsion of non-Swiss offenders convicted of crimes ranging from murder to breaking and entry and social security fraud.”
     In my opinion Swiss made a right decision, this is a good example for other countries with the same issues. I believe that when you enter, as a guest, another country you need to adapt or respect their rules of living. I am not saying you have to kiss their ass and beg for mercy, but you just have to obey the rules. The only thing Swiss are asking is to obey the rules and do what you want to do on your spare time. Swiss respect foreigners, they just disrespect criminals. The only country that disrespects foreigners is Norway. It sounds retarded but this is how it is, Norway deported a “Norwegian Citizen of the Year.” Swiss seems like stand by their motto-“One for all, all for one”, and that why it is one of the richest and one of the least problematical countries. 

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Germany wants to withdraw themselves from error.

German minister visits Afghanistan amid troop withdrawal debate

            The article I read in Deutsche Welle talks about visit of German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle Afghanistan to discuss with Hamid Karzai political and social challenges. The article mentions that Germany is planning to withdraw most of its troops by the end of 2011. The final date of withdrawal will be proposed by defense and foreign ministry officials to be agreed upon by Chancellor Angela Merkel on January 28.
 I chose this article because there is a lot of talk about withdrawal among countries that sent their troops to Afghanistan. Germany is one of them and it’s sad. It seems that everyone understands that there are no relevant social and political changes in Afghanistan, but everyone wants to leave everything as it is. Taliban movement will just have to wait to spread their wings again and once it gets strong, it will cause more terrorist acts in Europe and United States.
In my opinion it was error that Germany and other countries sent their troops to Afghanistan. Invasion of Afghanistan had negative effect on fight with terrorism. Instead of fighting with terrorists, troops fight with people who love their country and protect it at all costs. United States, Germany and others have to learn from the errors made in Afghanistan and provide more effective way to fight terrorism.

Thursday, January 6, 2011

German Politics

This is my current events project and I hate it, but I have to do it. So in this blog I will try to keep up on current political events in Germany. I hope you will like my blog and learn about German political system.