I agree with my fellow colleague Kosi. The war with Afghanistan has been going on for years now. But she forgot to mention the invasion on Iraq as well. However she makes her point clear that “we should be focusing on better things, like bringing the troops back”. She is right about the war; it is hurting a lot of people. But it’s not only hurting people and their families, it’s hurting our economy. The US is spending millions if not billions of dollars to fund a senseless war, and it’s not a wise decision in my opinion. Especially if we are in a recession. Kosi stated “Instead of putting time and money into the war, we should be focusing more on other things like global warming and things that matter”. The writer is confident and supports her view with prime examples that are vital for our society. I couldn’t have said it better myself; we should focus more on the economy, healthcare, and global warming. In conclusion she ends her commentary by “we need to do something about it; we have to come up with a plan to stop the war”. I agree that we need do to something about it and come up with a plan so the war will end. But it’s better said than actually done.

Tragedy at the "Great Place"

We live in a very conflicted world today. Millions if not billions of people living in poverty, and unfortunately war is a reality for almost everyone. However, thankfully it’s not something that we all actually have to participate in. Our soldiers are the ones who courageously volunteer to risk their lives for our freedom. Today there has been horrific tragedy. There has been a massive deadly shooting on Ft. Hood . 12 killed, 31 injured, and 2 in custody. When I first heard about this my heart dropped. I have friends who are actually stationed on Ft. Hood. Immediately I tried to call them but didn’t have any luck unfortunately. I would assume since they were on a lockdown that they cut off all communication to the outside world.

Shockingly to top it off the alleged shooter was a U.S Major Nidal Malik Hasan. It’s a tragedy that shocks us all. It’s horrifying to loose brave soldiers over sea, but it’s even more horrifying when we lose them on our own ground especially when the shooter was a fellow soldier. Hasan was scheduled to be deployed to Iraq "and appeared to be upset about that," Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison stated. Some say that’s why he acted like he did. But there also is investigation taking place to see if this was a possible inside terrorist attack.

Furthermore, we should never hate or suspect a nation or its citizens as whole, but considering recent events, it would be naive of the U.S. government not to investigate the background and motives of this military psychiatrist murder and any of his cohorts. I know I shouldn’t be writing a commentary article about this topic, and I was actually writing about another topic that was more in depth about the functions of the U.S national government. But this topic affects me persoanlly. So I figured I could take advantage of this opportuinty and use it as some sort of outlet for me. Still to this moment I don’t know if any of my friends are safe or not. I can only hope and pray that they are ok. My prayers also go out to all the victims, soldiers, and familes affected from this heart breaking tragedy.