Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Ongoing Conflict with Iran

http://www.weeklystandard.com/iran-on-notice/article/2007773
"Iran on Notice"

Iran has been an on-going problem for our country. This past week Paul Ryan received a letter from the Trump administration that the Islamic Republic of Iran was in compliance with the Iran Nuclear Deal. Trump absolutely hates this deal!!!! Trump promised to remove this deal but it has yet to happen. Some of the Trump administration want to go hard on the Iranians and the others was to be cautious since these people are a "leading state sponsor of terror." This past week Vice President Mike Pence had a stern talk with North Korea also while Rex Tillerson was calling out Russia (Iran's ally) about how they need to be stricter on the use of chemical weapons there. President Trump seems to be fearless about upsetting Tehran; Trump sees Iran as a big problem that needs to be dealt with. Trumps feelings and action plans relating to Iran are very different compared to Obama's. How President Trump will deal with Iran is something many people are anticipating to see.

In ap gov we have talked about the president's jobs and the powers he shares with the senate. Some of  these powers include making treaties, appointing ambassadors, and appointing judges. The president and congress really need to work together to come up with a plan of action for Iran. We also just learned that the two main issues the president will face are the economy and foreign affairs. Our countries conflicts with Iran is a major foreign affairs problem. How our president deals with this issue will definitely have many people talking.

After reading this article I have a better understanding on what out president's plan for action is regarding Iran. I think that Trump should stay true to his promise when he said he was going to get rid of the the Iran Nuclear Deal. I like how Trump wants to take action to put down these enemies of ours instead of just watching from a distance. I think we should make sure Iran knows that our country is "not a force to be reckoned with."



Wednesday, April 19, 2017

All Talk No Action

"Time to replace Paul Ryan as House Speaker"
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/03/time_to_replace_paul_ryan_as_house_speaker.html

From 2009 till now the Republican's have been saying that they would repeal Obamacare, but this is yet to happen. Paul Ryan, the speaker of the house, is being held accountable for this failure. Paul didn't believe Trump was going to win the presidential election so he wasn't quiet ready to go forward  with a plan to take away Obamacare. Ryan made a plan to repeal Obamacare but it didn't really have any input from other conservative which was a problem. The "block in the road" to the plan was a group of 15 republicans who refused to vote for the plan. This plan needed all factions to agree and Pau Ryan failed to listen to all of the factions. This failure weakens Trump and gives the democrats another reason to dislike Trump. Since Ryan and the rest of the House Republican Leadership couldn't seem to get this job done Trump had to step in. He tried to get both sides to agree but he failed to do so. The Republicans need to get more serious about getting rid of Obama care and actually get it done. This failure will cause more problems in the future is it isn't resolved.  Hopefully Pauly Ryan will get the job done. 

In AP Gov we just got through talking about supreme court justices and the rule of four. The rule of four is when 4 out of 9 of the justices can grant a writ of Certiorari. This seems fairly easy to achieve.  This relates to my article because Paul Ryan's job was not only to get 4 people but 15 people to agree on a plan. He failed this task. Some people are starting to think he isn't very fit for his job if he can't complete this simple task of getting 15 people to agree on a plan. Maybe if the Rule of Four applied to Paul Ryan's task he wouldn't have failed. 

After reading this article I have a better understanding on why the removal of Obama care is taking so long. I think Paul Ryan really needs to get something done to finish up this process since the removal of Obamacare has been talked about for so long.