Benghazi Committee Hearing

The Benghazi committee hearing looks a lot like a filibuster. Trey Gowdy needs to be voted out of office. This is a mockery of the act of caring for an ambassador who died doing his duty.

Prison reform

There is something fundamentally wrong about prisons. Nothing good comes out of putting people in a cage. I would say make people involved in minor crimes part of programs that will bring some goodness in them. Make them believe in the good of society. Most criminals rarely meet decent people. Exiles, living on reservations, etc. are some things I can think of.

The problem with ISIS

The much feared ISIS is nothing but a group of mercenaries. They typically fight for Sunnis and is guided by team Saudi Arabia. But ISIS has only trained for supporting dictatorial regimes. They are very good at keeping regimes in place. But not so good at toppling regimes. Hence they are not seeing success in Syria. On the other hand dictators of the region are very good at staying in power. Thus the Syrian war is so far advantage Assad. Assad keeps Syria secular but as of now he has too much blood of his countrymen on his hands. He needs to go.

Hillary Clinton vs Lincoln Chafee

The Democratic debate brought forward Lincoln Chafee to the view. Lincoln Chafee has voted on everything correctly. His intentions are good but we know little about his methods. On the other hand Hillary Clinton has made plenty of mistakes. She is one confused politician out there. Yet she has experience. She knows the ground realities. But then again, will her politics be more of the same that did not do so well? I am looking forward to the Democratic party's nominee. The American elections have become very interesting this time.

Presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee

Lincoln Chafee says bring Snowden back. He did nothing wrong. He was making Americans aware of what was happening to them. Other Presidential candidates say that Snowden should have done this in a different way. But I think Snowden had not much choice. Lincoln Chafee has the guts to call Snowden a hero. Chafee sure gets plenty brownie points on this debate. I wish CNN had given him some more time to talk.

Free Julian Assange

London must do the right thing. She must let Assange walk free. No matter what the methods were Julian Assange's results always were for the betterment of humanity. The decisions that democratic leaders make must be made available for public scrutiny and debate so that they may vote wisely. We need more not less of Assange's investigative journalism.

Cuba and character

Cuba and America is definitely a David and Goliath story. But this is not an isolated story. There were many charismatic leaders that stood up against big powers for a while. But Cuba ticks because Fidel Castro is still a man of character. After so many years, he still is true to his ideals. Quite a feat when we consider how quickly politicians change once they assume power. Cuba has helped many countries become free while safeguarding their own. Hats off to Cuba.

The Israel Palestine conflicts

Cannot escape the Israel Palestine conflicts. They have been around forever. People have gotten used to typically seeing Jewish soldiers attacking Palestinians children and women. Of course, we do not see much of Palestinians attacking Jewish people in the media. But we all know such attacks exist. Most people have given up on solving this problem. The Human rights groups cry foul all the time. But the consensus seems to be that Palestinians live in an apartheid state of Israel. Apartheid is shameful in today's world. Israel resorts to it because of terrorism. And unless Palestinians have their own state there will always be terrorism. We all know that Israel has every right to exist. The only Jewish state in the world formed after a lot of pain endured by the Jewish community. Countries are formed randomly. The Britishers fought many wars and changed boundaries like crazy when they were a colonial power. Even before the British boundaries constantly changed and there were always wars. In modern times countries are formed on the basis of whether peace can be maintained. The solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict will be divide the region in to three states - Gaza, West bank, and Israel. Or redraw the boundaries so that two states are possible with secure boundaries. Unfortunately one state is not possible. Because Israel will not give up its only chance of existing as a Jewish state. And because in such a Jewish state terrorism will not go away overnight. Hence a one state solution will come with apartheid for a long long time.