Oh, Politics...

Dearest Darling Readers,
So, as you are all (hopefully) aware, many countries in Africa and in Asia are currently in the midst of revolutions. In Egypt, obviously you all know, now-former president Mubarak has stepped down and the country is currently in the hands of the military. But then there's Libya. Muammar al-Gaddafi just won't negotiate or step down. Now, I'm still on the fence about what the "right" decision would be for any of these leaders (also Tunisia and Bahrain are some other major ones), but I know that killing the protesting citizens isn't the answer.

But, obviously, this has all been going on for a while. But what pisses me off now is the Italian Prime Minister. Now you've probably all heard about how the Prime Minister, Berlusconi, was accused of having paid an underage prostitute for sex (the age of consent in Italy is 14 and prostitution IS legal, but the prostitute must be 18 or older), and then using his political clout to get her out of jail when she was detained for petty theft. Yeah, yeah, politicians are in scandals like this all the time. But I just love how this particular scandal had *great* timing. This situation in Italy is slowing down the process of sending Italian troops to the countries currently in turmoil.

Yeah, maybe sending troops in isn't the most ideal way of handling the situations, but at least in Libya, something must be done. al-Gaddafi has definitely been in power for way too long. Everything can always have been handled *better* but sometimes better just isn't an option, or it's too late. I am anti-war, and I don't want a World War III on our hands, but all I'm saying is that Berlusconi's situation just isn't helping anything.

So...that is just my rant on politics for this week. And yeah, I didn't really provide any answers...or even any new questions...but there you have it.

~Book