I am reviving my blog for the sheer fun of it. I have graduated from WSU and am beginning a whole new life-exciting, frightening.
I spent the summer in DC working on two separate internships. I will be posting 'letter to the editors' on here, along with my poetry and other relevant thoughts.
Here are my letter to the editors from the summer!
Published August 4, 2010 in the Standard Examiner:http://www.standard.net/topics/opinion/2010/08/04/hatch-bennett-should-vote-arms-reduction
Hatch, Bennett should vote for arms reduction
Last updated Wednesday, August 4, 2010
(UNEDITED)"I have a dream of a world without nuclear weapons." Ronald Reagan reportedly told this to his aides while advocating for a drastic reduction of those devastating arms in the Soviet Union and the United States. The Soviet Union fell, Europe was freed from the shackles of Communism and Democracy immerged in Siberia.
In the words of President Obama, "Today the Cold War has disappeared but thousands of those weapons have not." According to the Pentagon, the U.S. has 5,113 nuclear warheads at its disposal, more than enough to destroy the world many times over.
The United States enjoys the dubious distinction of being the only country in the world to have ever used nuclear weapons in war-in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We have learned of the horrors of nuclear attack and can vividly picture the likely consequences of nuclear war. No nation in the world (no matter how eccentric its leaders) wants nuclear war. Russia poses no major threat militarily, economically, or ideologically to us any longer. The
true threat to our survival is a terrorist attack on the poorly-defended Russian nuclear silos-and, as a consequence, a terrorist group with such a weapon. It is in our best interest for Russia to disarm, and thus for us to begin disarming.
Senators Hatch and Bennett should vote yes to the arms reduction treaty that President Obama negotiated with Russia. The Cold War has indeed ended-it is time to move on. It is time for a new, nuclear free age to begin.
Cameron Morgan
Hatch, Bennett should vote for arms reduction
Last updated Wednesday, August 4, 2010
(UNEDITED)"I have a dream of a world without nuclear weapons." Ronald Reagan reportedly told this to his aides while advocating for a drastic reduction of those devastating arms in the Soviet Union and the United States. The Soviet Union fell, Europe was freed from the shackles of Communism and Democracy immerged in Siberia.
In the words of President Obama, "Today the Cold War has disappeared but thousands of those weapons have not." According to the Pentagon, the U.S. has 5,113 nuclear warheads at its disposal, more than enough to destroy the world many times over.
The United States enjoys the dubious distinction of being the only country in the world to have ever used nuclear weapons in war-in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We have learned of the horrors of nuclear attack and can vividly picture the likely consequences of nuclear war. No nation in the world (no matter how eccentric its leaders) wants nuclear war. Russia poses no major threat militarily, economically, or ideologically to us any longer. The
true threat to our survival is a terrorist attack on the poorly-defended Russian nuclear silos-and, as a consequence, a terrorist group with such a weapon. It is in our best interest for Russia to disarm, and thus for us to begin disarming.
Senators Hatch and Bennett should vote yes to the arms reduction treaty that President Obama negotiated with Russia. The Cold War has indeed ended-it is time to move on. It is time for a new, nuclear free age to begin.
Cameron Morgan
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Published in the Standard Examiner: July 14, 2010
Every citizen of Davis County has been killed by their own government. Over 2.5 million residents of Utah have been forcibly displaced from their homes by government-sponsored militias. Tens of thousands of Utah women have been raped by gun-touting thugs.
Food, health care, and employment have been consistently denied to tribal minorities in Utah as a form of punishment for being born. A veritable genocide has occurred.
As you might have guessed, I am not talking about Utah at all. I’m not even talking about World War II-era Germany, or Rwanda or the Balkans in the 90s. I am talking about the arid western region of the largest country in Africa: Darfur, Sudan.
The dictator-in-chief of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, has recently been charged by the International Criminal Court (ICC) with three counts of genocide for the systematic murder, rape and displacement of more than 300,000 of the Fur, Masalit, and Zaghawa ethnic groups in Sudan since 2003. The Holocaust is still occurring and the crimes of today’s Hitler, i.e. Mr. Bashir, are being recognized by the international community, albeit after seven long years
The issuance of the arrest warrant for Bashir should motivate every Utahn to demand that the U.S. government cooperate with the ICC in ensuring that Bashir is captured and thus that this modern Holocaust ends. We have said ‘never again’ time and time again only to watch as the world burns.
This time we can not capitulate, we can not cower. Bashir must be arrested for his genocide.
Cameron Morgan
Every citizen of Davis County has been killed by their own government. Over 2.5 million residents of Utah have been forcibly displaced from their homes by government-sponsored militias. Tens of thousands of Utah women have been raped by gun-touting thugs.
Food, health care, and employment have been consistently denied to tribal minorities in Utah as a form of punishment for being born. A veritable genocide has occurred.
As you might have guessed, I am not talking about Utah at all. I’m not even talking about World War II-era Germany, or Rwanda or the Balkans in the 90s. I am talking about the arid western region of the largest country in Africa: Darfur, Sudan.
The dictator-in-chief of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, has recently been charged by the International Criminal Court (ICC) with three counts of genocide for the systematic murder, rape and displacement of more than 300,000 of the Fur, Masalit, and Zaghawa ethnic groups in Sudan since 2003. The Holocaust is still occurring and the crimes of today’s Hitler, i.e. Mr. Bashir, are being recognized by the international community, albeit after seven long years
The issuance of the arrest warrant for Bashir should motivate every Utahn to demand that the U.S. government cooperate with the ICC in ensuring that Bashir is captured and thus that this modern Holocaust ends. We have said ‘never again’ time and time again only to watch as the world burns.
This time we can not capitulate, we can not cower. Bashir must be arrested for his genocide.
Cameron Morgan
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Here is my letter to the editor, published June 11 in the Standard Examiner:
(UNEDITED) A new report by the non-profit group, Physicians for Human Rights (PHP), documents evidence that strongly suggests that the Bush administration authorized illegal medical experimentation on individuals who were accused of having terrorist sympathies.
The experimentation was established to justify and improve the use of techniques, such as water boarding, severe sleep deprivation, and stress positions. These so called 'enhanced interrogation techniques' have been widely accused of constituting torture.
PHP notes that the experimentations could be violations of the Nuremberg Code (established after the Holocaust), the Common Law (established after the Tuskegee experiment) and numerous federal and international laws.
Additionally, the 'research' may well constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity. The illegal and unethical nature of the research stemmed primarily from the fact that the 'patients' did not provide their un-coerced consent to be experimented upon and the experiments were not designed to reduce pain and maximize the patient's well-being.
If this evidence is collaborated and found to be true, the United States will indeed have lost its moral authority on the world stage. The Obama administration should immediately issue an executive order banning the use of unlawful and unconscionable coerced human experimentation.
Cameron Morgan
(UNEDITED) A new report by the non-profit group, Physicians for Human Rights (PHP), documents evidence that strongly suggests that the Bush administration authorized illegal medical experimentation on individuals who were accused of having terrorist sympathies.
The experimentation was established to justify and improve the use of techniques, such as water boarding, severe sleep deprivation, and stress positions. These so called 'enhanced interrogation techniques' have been widely accused of constituting torture.
PHP notes that the experimentations could be violations of the Nuremberg Code (established after the Holocaust), the Common Law (established after the Tuskegee experiment) and numerous federal and international laws.
Additionally, the 'research' may well constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity. The illegal and unethical nature of the research stemmed primarily from the fact that the 'patients' did not provide their un-coerced consent to be experimented upon and the experiments were not designed to reduce pain and maximize the patient's well-being.
If this evidence is collaborated and found to be true, the United States will indeed have lost its moral authority on the world stage. The Obama administration should immediately issue an executive order banning the use of unlawful and unconscionable coerced human experimentation.
Cameron Morgan
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War in Afghanistan has now claimed 1,000 Americans [Published in the Standard Examiner]
Last Edit: May 18 2010 - 1:48pm
(UNEDITED) As voters rush to the mid-term polls to decide the direction of their parties, whether Democratic or Republican, the War in Afghanistan will likely not be on the top of their minds. The Afghanistan War, in its 8th year, has reached a terrible
milestone of 1,000 American soldiers who have been killed in combat. The war has lasted longer than American involvement in World War I, II, or Korea and we don't seem to have a viable definition of 'victory' to strive to. The renowned Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, John Mearsheimer, said that the best option for the U.S. now is to, "acknowledge defeat and pullout completely." It is clear that the U.S., via the War in Afghanistan, can't defeat the amorphous al-Qaeda force or the deeply-entrenched Taliban insurgency. There will always be
somewhere for terrorists to hide and the war will not end the threat the US faces from these groups. Furthermore, the war is unpopular domestically, with a CNN poll demonstrating that only 30% of Americans now support the war effort in Afghanistan.
President Obama should honor his commitment to withdrawal from Afghanistan next year and increasingly rely on smart power techniques that address the root causes of terrorism while using predator drone attacks to prevent imminent threats.
Cameron Morgan
Last Edit: May 18 2010 - 1:48pm
(UNEDITED) As voters rush to the mid-term polls to decide the direction of their parties, whether Democratic or Republican, the War in Afghanistan will likely not be on the top of their minds. The Afghanistan War, in its 8th year, has reached a terrible
milestone of 1,000 American soldiers who have been killed in combat. The war has lasted longer than American involvement in World War I, II, or Korea and we don't seem to have a viable definition of 'victory' to strive to. The renowned Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, John Mearsheimer, said that the best option for the U.S. now is to, "acknowledge defeat and pullout completely." It is clear that the U.S., via the War in Afghanistan, can't defeat the amorphous al-Qaeda force or the deeply-entrenched Taliban insurgency. There will always be
somewhere for terrorists to hide and the war will not end the threat the US faces from these groups. Furthermore, the war is unpopular domestically, with a CNN poll demonstrating that only 30% of Americans now support the war effort in Afghanistan.
President Obama should honor his commitment to withdrawal from Afghanistan next year and increasingly rely on smart power techniques that address the root causes of terrorism while using predator drone attacks to prevent imminent threats.
Cameron Morgan
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More letters to come soon! Thanks for Reading!
With hope,
Cameron Morgan
