I decided to focus on the articles that you could bring up in a discussion that might be going know where. The conversational news items might help you also discover more about the person you’re talking to then their favorite type of coffee. Here are the five news stories I believe are worthy for further discussion and some of the question(s) you might ask.
(1) Boko Haram has taken control of the same Nigerian town in which it? previously kidnapped 300 girls. – Q – Should the U.S do anything to help this town? If so what? If not why?
(2) Farmed fish continues to grow with 42% of the fish consumed coming from this method in 2012 while it was only 13.4 % in 1990. Q- Are you concerned about this pattern? Why or Why not?
(3) 56% of the 2.75 million Muslims want their religion to adopt more American customs? Q-Is this a trend that we can spread throughout the Middle East?
(4) A commentator discussed the way that the policy of broken windows needs to be applied to our foreign policy. This policy basically states that when we say something we must commit to it full force but at the same time pick and choose the battles we are directly going to fight. Q- Do you believe this policy would truly be an effective way to deal with foreign policy issues?
(5) An opinion piece noted that their appears to be an ingrain fascination with severed heads. These heads might cause us to act military as we have seen after the ISIS beheading of Americans or we might go to a museum to wait in line and explore a Shrunken head but no matter what we can’t ignore these impulses or can we? Q- Why do you believe this occurs and what if anything can we do about it?