Poverty

The world economy now is declining, and poverty percentage will surely rise, not only in third, fourth or fifth world countries, but in first world countries too, like the US where the economic crisis penetrated the most. Many countries are helping fight poverty giving large sums of money, but the sad fact is, poverty is still all around us. In my opinion, we just do not have the will power to totally eradicate poverty for various reasons; some believe that it is the poor person who is at fault, the poor person was lazy, others just don't like giving away money, and others just take for granted what is happening around them. Poverty is a big problem, technically, poverty is one of the main factors that pulls a country down. People who can not survive resort to crime, which, furthermore, brings down the country economically and tourist related. I think this problem needs to be solved soon before numbers keep on rising and it will seem as if there is no way to stop it.

some "sad" facts about the world and poverty today:
*At least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day
*More than 80 percent of the world’s population lives in countries where income differentials are widening.
*Based on enrollment data, about 72 million children of primary school age in the developing world were not in school in 2005; 57 per cent of them were girls. And these are regarded as optimisitic numbers.
Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names.
*Less than one per cent of what the world spent every year on weapons was needed to put every child into school by the year 2000 and yet it didn’t happen.
*Some 1.1 billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to water, and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation.
*Almost two in three people lacking access to clean water survive on less than $2 a day, with one in three living on less than $1 a day.
*More than 660 million people without sanitation live on less than $2 a day, and more than 385 million on less than $1 a day.

The War on the Terrorist peoples especially on Iraq

OK! for some reason, my former post was deleted. anyways, ill just do it again!

the war on terror has been going on for more than 6 years now and the government of not only the US and A, but also many other countries like UK have been spending large sums of money. we hear amounts like trillion, billion, hundred million, zzzziiiiilllionzzzzzz, etc. and personally, i dont think the war is going to end in the next year, even with the new president.
Some may argue that the attack on Iraq was a wise choice, but it might have been a bad decision, one made only in the interest of oil possibly. The war on Iraq should be ended soon, before the situation gets too bad. Unfortunately, many US soldiers have died in this war (about 4000), and the US government has been heavily criticized for invading Iraq, like what Barack Obama said in a speech, "you do not defeat a terrorist cell that works in 80 different countries by invading Iraq" i couldnt stop laughing after listening to this! we have to stop this war in Iraq, i understand the need for military in places like afghanistan because that is where many taliban troops are, but by invading Iraq, we can see that the terrorists were able to recruit even more infidels than before.
BBC said "People across the world think the U.S.-led "war on terror" has not weakened al Qaeda and many believe it has actually strengthened Osama bin Laden's network"

some interesting facts about the war on terror in Iraq:

The Bush Administration has spent more than $140 billion on a war of choice in Iraq.

The Bush Administration sent troops into battle without adequate body armor or armored Humvees.

The Bush Administration ignored estimates from Gen. Eric Shinseki that several hundred thousand troops would be required to secure Iraq.

Vice President Cheney said Americans "will, in fact, be greeted as liberators" in Iraq.

During the Bush Administration's war in Iraq, more than 1,000 US troops have lost their lives and more than 7,000 have been injured.

to be continued...