With the pick of East Asia and Oceania I was excited to get a reasonably stable area in comparison to our last two picks of Africa and the Middle East. I am not complaining i am unhappy with the two choices I am attempting to say reporting on some of the many atrocities got very emotionally exhausting. Like every new region I receive I am looking forward to researching it with an open mind. One of the stories that stood out to me immediately was the Turnbull Trump exchange. This stood out primarily because I had no idea the Australian government would take in refugees to just put them on off shore islands. I am confused why they wouldn’t just not allow them to come at all if all they were going to do was put them somewhere else. If a foreign government isolated a group of refugees from entering their mainland country then why should the United States take a risk of allowing those people onto their mainland when Australia did not? Another story that I found important was the article of “Mad Dog” Mattis going to South Korea to meet with Korean and Japanese leaders to reassure alliances. One of the points brought up was a potential missile defense system for South Korea. I believe this to be a great idea because it is time Korea started learning to defend its self instead the united states sinking a ton of money into another country’s defense. A defense system being made reminded many people of when President Trump stated that the United States could save money if nations like South Korea and Japan developed their own nuclear weapons. This did not come up in the visit thankfully but I strongly doubt Mattis would even bring up something outlandish to the top leaders. Hopefully that statement made trump is one that can stay in the past and won’t come up in of his executive orders. To encourage a country whose main enemy is know for trying to develop nuclear missiles to also develop nuclear missiles would be completely ludicrous.
