Blog 1

         Countries should not leave out parts of their history, even if they portray a negative image. It's natural for countries to be patriotic and want to be considered "good", but this feature shouldn't be based on lies or better referred to as "accidentally" leaving pieces of vital information out. The United States, as well as any other country, doesn't want to admit that they were the cause of something unfavorable. Recall how long it took before the oil spill could start to be cleaned up. Companies refused to help because they didn't want to take the blame for the accident. Oil was left pouring into the ocean because other companies didn't even want to be associated with the problem. If people spent less time trying to blame one another, issues could be solved so much faster. During World War II, for instance, most Americans can easily state the we were bombed by the Japanese at Peal Harbor on December 7, 1941 - a date even I can remember. But could most students tell you what happened on August 6, 1945? I bet they couldn't, unless they were extremely literate on world history and had a knack for remembering dates. This is the day that we, American citizens, bombed the Japanese at Hiroshima. We attacked a major city full of civilians and killed thousands of innocent people. The Japanese attacked us at one of our major Naval Bases. Even though neither of these actions are acceptable, at least the Japanese didn't bomb our city with civilians. We purposely bombed their city to kill as many civilians as we could to try to end the war. This piece of history isn't completely left out, but it isn't taught as much as our side of the story was. Unfortunately, only the author or winning side gets to publish their story and be in the history books. It is important to confess to our problems because it helps us to learn from them. If we don't make known what we did wrong then how can it be preventable? By making our country not look as "good'' as it seems today, we could educate other countries about the mistakes we made and ways to prevent them from happening again. In the long-run, it should be a decision worth the temporary shame.