Problems in the middle east

Austin Quinn
These past few weeks our military and U.S. leaders have been very busy in the Middle East. First uprisings with Libya then issues with Gaddafi and his control now Osama Bin Laden. President Obama and his military have had their eyes opened with no sleep for weeks now trying to control the problems that have been occurring in the Middle East. Many students have been debating among each other over which issues are better/worse for the American people and our security and prosperity.
"A lot of the classes I'm in keep talking about the killing of Osama and not about any of the other issues that are occurring after the fact" said senior Lucas Parsons. He went on to talk about how they're still caught up in the fact that we killed one of our most tracked enemies but forgot about other problems. Parsons went on to say, "We killed a mans son and grandchildren, you don't think he's upset with us?"(referring to Gaddafi and his family). Many kids have been discussing the killing of Osama and thrown the other Pakistani problems to the side.

This week I'm taking a poll on whether people believe the killing of Osama is more important over other surfacing issues around our daily lives:

People believing Osama is the most important/interesting issue: 31.1%
People thinking problems with Gaddafi is more important: 22.4%
People stating that gas prices are our greatest concern as of now: 46.5%

This shows that, gas prices aside, most of the focus has been put onto Osama and the recent events. Students that talked about the problems with Gaddafi showed concern for his actions from NATO and U.S. officials taking control against them. Gas prices have sky rocketed since these Pakistani problems have surfaced and are in the back of everyone's minds