Thursday, April 17, 2008

Bush, pope agree terrorism unacceptable weapon

I. Bush, pope agree terrorism unacceptable weapon, Jerusalem Post, April 17, 2008. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1208356969196&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
II. President George W. Bush met with Pope Benedict XVI Wednesday as the Pope visited the US. They privately sat down in the oval office and discussed world issues for forty-five minutes. The President and the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church same many of the same views on topics such as stem cell research and abortion. One of the major topics discussed in this meeting included the war in Iraq and their views on terrorism. The Pope and the President do though have different beliefs concerning the war in Iraq and the use of the death penalty in the United States.
III.
A- This relates to the AP World History theme, the Impact of Interaction because it deals with the interaction of different cultures and countries.
B- The Pope has made visits to the US for many years, this particular visit was the twenty-fifth time that the Pop has sat down with the President of the United States and discussed world issue.
C- This article is written by an outside journalist for an American news company. They are not connected to the actual events or issues.
D- There is none or very little signs of bias in this article. The reporter is not really making opinions in this article, they are really just providing the reader with information concerning an event.
E- I would like to hear from the leader of an other country to see how they think that this annual meeting with the Pope and President effects world affairs and the way that these problems such as the Iraq war are addressed after this meeting.
F- I think that this meeting is a good event for the American government but I do think that it is not the best idea to be taking political advice from the leader of a religion. Being the leader of a religion they must abide by many of the beliefs of the religion and it can probably be predicted what the Pope would say about certain issues because of the beliefs of the religion.

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