SIMUN

I thought SIMUN was a really good learning experience even though I disliked parts of it. The things that I liked about it are it gave me a break from the normal global ed. classes and it was fun to do a lot of socializing. The reason why I disliked SIMUN was my country Pakistan was not affected by any of the three scenarios that my group, Group 11, had. It was hard because even though my country was not involved, I still had to try and participate because I knew that if I didn't talk, my grade would suck. I really like giving speeches on topics that I enjoy but I honestly don't enjoy giving speeches on who owns the Falkland and the Kuril Islands. I mean really. Who does?! And the whole "should Ukraine join NATO or stay allies with Russia?" I have to admit I didn't have the best attitude towards my topics but I feel like it would've been better if Pakistan was involved... Maybe not though. Next year, I'm hoping that I get a country who is more involved. To prepare, I did a lot of research. Well maybe not as much as I should have but it felt like so much. I thought it was hard to find websites for the specific categories that I needed. I personally wish that you could just type in the topic and there would be a million hits for the needed thing, but there’s not so I guess I will continue to spend hour’s googling and printing out articles, then spend hours more highlighting and margin noting. Throughout the three days of SIMUN I gave three speeches, and asked four questions. Like I said, it was hard to think of things to say because Pakistan had zero involvement. So I gave only three speeches. I wish that I could’ve said some more, but thinking back, it would have been near impossible. The questions that I asked were somewhat stupid. But even though they were stupid, basic questions, I’m glad that I did ask them, that way I got credit for it. I have to remember for next year my technique for asking questions. I listen to what they say and then basically rephrase what the delegate said, but just in question form. I didn’t really expect it to work so well but it definitely did. So for next year my goal is to talk. I’m going to talk so much that no one is ever going to want to hear my voice again. Well, maybe I won’t talk that much but I will for sure talk a lot! I’m glad I got to participate in SIMUN 2010.

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dear mr. fielder,
if your reading this right now, your prob wondering why i dont have my other blog posted. well its because it wont post but it is written. sooo. i will print it out and give it to you when you come backk. alrighty.

Pakistan.

Pakistan would encourage US troops to help defend the country of Pakistan. If indeed the Taliban did try and take over Pakistan, I think it would put Pakistan in an interesting position. Yes, Pakistan wants the US to come help but its also a national pride thing. If the Taliban did try to take over Pakistan, and Pakistan couldn't defend itself, it would look like a very weak country. If Pakistan looks like a weak country, it will seem more vulnerable to big, strong, powerful countries. The bigger countries could take advantage of Pakistan's weakness and eventually take over Pakistan. So I think Pakistan's best move would be is to try to fight off the Taliban first. They could do this many ways. First, they could gather all the trained troops in Pakistan. With a lot of soldiers, it might be intimidating to the Taliban. This however, would not be enough to fully protect Pakistan. I think once all the trained Pakistani soldiers are gathered, then the government of Pakistan should ask for citizen help. The citizens of Pakistan don't want their country taken over, so I'm sure they would like to help. The government could help arm the Pakistani volunteers if they didn't have their own guns. I think this would be a good start in defeating the Taliban. However, if this doesn't work, Pakistan should inlist help in other countries. I think Pakistan would seem less vulnerable to other countries if they have at least made the effort to protect the country of Pakistan. All in all, if the Taliban decides to take over Pakistan then Pakistan should first trey to defend themselves then when all else fails, ask of help from Pakistan's allies.