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Gore Administration- Spring 2005
Spring 2005
"The hell is with all these shootings?! I believe we need to keep armed, but some wackos are too dangerous..."
"Well, first the thing in the country of Georgia and now this, things are getting a bit tense..."
"Some more revolutions I see..."
2005 continued throughout with a tinge of violence. By now, the idea of foreign threats to the US have died down, though the paranoia remained. Namely by focusing more on the domestic problems that was ongoing with the violence. It started with some murders over in Fulton county, but then escalated over with with a shooting in New Berlin, Wisconsin and then the infamous Red Lake shootings. A grip of worries and anxiety begin spreading over the increase in violence. While the Fulton county mruders subsidied relatively quickly and quietly because of the background, the New Berlin shooting was more troublesome and then especially the Red Lake shooting. Given how the last one was a school shooting, it caught the attention. However, the focus would become on how his depression may have been worsened through Prozac and investigations opened up over its usage to children though Al Gore also permitted a more general search over the possile misuse of anti-depressants. However, another point of discussion was on firearms and what more could be done to make sure that certain people could not have access to them. Unsurprisingly, this began leading to a pushback from gun enthusiasts regarding violence in pop culture, which led to some minor ridicule. Nonetheless, there was a stage beign set over the fates of firearms, though not one to occur for some years.
School shooter Jeffery Weise
Though the violence did not stop there. One of the larger scales was how a grenade came in quite close near President Al Gore during his discussions over with the President of Georgia and while the bomb did not go off, the fact that there was an assassination attempt also caught the attention of the media, especially with the revelations that the person in question had pro-Russian leanings. US and Russian relations had been declining in part due to Vladimir Putin's comments in regards to the Rose Revolution of Georgia and the Orange Revolution in Ukraine thus after. Russia saw this as the Americans going into their sphere of influence, but the Gore adminsitration had no interests in Central Asian oil or natural gas and more crucially, began influencing Germany to wean off of Russian oil. These concerns grew more tensions as more and more nations began gravitating toward the West. Additionally, the Digital Cabinet of Al Gore raised concerns on cybersecurity and indeed, Gore mentioned how cyberwarfare would grow to become a larger threat in the future as the internet becomes more accessible and part of everyday life. While nothing truly major came of this, the growing tensions between the Americans and Russian governments set a stage in regards to what could come. Tensions also came from the east when there was an assassination attempt on former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri. However, the attack failed due to poor planning and reflecting on the dwindling presence of certain factions. Hezbollah, once a prominent force, was dying out because of the lack of funds from Iran and with the growing support for peace in the region, most began leaving and seeking new fulfillments in life while the remnants had lashed out. While the assassination was a failure, it still sparked what was known as the Cedar Revolution, successful in its hopes of driving out Syrian forces. The occupation lasted shorter than expected, likelly due to the own increasing tensions between Iraq and Syria. Lebanon began preparing for new elections while the UN came in to supervise while Al Gore came in with calls for peaceful reforms and change. The two big guests were Iran and Israel, sharing an awkward but surprisingly meaningful handshake. Perhaps more notably was the quasi-snubbing of Saudi Arabia from the affairs with Jordan being invited in their stead.
Artist's depiction of the Cedar Revolution protests.
"The hell is with all these shootings?! I believe we need to keep armed, but some wackos are too dangerous..."
"Well, first the thing in the country of Georgia and now this, things are getting a bit tense..."
"Some more revolutions I see..."
2005 continued throughout with a tinge of violence. By now, the idea of foreign threats to the US have died down, though the paranoia remained. Namely by focusing more on the domestic problems that was ongoing with the violence. It started with some murders over in Fulton county, but then escalated over with with a shooting in New Berlin, Wisconsin and then the infamous Red Lake shootings. A grip of worries and anxiety begin spreading over the increase in violence. While the Fulton county mruders subsidied relatively quickly and quietly because of the background, the New Berlin shooting was more troublesome and then especially the Red Lake shooting. Given how the last one was a school shooting, it caught the attention. However, the focus would become on how his depression may have been worsened through Prozac and investigations opened up over its usage to children though Al Gore also permitted a more general search over the possile misuse of anti-depressants. However, another point of discussion was on firearms and what more could be done to make sure that certain people could not have access to them. Unsurprisingly, this began leading to a pushback from gun enthusiasts regarding violence in pop culture, which led to some minor ridicule. Nonetheless, there was a stage beign set over the fates of firearms, though not one to occur for some years.
School shooter Jeffery Weise
Though the violence did not stop there. One of the larger scales was how a grenade came in quite close near President Al Gore during his discussions over with the President of Georgia and while the bomb did not go off, the fact that there was an assassination attempt also caught the attention of the media, especially with the revelations that the person in question had pro-Russian leanings. US and Russian relations had been declining in part due to Vladimir Putin's comments in regards to the Rose Revolution of Georgia and the Orange Revolution in Ukraine thus after. Russia saw this as the Americans going into their sphere of influence, but the Gore adminsitration had no interests in Central Asian oil or natural gas and more crucially, began influencing Germany to wean off of Russian oil. These concerns grew more tensions as more and more nations began gravitating toward the West. Additionally, the Digital Cabinet of Al Gore raised concerns on cybersecurity and indeed, Gore mentioned how cyberwarfare would grow to become a larger threat in the future as the internet becomes more accessible and part of everyday life. While nothing truly major came of this, the growing tensions between the Americans and Russian governments set a stage in regards to what could come. Tensions also came from the east when there was an assassination attempt on former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri. However, the attack failed due to poor planning and reflecting on the dwindling presence of certain factions. Hezbollah, once a prominent force, was dying out because of the lack of funds from Iran and with the growing support for peace in the region, most began leaving and seeking new fulfillments in life while the remnants had lashed out. While the assassination was a failure, it still sparked what was known as the Cedar Revolution, successful in its hopes of driving out Syrian forces. The occupation lasted shorter than expected, likelly due to the own increasing tensions between Iraq and Syria. Lebanon began preparing for new elections while the UN came in to supervise while Al Gore came in with calls for peaceful reforms and change. The two big guests were Iran and Israel, sharing an awkward but surprisingly meaningful handshake. Perhaps more notably was the quasi-snubbing of Saudi Arabia from the affairs with Jordan being invited in their stead.
Artist's depiction of the Cedar Revolution protests.
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