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  • Posted By: jenn5447 @ 12/14/2007 10:46:05 AM

    If the media were honost and stop showing biest views in politics the world would be a better place. We need to stand on the foundation on which this country was founded and stop caring what other nations think. We are the USA we must be doing something right. I believe other countries a just jealous and envious regarding our prosperity, we might slide a little bit at times but we always manage to re-up and be better then we were before.

    • Posted By: Braes @ 12/23/2007 1:01:33 PM

      Jenn, you missed totalitarianism in school, right?

    • Posted By: nycanon @ 12/14/2007 10:54:14 AM

      Translation: Why can't the media only report news that make me and my party look good. GOP has been trying that on the Judicial Branch, Intelligence Agencies, Media, Academics and Religious Groups for a long time. Truth is just an inconvenience that can be 'managed'.

      • Posted By: pinkpanther87413 @ 12/14/2007 11:05:48 AM

        or manipulated

  • Posted By: Wiseman @ 12/21/2007 3:13:46 AM

    Ya I agree with the ideas of Zakaria because even the Holly Bible predictes tha USA is the fallin babylon. The ISIAH 47 goes like this read and judge for yourself.

    Come down, virgin daughter of Babylon, and sit in the dust.
    For your days of sitting on a throne have ended.
    O daughter of Babylonia,[a] never again will you be
    the lovely princess, tender and delicate.
    2 Take heavy millstones and grind flour.
    Remove your veil, and strip off your robe.
    Expose yourself to public view.
    3 You will be naked and burdened with shame.
    I will take vengeance against you without pity.???
    4 Our Redeemer, whose name is the Lord of Heaven???s Armies,
    is the Holy One of Israel.

    5 ???O beautiful Babylon, sit now in darkness and silence.
    Never again will you be known as the queen of kingdoms.
    6 For I was angry with my chosen people
    and punished them by letting them fall into your hands.
    But you, Babylon, showed them no mercy.
    You oppressed even the elderly.
    7 You said, ???I will reign forever as queen of the world!???
    You did not reflect on your actions
    or think about their consequences.

    8 ???Listen to this, you pleasure-loving kingdom,
    living at ease and feeling secure.
    You say, ???I am the only one, and there is no other.
    I will never be a widow or lose my children.???
    9 Well, both these things will come upon you in a moment:
    widowhood and the loss of your children.
    Yes, these calamities will come upon you,
    despite all your witchcraft and magic.

    10 ???You felt secure in your wickedness.
    ???No one sees me,??? you said.
    But your ???wisdom??? and ???knowledge??? have led you astray,
    and you said, ???I am the only one, and there is no other.???
    11 So disaster will overtake you,
    and you won???t be able to charm it away.
    Calamity will fall upon you,
    and you won???t be able to buy your way out.
    A catastrophe will strike you suddenly,
    one for which you are not prepared.

    12 ???Now use your magical charms!
    Use the spells you have worked at all these years!
    Maybe they will do you some good.
    Maybe they can make someone afraid of you.
    13 All the advice you receive has made you tired.
    Where are all your astrologers,
    those stargazers who make predictions each month?
    Let them stand up and save you from what the future holds.
    14 But they are like straw burning in a fire;
    they cannot save themselves from the flame.
    You will get no help from them at all;
    their hearth is no place to sit for warmth.
    15 And all your friends,
    those with whom you???ve done business since childhood,
    will go their own ways,
    turning a deaf ear to your cries.

  • Posted By: t9900 @ 12/20/2007 10:04:16 AM

    Wow, I've seen a lot more smart posts (mostly by some the conservatives).
    As a moderate social conservative I'm sick of the Bush-style Republicans, the hypocryte liberals, and the American-bashing non-Americans.
    Fear prepares you. Too much doesn't kill you but life won't be fun. However saying that Republicans only spreads fear is ridicules, especialy considering the fear the liberals and the media spreads too.
    And don't call conservatives ignorant ever. Consider liberals and thier constant Republican/bush bashing. All I hear from the majority of liberals here is hate and plain dumb ignorance of conservative beliefs. and you call Republicans ignorant. You don't even know our stances on Global Warming or immigration. Most conservatives believe global warming is not man-caused and many people are against ILLEGAL immigration, not legal immigration. Infact I don't think any conservatives are aginst legal immigration.
    And you assume we are against free health care becuase we do not care about the poor. No free health care means more government and higher taxes. Real conservatives are against both. Most real conservatives are not the war-mongers you make them out to be. We want good defenses and little war. Most conservatives want to stabalise Iraq before we leave, wether the invasion was legal or not. Should I begin on liberal hypocracy?
    I personally don't care what outsiders think about our country, I favor a more isolationist policy unless we must get involved.
    Before you bash Republicans, bash your hypocrate friends Gore, Kerrey, Clinton, and the so called liberal Hollywooda and media. They spread hate just as much as Republicans.
    And do not base our beliefs off of what you here on the news or from Bush. I didn't even get to rant on Bush-style Republicans or American-bashing non-Americans.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 12/20/2007 3:13:17 AM

    yoU ARE mAD. yOU CANNOT PROVE YOU'RE BABBLE.ANYWAY, MANY OF YOU iDIANS ARE STUFFING YOURSELF OF TURKEY WHILE YOU'RE BROTHERS ARE SUFFERING UNDER THE CASTE SYSTEM. YOU MUS T BE A BRAHMIN. DOWN WITH THE CASTE STSTEM. DOWN WITH THOSE WHO IT TURKEY AND HAVE ABANDONED THEIR BROTHERS. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING A GOOD WRITER AND BEING A GOOD LEADER.

  • Posted By: morbie5 @ 12/19/2007 6:29:37 PM

    When you say "AH" I think you mean "EH." Thats what canadians say at the end of a sentence. Yea, I think the caste system is india should be abandoned. Their is a lot of things I'd like to see india do. Its not my place to make them abandon the caste system though. Officially it is outlawed, but in really it is still around. Its been part of their culture for god knows how long and it certainly isn't going to disappear over night because americans say its wrong. I worked as an intern with an indian that was very americanized; he lived in Hong Kong and california. He was dating an indian girl and he told me he won't marry her because she was of a lower caste. That was still a factor in 2004! He said he wasn't ever going to tell her that was the reason, but his family knew all about it. My point is that it's very hard to change a culture that has been around for so long. Look at latin america, they have a caste system also. It's based on how many white ancestors you have. I don't think that will ever change in my life time either.

  • Posted By: yourrighteousness @ 12/13/2007 5:31:26 PM

    first of all bush is a puppet of the real people of have the power, he was just given the authority to start wars for the rich and he has bringing those elite who have stocks and investment in oil even a larger sum of money, as far as blaming democrats and republicans there both are part of one team competitin for power, both to bring evil to this world, by man made viruses and wars, and mind controllin the population. where are the protesters, either locked up in jail or killed, peave and love open ya minds people, and help free Mumia Abu Jamal don't know who he is read on him he's on you tube, and is a bright man , who can bring peace to us all.

    • Posted By: t9900 @ 12/19/2007 5:33:45 PM

      You want a cop killer to walk free. Please end your life so we can live ours with retards like you ruining it.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 12/19/2007 6:24:20 AM

    morbie5-THERE IS NO DOUBT YOU ARE CANDIAN AH. YOU WRITE CANADIAN AH. DIDN'T I mention that I like Candians. In fact the Candian dollar has surpassed the U.S DOllar in value. We are lucky to have Canada as a neighbor. Do you believe the Caste system in INDIA SHOULD BE ABANDONED.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 12/15/2007 11:54:36 PM

    We need Middle-East Oil. And the Middle East needs us to buy there oil. Everyone only mentions one-side. If Middle-Eastern government are profiting of Oil and not sharing their wealth with the rest of their people. It is this greed that has allowed and OSAMA BIN LADEN to rise. The Middle-Eatern population does not control it's governments. Lets's change this. LET'S MAKE SURE IRAN HAS FAIR AND FREE ELECTIONS. THE IRANIAN POPULATION WOULD SUPPORT AMERICAN FORCE IF IT WAS IN THE CONTEXT OF PROVIDING THE WITH FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS. THE INETRNATIONAL COMMUNITY NEEDS TO FORCE IRAN TO HAVE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS> THEN THE IRANIAN PEOPLE THEMSELVES CAN MODERNIZE THEIR COUNTRY. THE NEW TOWER OF BABYLON HAS BEEN RAISED IN DUBAI. THE RICH GET RICHER AND HEALTHIER WHILE THE POOR SUFFER AND ARE STARVING. PEOPLE NEED TO BE OUTRAGED AT THIS AND STOP BLAMING AMERICA FOR THE CRIMINAL ACTS OF MIDDLE-EASTERN GOVERNMENTS.

    • Posted By: morbie5 @ 12/17/2007 12:01:45 PM

      Ok so your saying the Iranians will support american troops if we provide free and fair elections? Just like the Iraqis supported us? Why do you feel the need to tell the rest of the world what is good or bad for them while holding an M16 pointed at their face? How would you feel if France and Germany threatened to evade the USA if we didn't get rid of the electoral college because of what happened in the 2000 election?

    • Posted By: saudiy @ 12/16/2007 5:29:26 PM

      do you know ali baba and the forty thieves
      they made an adminstration and they appointed one as the tresure feddle and the ignorants agreed
      how would you find fedality among thieves !?

      • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 12/16/2007 7:13:04 PM

        ALI BABA: SUPPORT FREE AND FAIR ELECTION IN IRAN. TELL ALL OF YOR MIDDLE-EASTERN GOVERNMENTS TO SHARE THEIR WEALTH WITH THEIR PEOPLE. THE TOWER OF BABYLON HAS BEEN RAISED IN DUBAI. DO YOU KNOW TOWER OF BABYLON.

        • Posted By: saudiy @ 12/16/2007 8:05:38 PM

          ali baba is (from my point of view is any goverment)
          isn,t that right monicas

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 12/15/2007 11:45:20 PM

    Morbie are you Canadian. I heard people in Canada think nothing bad is ever going to happen I guess it is because we are here to protect you. Have you heard of the three men arrested last month for having weapons grad uranium; you know the material we are about to go to war over.
    I wish more countries acted like INDIA. INDIA HAS NO PROBLEM WITH BUSH. IF THE WORLD WOULD PUT IT'S HATRED ASIDE AND WORK WITH AMERICA LIKE INDIA WE WOULD NOT HAVE THESE PROBLEMS. THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY DO NO LET PEOPLE FOOL YOU INTO ONLY SEEING ONE SIDE. THINK. BUSH IS NOT THE ONLY PERSON TO BLAME FOR THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS.
    INDIANS from INDIA have thrived under the BUSH ADMINISTRATION. They have gone from third world(which they still are) to a first "world-like" nation. Many peasants have moved up to middle class status. INDIANS in CANADA are doing very well I hear AH. INDIANS in America have been dominating the technology sector and have invested heavily in INDIAN Companies throughout the world. Today much of our customer service jobs are handled by the INDIANS. Considering this is not their first language, I think they should be applauded. Having a democratic President like Edwards who would probablly reduce outsourcing jobs to India especially in the technology field, would cause the Indian government to lose billions. In order for India to become a First-World nation they must do away with their caste system. A lot of brilliant Indians in India never get to realize the American dream like Fareed Zakaria. They instead are stuck in a life of poverty. If you study the Indian culture you will notice the light skined Indians usually discriminate against dark skinned Indians. The light skinned Indians own the technology companies in Virginia and the dark skinned Indians own the seven elevens. Just as America has gone through it's civil rights stuggle, so must India. It is wrong that someone is destined to poverty because of their caste. Indian-Pakistan relations have cooled since Bush has been in power. WHY? FEAR. They never feared the Clinton regime and in the 1990's these two countries were on the brink of full out nuclear war.

    • Posted By: morbie5 @ 12/17/2007 11:46:51 AM

      Wow, what a great insult! I have no comeback for that. Im not canadian, I'm american. I do live 1/2 hour away from the canadian border and I have been there many times. You should go visit, its a nice place. You'll find that the people are very similar to us (gasp) and they dont hate us (gasp)! I don't know where your getting your info about indians liking bush but its just not true. Why are you worried about India losing billions before you worry about our own economic health. Almost everything that is outsourced to india hurts our own economy. If you like India so much why don't you go live there? I'll move to Toronto if you move to Bombay.

  • Posted By: jpaol @ 12/16/2007 9:32:27 PM

    Much of the insular, redstate Republican base, with their mortal fear of science and "foreigners," doesn't feel prepared to compete with the rest of the world.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 12/15/2007 3:48:32 PM

    I wish more countries acted like INDIA. INDIA HAS NO PROBLEM WITH BUSH. IF THE WORLD WOULD PUT IT'S HATRED ASIDE AND WORK WITH AMERICA LIKE INDIA WE WOULD NOT HAVE THESE PROBLEMS. THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY DO NO LET PEOPLE FOOL YOU INTO ONLY SEEING ONE SIDE. THINK. BUSH IS NOT THE ONLY PERSON TO BLAME FOR THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS.
    INDIANS from INDIA have thrived under the BUSH ADMINISTRATION. They have gone from third world(which they still are) to a first "world-like" nation. Many peasants have moved up to middle class status. INDIANS in CANADA are doing very well I hear AH. INDIANS in America have been dominating the technology sector and have invested heavily in INDIAN Companies throughout the world. Today much of our customer service jobs are handled by the INDIANS. Considering this is not their first language, I think they should be applauded. Having a democratic President like Edwards who would probablly reduce outsourcing jobs to India especially in the technology field, would cause the Indian government to lose billions. In order for India to become a First-World nation they must do away with their caste system. A lot of brilliant Indians in India never get to realize the American dream like Fareed Zakaria. They instead are stuck in a life of poverty. If you study the Indian culture you will notice the light skined Indians usually discriminate against dark skinned Indians. The light skinned Indians own the technology companies in Virginia and the dark skinned Indians own the seven elevens. Just as America has gone through it's civil rights stuggle, so must India. It is wrong that someone is destined to poverty because of their caste. Indian-Pakistan relations have cooled since Bush has been in power. WHY? FEAR. They never feared the Clinton regime and in the 1990's these two countries were on the brink of full out nuclear war.

    • Posted By: saudiy @ 12/16/2007 4:03:27 PM

      it is me saudiy
      i want to correct some of the words in my comment
      first lint it for t
      second line survival for surviva trainees for rainees
      third line challenge for tchallenge
      forth line too for to
      fifth line lives for tives

  • Posted By: IndAm @ 12/15/2007 11:49:27 PM

    When I visited America, way back in 1988, at the age of 39, as a visitor, my friend greeted and received me at the gate. Today I am, almost, completing 59 and I am visiting at least 4 or 5 times a year. I am worried about America, the leader of the last century, the 1900s. I am worried about America, the wonderful land of immigrants, who made their new found land, most prosperous. I am worried about who looks the same immigrants as the most suspicious.

    I am worried about America which is spending beyond it means. I am worried about America which depends mostly on others work than their own. I am worried about America, which exports its valuable jobs to everyone under the sun, but denies a livelihood for many of its own people

    It is NOT Mr Bush. It is YOU, the Americans. Your attitude must change. You are just like others. If you feel you are special, then be prepared to pay a price. It is isolation. No one wants to live with security posted outside their houses or backyard. If you want to live that way, it is a sad choice for you. Then stop calling your self that you living in a free society or a free world. The world is already laughing at you. It is the pity that you don't even realize it, leave alone feeling about it.

    As long as your corporations drive your political system, instead of "WE, the People", your society is doomed forever. And you are destined to live in a protective cage, where you live securely. And your media makes you to believe that you are living in a safe and FREE world. No one is going to stop you, if you believe in that kind safe and free society. God must really "bless" America, otherwise Americans may live in a kind of safe and free world, created by Geoge Orwell.

    • Posted By: Braes @ 12/16/2007 2:34:41 PM

      They have had the crap scared out of them. Badly. Remember Color coded threat levels? A period of tension and political alignment. When you were say, in or near the Capitol and knew that United 93 was meant for you, you are going to vote for whatever the President wants. Scared. Then like usual we turned it into anger. We could have done a lot of things better if we weren't so freakin peeved off.
      The only question was how much crap were we going to go break in our rage and reaction. Punk 4000 Americans, it's kinda on dontcha think? We are all just lucky the thing didn't go nuclear on day one.
      Let see , afraid is the base assumption and we can eventually build out an NMD system that can hit incoming warheads by the bucketload. The F-22 can supersonic cruise for extended range, stealthed and kill at 200km. We have anough assets in orbit to see every inch of anythig moving, emitting rf, infared, etc. Christ we have bought 5 trillion worth of stuff. That is more than the next 4 nations in line will in the next decade or two.
      Now we could have been smarter about a lot of stuff.
      Fear and pissed. Unlike a person from a 6-8000 year culture, we've been barely governing ourselves for 220 or so years, if that is what we agree to call it. Sometimes under the banner of fear and pissed.

  • Posted By: richardwang.sz @ 12/16/2007 4:54:44 AM

    US always invents its enemies. It's unreasonable.--Richard Wang

    • Posted By: Braes @ 12/16/2007 2:09:37 PM

      And when left alone, we tend to turn on ourselves, foolishly. Let that be a lesson to all.

  • Posted By: Braes @ 12/16/2007 1:43:10 PM

    A reign of Terror is the best way to keep the sheep in line. From rubber gloving grannies to no-fly lists, these clowns set new standards on amok. 99.99999% of musllims aren't mad at us, or want to hurt anyone. The only places in the world where the tension is through the roof are places we have invaded and camped since 1991. That tension adds $30 bucks to a 42 gallon barrel of oil.
    Afraid? we spend 15 times the next nation in line on the defense industrial base. We've added 5 billion or so in the last 7 years to the debt stirring up the world with Condi's transformation. Stability was bad, so let's tip every apple cart. Let's ignore Geneva, the ABM treaty, stick missiles up Russia's fanny, lose the Conventional forces in Europe treaty, watch the Intermediate Nuclear agreement go away... and watch the fattest of fat cats kill the middle class, and load our grandkids with almost 9 trillion in total debt. Wow, what do we have to be afraid of from the rest of the world when we are slaughtering ourselves?
    Bushland. Muslims shouldn't feel special, Bush hates white people too.

  • Posted By: Harriet The Spy @ 12/14/2007 12:50:43 PM

    What is there in the "new world order" of globalization that average Americans should find attractive, compelling or comforting? Americans see their jobs going overseas in a constant, steady stream. They see that any increase in the GDP will go, not into their paychecks or increases in their benefits, not into fixing the transportation system or the schools, but into the gated communities of those who are already rich and well-connected. Meanwhile, we're supposed to welcom with open arms an avalanche of poor, desperate people fleeing Latin America, who will work for nothing in order to put bread on the table. Then there are the Europeans, who still don't realize that the taxes which we pay to support our military protects THEM, thereby allowing them the luxury of cradle-to-grave social benefits most Americans would die for. And then there are the religious fanatics of the Muslim world, largely comprised of men whose masculinity is so challenged that they can't stand to see a woman walk down the street unless she's encased in a black sack. Let's not forget the "humanitarian crisis of the week "in Africa (there have been so many one losses track...Biafra...Rawanda...Sierra Leone...Angola...Darfur...and on, and on, and on...

    Most Americans would be very happy if the rest of the world would stay were they are, take responsibility for getting their own societies up to the level of the 19th century, and leave us alone. There's nothing in globilization for me and mine except getting unemployed, getting ripped off, or getting shot at.

    • Posted By: nycanon @ 12/14/2007 1:12:34 PM

      "Most Americans would be very happy if the rest of the world would stay were they are, take responsibility for getting their own societies up to the level of the 19th century, and leave us alone"
      History has shown that people will move where the best opportunites are, sometimes at the expense of the local population. Just ask the Native Americans.

      • Posted By: Harriet The Spy @ 12/14/2007 2:28:15 PM

        Fine with me if the Mexicans, Guatamalans, and Columbians decide to go to India or China. That's where all the jobs are anyway. Let's see how welcoming those societies are when they're invaded the way we've been invaded.

        • Posted By: IndAm @ 12/15/2007 11:18:37 PM

          Harry, don't you worry. They will go to India and China. You can enjoy your back yard freely by cleaning your roads, building your own dilapidated buildings and cleaning tables with left over BigMacs.

          They came in droves, just you provided them opportunity (or some leftovers). Just stop them, by exporting the opportunities to China and India (that is what your corporations like MS, IBM, Dell, Sun, etc etc are hell bent on implementing). America is getting filled with "intelligentsia" like you. May God is "blessing" to bless the rest of the world. Is itn't?

    • Posted By: pinkpanther87413 @ 12/14/2007 1:10:45 PM

      to right, but you ommitted the religious fanatics from here, in the Christian sect, who runs the show today!
      Like Bush who told the Pope "I have spoken to a higher source, and he told me to invade" after the Pope stated, not to invade Iraq.

      • Posted By: wilsan @ 12/14/2007 1:24:38 PM

        pinkpanther. Perhaps I'm being a little here, but...

        Christianity is not a sect. It is the major Religion of the world, that over millinia has defined the Western World's definition of what is Good and what is Bad. Is Christianity perfect? Nope, of course not - And that is what it is all about. We Christians try to improve ourselves to a higher standard of Good, knowing that we are starting off at a disadvantage.

        So, poke your fun if you will, but don't get confused with the idea of a 'sect'... Verses what is arguably the most profound impact in Western History.

        • Posted By: pinkpanther87413 @ 12/14/2007 1:32:58 PM

          im in not way making fun of it and im sorry for the word "Sect" but my point is every religion has its fanatics and GW is one of those and more are running. thats all, sorry if i offended it was not my intention

          • Posted By: wilsan @ 12/14/2007 1:54:56 PM

            pinkpanther, no problem. As you explain, we in fact do have sects in Christianity. That's History! I am enjoying your commentary... Conservative that I am. Thanks. And now I gotta go Christmas shopping. Bummer.

        • Posted By: pinkpanther87413 @ 12/14/2007 1:38:20 PM

          Again sorry for the word sect i was trying to seperate those who, from those who are not. as those who are not are good people, those who are not arn't. im trying to seperate fanatic, from the ones who are not, as you are two very different followers and i do not want to lump all into one term, sorry

  • Posted By: manbearpig @ 12/15/2007 11:10:30 PM

    I think countries with nothing else to offer to the world except their natural resources (read oil) will have to fear the USA. Get real, democracy and freedom has nothing to do with the wars we are in right now, nor the cold war, nor any war in the history of the world. The reasoning behind all wars have always been "I want what that guy's got" or "I'm not going to give what I've got to that guy". Yes, even WWII - think about it. Once the oil runs out, countries with a lot of wind or a lot of sunshine could be living in fear too...

  • Posted By: manbearpig @ 12/15/2007 11:02:12 PM

    eddiewhere: India and Pakistan are not at war because they fear America? That is a big leap to make. No denying that these 2 countries have always had hostile relations with each other, but they have gone to war against each other only when there have been territorial aggressions from either side - America or no America. Full-out war was avoided in 98 BECAUSE the Clinton administration intervened and pressured Pakistan to pull back, which led to loss of face for Sharif with the military, which led to the coup, which led to Musharraf, and suddenly there were bigger problems to deal with than a snowy rocky terrain where nobody would want to live in.

  • Posted By: saudiy @ 12/15/2007 10:38:46 PM

    I was once in the United States 30 years ago ,taken my training their ,part of t was a desert surviva,most of the rainees , thout of the course as a , challenge,but the instructor said ,this course is not for tchllenge,it is to search inside your selve and know your behavior in such condition
    we need to know , our selve more in positive conditions to
    United States tives positive condition and need to know themselves more in such condition
    by the way thanks to Microsoft I am using speech recognition system to write this, ccomment
    thank you

  • Posted By: CommonSense4All @ 12/14/2007 8:08:36 AM

    To those who think Hillary or Obama will be America's savior, I have news for you. Obama has nill foreign policy experience. Living overseas during his childhood does not equip him with the knowledge necessary to deal with the world, regardless of many times he says it. And Hillary, well I don't have enough time remaining in my life to inform you of how bad she HAS BEEN or would CONTINUE TO BE bad for America. For starters, Americans seem to have short memories. It was her philandering husband who all but handed over nuclear secrets from Los Alamos to the Chinese. Short of gift wrap, his minions handed over secrets that will only help propel (no pun intended) Chinese ballistic missile technology for years to come. Sandy Berger's theft from the National Archives of secret documents around the time the 9/11 commission was investigating is a bit of a concern. And this may be trivial to some, but doesn't anyone remember when the first Clinton administration left the White House, only to remove (read 'STEAL') all of the furniture and paintings, and spray painted the walls like an Arkansas trailer? No? Don't remember that? What short memories Americans have. Well, I didn't forget and I'm hopeful at least 51% of all voting Americans remember come Nov. 2008.

    • Posted By: morbie5 @ 12/15/2007 7:01:01 PM

      George W. Bush had no foreign policy experience at all when he came into office and I bet that didn't stop you from voting for him.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 12/14/2007 1:44:30 AM

    The Middle Eastern Governments are dead scared. They are wondering who America will invade next. Ever since America moved into the region Middle Eastern Governments have become increasingly defensive and Defiant. OBAMA OR CLINTON?WHich candidate can tackle this issue best. IS Hillary Clinton's Gender a factor in US-Middle East Relations. Is Barak OBama's RACE an advantage in this situation. Are the technological advancements of China and the vunerablen Russian nuclear arsernal more of a threat to America than the Middle East. THere is a lot anti-Americanism fueling in Russia. Our fighting force is SUPERIOR to any FIGHTING FORCE in the middle eastern region and parts of the Asian subcontinent. No country in that region can challenge our Military SUPERIORITY.Neither PaKistan nor India even comes close to challenging our long range capabilities.Plus our missle defense systems are so advanced that they can shoot down incoming missle. Are we not taking our eye of the real threat. One problem that has been eased since the American Occupation of Afganistan and Iraq is the INDIAN -PACISTAN NUCLEAR CONFLICT. That seems to be the only positive that has come from American Foreign Policy.

    • Posted By: pinkpanther87413 @ 12/14/2007 9:04:59 AM

      our missle defence system is a joke no a joke works the missles don't and the biggest threat is in the mirror America behind Bush!

      • Posted By: morbie5 @ 12/15/2007 6:34:52 PM

        I think the missile defense system is a huge waste of time and money. Russia and china aren't going to attack us and even if they do the system doesn't work so it won't matter if we have it or not. Even if it did work the russians would just build new missiles that would get past it so they can have a strategic advantage and thus start a new cold war-like build up.

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