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which would imply that he would be now treating both sides equally but since he has made no demands of the Palestinians at all, while demanding things from the israeli's, that theory falls apart and he is making specific demands that he KNOWS the Israelis wont agree to anyway settlements were a nice subject to address and pick on, since most of the israeli public doesnt really support them all that much, which means that concentrating on THEM would have been a good move to make but only an idiot would think the israeli public would tolerate any demands for building restrictions in Jerusalem without first seeing a MASSIVE show of willingness for concessions from the other side obama's actions arent going to bring peace they just complicate things for the next guy who replaces him in 4 years since he's going to deal with a situation where BOTH sides are pissed at him Quote:
1)the corruption the ministers were convicted of has absolutely nothing to do with the security issues, they just got greedy and stupid, which is part of why they are FORMER ministers (and one of them is a praticularlly idiotic religious nut) 2)the government in Israel changes rapidly every election (with the current government having nothing to do with the "missile launching buttons" of "operation cast lead" half a year ago) in fact, the israeli goverment, and prime minister have changed 8 times in the past 20 years right and left wingers didn't change a thing 3)the middle east would remain in chaos regardless of what Israel does you're just less likely to hear about any of it in the papers when israel is not involved no one cares about middle eastern deaths when Israel isn't to blame for them case in point on August 15th hamas attacked a mosque in gaza killing 30 palestinians and wounding about 120 including women and children in a fight with a rival group there is even cell phone vids of hamas operatives executing prisoners taken in the fight anyone hear about that ? were there mass protest in arab countries or in Europe ? did the UN security council issue a formal condemnation ?
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considering that past policies where only Israel like the US has been of much help. Maybe having both sides piss of at the US would improve things. Especially if Israel realize the US won't automatically back them if they get into a shooting war with the rest of the Middle East.
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if the US is trying to mediate peace, how would it help if NEITHER side is willing to trust them if they only make demands of israel without demanding anything of the arabs, and specifically make demands of things that they KNOW the israelis wont agree to, the israelis wont agree to them and if they cant make israel agree with them, then they cant even HOPE to make the arabs do the same all Obama is doing is losing credibility from both sides
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TRANSFER OF POWER / DPJ win 'to boost soft power' / Nye says Japan's image abroad will benefit from opposition win
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But IMHO, Russia can default on its debt if it wants to, and not worry about other countries stopping lending it money. It has a huge supply of natural resources that buyers would want. The stigma of being a "pariah"... Big whoop! Realpolitick pretty much guarantees that a country in a strong position will be allowed. China is in a slightly different situation than Russia, IMHO, but it's still the 800-lbs gorilla in the region with lots of people and a big army. It's also more dependent on its people being happy with the government, and they won't be too pleased if they see foreigners "trampling" on China. At least, not based on the general trend of writings by the younger generation. Univ of Texas pulls out of the merit scholarship program Quote:
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Having just visited half a dozen colleges with my daughter, the trend in college financing is "need-blind" admissions and "needs-based" financial aid. We're only looking at smaller liberal arts colleges, but all of them have abolished financial support based on academic or athletic accomplishment. In many ways this makes a lot of sense given the degree of competition for admission to the better American colleges and universities. Most schools have an abundance of applicants who are fully capable of doing the work required for successful matriculation, so it's pretty hard to discriminate on academic merit. On the other hand, the cost of attending private colleges and universities has soared into the stratosphere ($50K or more annually) so basing financial aid decisions on need helps ensure some diversity in the student body.
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Israelis should be more outraged that their own government is using it's own citizens as pawns in this land dispute.
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It could be classified as post-traumatic-stress-disorder, but that doesn't fit the bill scientifically, though logically they have been traumatised by the idea of Arabs enslaving them if they give up parts of Israel they have won. They better settle this as peacefully as possible, or else it will end up like the Chechen conflict. Israel being forcibly overrun by Muslim states will be a disaster to the rest of the world, their training doctrines and technology will probably be siphoned off to radicals in the rest of the world to help create a "Muslim Earth" with a Taliban-type world order.
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Local official says that it's 7.3. At least I'm glad a tsunami didn't happen thought... And the damage is nowhere near Tokyo 8.0...
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I'm all for the "need-blind" idea and definitely "needs-based" (actually I find it appalling that the US leaves its intellectual talent to fend for itself rather than investing in them)... but eliminating talent scholarships????
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The entire reason Disney bought Marvel is to spread their demographic of customers. If they touch Marvel's content, it would kill the point of buying it in the first place. In other words, I agree with you. Last edited by Dilla; 2009-09-02 at 13:05. |
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Those copycat idiots, trying to outdo the two dead idiots of Columbine:
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The most conventional terrorist method is to use petrol bombs (molotovs) or the one Samuel Byck used. I can't believe that they didn't realise that simple ideas are always available. Besides, why the heck are they doing this? The Columbine kids are different from them, they set an example to what various factors in schools can do to the socially inept. Since these kids are socially inept, why not they preserve the memory of the Columbine runners by at least calling up a hotline?
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I think they were too absorbed in the game to notice the shaking or whatever was around them. It happens.
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