Politics & Government - 3 February 2007

2007-02-03 18:14:12 · 17 answers · asked by answers999 6 in Immigration

Soldiers in Iraq view troop surge as a lost cause
By Tom Lasseter
McClatchy Newspapers

Staff Sgt. Robert Johnson, 29, of Montgomery, Alabama, questions two Iraqis digging a ditch on the side of the road.
"AND" Army 1st Lt. Antonio Hardy took a slow look around the east Baghdad neighborhood that he and his men were patrolling. He grimaced at the sound of gunshots in the distance. A machine gunner on top of a Humvee scanned the rooftops for snipers. Some of Hardy's men wondered aloud if they'd get hit by a roadside bomb on the way back to their base.


"To be honest, it's going to be like this for a long time to come, no matter what we do," said Hardy, 25, of Atlanta. "I think some people in America don't want to know about all this violence, about all the killings. The people back home are shielded from it; Many Americans don't want to see the violence. Out of sight and out of mind. "We are not going to win over here in Iraq" Johnson said. It's a lost cause.

2007-02-03 18:09:43 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

Bush asking for another $245 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan.
America has already spent almost $400 billion so far and it's projected that by the end of 2008, those wars will be at a total cost of more than $700 billion.

Where's this money coming from?

I want us to get out of there victorious but, this is bordering on the ridiculous.

2007-02-03 18:02:20 · 10 answers · asked by GeneL 7 in Military

I hear they found a Jane Fonda pin-up over a decapitated childs body.

2007-02-03 17:58:57 · 4 answers · asked by NONAME 1 in Other - Politics & Government

The Governorship of Texas is a token political position with limited powers. How did anyone in their right mind think this experience made Bush a good candidate for President?

2007-02-03 17:57:30 · 13 answers · asked by itsdabigbadwolf 3 in Politics

Do you think Iran is the major supplier? Or who do you think is? And if they are coming across Iraq's borders, why aren't they being stopped?

2007-02-03 17:56:20 · 13 answers · asked by puter_patty 4 in Politics

Most liberals support the cut and run policy of the democratic party. How does this keep terrorism at bay. Nancy P has suggested a group hug will work in battling terrorist but I am worried that when i am hugging them they will blow the bomb up that is strapped to there chest.

2007-02-03 17:54:38 · 17 answers · asked by CG 1 in Politics

Who else?

2007-02-03 17:53:10 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

2007-02-03 17:52:02 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

sawing of childrens heads are one thing but eating them to praise their god? uuuhhhh

2007-02-03 17:50:58 · 10 answers · asked by NONAME 1 in Other - Politics & Government

who do you fear? Muslims, who have an opposing irrational belief system.

So, what you fear is irrationality, not rationality, right?

2007-02-03 17:46:03 · 17 answers · asked by Brendan G 4 in Government

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070204/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

And thousands of tons of loose ordinance still out there?

We don't even speak the language. And Bush dared them to "bring it on". Well......this is just the beginning.

2007-02-03 17:45:54 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-02-03 17:45:14 · 13 answers · asked by Ahmed Yar K 2 in Law Enforcement & Police

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070204/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

And thousands of tons or loose ordinance still out there?

We don't even speak the language. And Bush dared them to "bring it on". Well......this is just the beginning.

2007-02-03 17:44:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

an actor who claims who reads his Bible
or
a rocket scientist who doesn't
?
What does the answer say about rational discourse in America?

2007-02-03 17:43:56 · 5 answers · asked by Brendan G 4 in Government

The government should officially declare their religion as secular.

2007-02-03 17:42:56 · 8 answers · asked by indiananytime 2 in Politics

would anyone care to differentiate the 3 please?!...

2007-02-03 17:42:26 · 5 answers · asked by get.real 3 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-02-03 17:42:05 · 2 answers · asked by Juan D 1 in Military

That we are not happy with the way they disregard what we think?We are tired of the high taxes, the big spenders, our borders being over run, secret deals being made behind our backs, out-sourcing-the never ending wars with no end,started for no good reason.every one makes mistakes but nobody gets fired, whats that about?Close those oversea bases bring them home.We need to build here now,invest here now.But I could be wrong I maybe the only one who's had it.

2007-02-03 17:41:46 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

in military due to decipline no one can ask question to his senior .no one able to ask because senior can give him punishment diretly or indirectly .

2007-02-03 17:40:07 · 11 answers · asked by sand_2k9 1 in Military

2007-02-03 17:38:42 · 16 answers · asked by Ramji K 1 in Other - Politics & Government

i'm pretty sure my question asks it all...should the US gov. set the minimum for health care for each citizen of the US? give an explanation please! not just yes or no or maybe!

thanks!

2007-02-03 17:37:06 · 17 answers · asked by jtuned16 2 in Government

The recent poisoning of a former Russian KGB - was that ordered by Vladimir Putin?

2007-02-03 17:36:55 · 9 answers · asked by Mr. USA 1 in Law & Ethics

Is the Russian government so sick that it has to get an approval to stop corruption? Check this recent article - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070202/ap_on_re_eu/russia_education_reform

2007-02-03 17:35:30 · 2 answers · asked by Mr. USA 1 in Law & Ethics

All of you seem to hate the government, so let's see what you would do.

2007-02-03 17:35:15 · 11 answers · asked by tomdawg ツ 4 in Government

I know that they are supposed to protect him, but from what?? the president'r car is supposed to be armored, isn't it??
so, y r they there?? they are only needed when he is out of the car, y do they have to run around his car?

2007-02-03 17:33:53 · 2 answers · asked by Stream 1 in Government

i wwas maybe three the bomb went off killing 6 infants 3 workers and 2 teenage mothers my mother came to court to oppose them she had to give her adress some people came to protest at my house when i was a little child the crowd turned violant my dad came out with his .45 ACP and when one tryied to enter the home he shot one shot up in the air and said,"by god if any one of you try to hurt my family i will not hesitate to kill anyone of you!" these people where evengalical christians.

2007-02-03 17:33:45 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-02-03 17:30:22 · 9 answers · asked by eajey 1 in Elections

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If 50 countries and half your citizens advise you against doing something and you do it anyway, why get mad at them when they forewarned you about the mess that you were getting yourself into?

2007-02-03 17:29:11 · 13 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5 in Politics

I'm 19 and I want to go to Iraq and here's why: I'm terse, anti-social, intelligent, and dark. I can't explain why I am the way I am, but most people think I'm a serial killer or at least "really sketchy" when they first meet me. I want to be a war veteran so they'll think Iraq is the reason I'm so dark, even though I was like that in the first place.

I know I'm mentally prepared for war because I'm smarter and darker than everyone else my age, and I don't really care if I die because I kind of want to. However, I really don't want to get crippled. What are my odds of being crippled in combat?

2007-02-03 17:28:31 · 23 answers · asked by croato87 5 in Military