Politics & Government - 10 June 2007

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/US_confirms_it_arming_Sunni_insurgents_0610.html
Monday's New York Times will lead with a story by veteran Iraq correspondent John Burns revealing that the U.S. military has confirmed that it is arming Sunni insurgent factions to try to contain al-Qaida in Mesopotamia, RAW STORY has learned.
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Sunnis are Al quaeda
Al Quaeda hates the shiites
Iran is shiite and , Alqueada hates Iran.
Whos F+cking side are we on here?
Is this like the US government funding the Afghan "freedom fighters" in the 1980's that gave us the Taliban in the 90's. The enemy of my enemy(iran) is my friend but give it 10 years for the blow back?

2007-06-10 14:54:45 · 5 answers · asked by citizenjanecitizenjane2 4 in Politics

How many of you want to start such a place or know of a place that foreign mother living outside of America can get help with child support and other issues.
A lot of help for fathers of children living overseas. How about the other way around?

2007-06-10 14:52:50 · 4 answers · asked by mark w 2 in International Organizations

if the restraining order was filed by your parents for you against someone else, how old would you have to be to lift the order in the state of california?

2007-06-10 14:52:36 · 7 answers · asked by huntingforeggs 2 in Law & Ethics

2007-06-10 14:49:23 · 18 answers · asked by I'm Sparticus 4 in Government

I can't stand her politics, but does anyone else find Nancy Pelosi kinda sexy?

2007-06-10 14:48:58 · 11 answers · asked by Kelly C 1 in Other - Politics & Government

2007-06-10 14:47:25 · 9 answers · asked by kunlex 1 in Politics

2007-06-10 14:45:25 · 20 answers · asked by vegaswoman 6 in Politics

We have large bases in Japan and for what? Go ahead all of you experts explain, please.

Japan has weapons for self defense and a military.
Just purchased f-22 from USA.

Korea? What is the USA going to do if Korea does bomb Japan? Send in troops. We have bases in Korea.

We have wholes families in foreign countries that we are paying to support their living there, why?

These bases are full of things such as golf courses, fine dinning, movies, bowling,private marinas and the list goes on.

2007-06-10 14:44:09 · 14 answers · asked by mark w 2 in Military

We should all be weary of this man and his rat pack of 11 senators joined in with our generalissimo George W Bush,put them all together and they form the real Ocean's 13,only these persons don't rob casinos,what they want to do is tell 300 million people their voice doesn't count

2007-06-10 14:41:39 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

hillary ? come on now ?????

2007-06-10 14:37:35 · 17 answers · asked by kramer 1 in Elections

My son's unit stopped a suicide bomber today. They took the bomber into custody and are still dealing with a dumptruck filled with 8000 pounds of explosives. They have tried to get news coverage of this. But so far noone will....What gives? Our brave soldiers do good and it's not reported!!!! Surprise! Surprise!

2007-06-10 14:36:07 · 20 answers · asked by freeatlast2200 3 in Politics

wish to know history and manufacure of a 32 auto pistol reportedly taken from a German officer in WW2 only marking a design on bakelite grip may be R M F ser 62xxx....suggested possible mfg DREYSE but no info on Dreyse either.Holster includes pocket extra clip..just curious thanks

2007-06-10 14:34:59 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

and left a letter for her to mail me my check it has been 2 weeks and nothing in the mail can she hold it

2007-06-10 14:33:22 · 2 answers · asked by Hermelinda V 1 in Law & Ethics

My ex-boyfriend has been trying to contact me for six months, and I'm wondering if what he is doing can be considered harassment, and what I can do about it.
He says he wants "to talk," but after the emotional abuse he put me through for 2 years, I have been unwilling to take his calls. Six months ago he started calling and text messaging me daily, having his friends call me, and using his friends' cell phones so that I wouldn't recognize the number. One night a few months ago, he called me over 60 times in an attempt to talk to me. He's gotten better now (he only calls every week or so), but he has recently started e-mailing my mom and my friends and asking them questions about where he can find me. So, the question is...is this serious enough to go to the police? Is this considered harassment? Or is it just an "annoyance" that I should put up with? I'm moving on with my life and am not willing to talk to him...so what can I do to keep him from contacting me?

2007-06-10 14:29:06 · 10 answers · asked by StarRose 2 in Law & Ethics

2007-06-10 14:27:45 · 9 answers · asked by s3xyd3ll27 2 in Military

This is a story meant as a joke but I'm not sure if it could turn out real and would like to have your opinion.

A guy buys insurance for a carton of cigarettes to protect them from damage, intentional or otherwise. He then goes on to light them, ie smokes them and tried to claim the insurance, since after smoking them, it is technically "damaged". He successfully claimed the insurance for the item but once the damage was paid out, the insurance company sued him for arson. He was jailed for 2 years.

Is such a scenario possible in the United States?

2007-06-10 14:25:30 · 11 answers · asked by ali 6 in Law & Ethics

2007-06-10 14:25:19 · 15 answers · asked by ibid 3 in Politics

2007-06-10 14:21:39 · 13 answers · asked by ktee51 1 in Law & Ethics

why is the logo for the army is a 5 pointed star, which is a pagan symbol?

2007-06-10 14:17:24 · 8 answers · asked by Otep 1 in Government

The American dollar may soon be replaced with the "amero," a suggested new currency (similar to the "euro"), allowing Canada, the US and Mexico to move toward a "North American Community" -- a union similar to the European Union. Someday soon, borders will be open, requiring no passports or visas. Instead, an embedded mark in the hand or forehead will be used for instant personal identification. The problem of illegal aliens will be solved. We will all be one big happy family.

Are you wondering why such moves are being made without asking for a vote of the citizenry? The answer lies in the United Nations’ move toward one-world government. Plans are afoot to divide the world into ten economic/political regions. The United Europe is one region, and the North American Community is another. Around the world, regions are currently being developed. Some are further along than others, but 2010 appears to be an achievable goal for the emergence of world government
http://www.theamericanr

2007-06-10 14:17:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Doesn't it seem that lately politics seem to be in a stand-still. I'm not referring to GB, but I mean, it seems like nothing ever happens anymore.

Is it just that the Democratic Party and Republican Party are actually the same party at heart with a few minor differences. Because it doesn't matter what one canidate will say on a debate, are they really going to actually do what they say? No, because they never do.

So now that both the prime parties are in a sense worthless and doing nothing at a viewpoint. What do you do? And Who do you vote for?

2007-06-10 14:11:35 · 9 answers · asked by MB 2 in Politics

Well one Thursday after school, me and my friends and other girls were talking and we realized, we had no homework or upcoming tests. My friend and three other girls were going to go home, change clothes, and eat at Buffalo Wild Wings at 6:00 and then head to the mall. I wanted to go, but I had to help tutor until 5:30. Then said they'd come by the school then and we'd all walk there together. So they came and I was the only one still in my school uniform. We ate and got to the mall at 7:15. We were walking around when my friend Libby saw two boys she knew. She was talking to them, but me and the other girls just waited behind her. During this, a cop came up to us. He told me to stand against the wall. I was handcuffed and led around the mall to the security office. I was then placed in an isolated room (with the cuffs still on). After about an hour, the officer said my friends paid a "releasing fee" and since this was a first time offense, nothing would be recorded.

2007-06-10 14:11:14 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

Farenheit 9/11----- FICTION
Inconvenient Truth------- FICTION
Sicko------- FICTION

Have you seen Men in Black? Are you waiting for the Aliens to come?

2007-06-10 14:11:05 · 14 answers · asked by TRUE PATRIOT 6 in Politics

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070611/ap_on_re_us/death_penalty_deterrence;_ylt=AlUr5XPu87cbq4cZIj6fJ.Cs0NUE

The steady drumbeat of DNA exonerations — pointing out flaws in the justice system — has weighed against capital punishment. The moral opposition is loud, too, echoed in Europe and the rest of the industrialized world, where all but a few countries banned executions years ago.

What gets little notice, however, is a series of academic studies over the last half-dozen years that claim to settle a once hotly debated argument — whether the death penalty acts as a deterrent to murder. The analyses say yes. They count between three and 18 lives that would be saved by the execution of each convicted killer.

2007-06-10 14:07:17 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I'm about to EAS and want to move my family to my new home. My new home is actually further than where i originally entered the Marine Corps.. Thank you.

2007-06-10 14:06:26 · 8 answers · asked by danielleandstookey 1 in Military

Our government is giving our country away to mexico.
We have loss total control of our borders.
Bank of America is giving credit cards to illegal aliens.
Nicaragua has forged ties with Iran, along with Venezuela.
China is testing it's dominance over our market with poison in dog food and antifreeze in toothpaste.
Russia is reinventing a communist union.
CIA reports Russian spy levels are back up to cold war era levels.
A mexican port has been built in Kansas City in the heart of the country, and it is considered mexican soil?

The list goes on and on. We need to wake up because we are steps away from losing this country.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50918
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070604/wl_nm/nicaragua_iran_dc_1
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson

2007-06-10 14:06:05 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

I'm about to EAS and want to move my family to my new home. My new home is actually further than where i originally entered the Marine Corps.. Thank you.

2007-06-10 14:05:37 · 2 answers · asked by danielleandstookey 1 in Government

How long do we have to carry their water? Doesn't this dependence just promote resentment, on both sides?

2007-06-10 14:00:18 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I know there is a lot of people in here saying that they dont want any illegal immigrants.
But do people in the U.S. know that they dont give out work permits?
A lot of people think its so easy to get a visitor visa, student or worker? But it's really not. And I just want people to know that they do what they have to do to survive.

2007-06-10 13:59:33 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

I notice Hillary and others using the term "redeploy" in their plans to end Operation Iraqi Freedom. What's the difference between "redeploy" and cut and run? Did France "redeploy" from Hitler?

2007-06-10 13:50:39 · 11 answers · asked by x 4 in Politics