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what is going to be on
this side of the page in
the future?
Excerpt:
In a blunt rejection of Pakistan's demand for a civilian nuclear deal on the lines he
clinched with India, US President George W Bush today said the two countries had
different needs and different histories.
After discussions with President Pervez Musharraf here, the US leader was asked by
reporters whether Washington would have with energy-deficient Pakistan a nuclear
deal similar to the one he had reached with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New
Delhi two days ago.
With Musharraf standing by his side, Bush stated in unambiguous terms that
"Pakistan and India are different countries with different needs and different
histories".
Way to insult Pakistan, Bush, considering that both countries share the same history
as they were both part of the same kingdom for centuries and then part of the British
Empire for another good-long while. They also both have the same two standard
languages and share a border and disputed territory.
What's this mean for the War on Terror? I guess we will have to wait and see.
Pakistan is our most important ally in the War on Terror and India has been
Pakistan's enemy for the last 60 years. We make sweet deal with India and give
Pakistan the shaft. Someone wasn't thinking this one through when they ran the
simulations at the state department.
I told you this was a bad move... (see below)
Excerpt:
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba Mar 3, 2006 (AP)— After four years of
secrecy, the Pentagon released documents Friday that contain the names of
hundreds of detainees held at a U.S. military prison. The release resulted from a
victory by The Associated Press in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.
The Bush administration had hidden the identities, home countries and other
information about the men, who were accused of taking up arms against the United
States. But a federal judge rejected administration arguments that releasing the
identities would violate the detainees' privacy and could endanger them and their
families.
Protect their families from what? Being treated like heroes in their home-countries?
The next paragraph:
The names were scattered throughout more than 5,000 pages of transcripts of
hearings in which detainees defended themselves against allegations that they were
"enemy combatants." That classification, Bush administration lawyers say, deprives
the detainees of Geneva Convention prisoner-of-war protections and allows them to
be held indefinitely without charges.
Let's do a little research into the language used.
"Enemy":
en·e·my
n. pl. en·e·mies
One who feels hatred toward, intends injury to, or opposes the interests of another; a
foe.
A hostile power or force, such as a nation.
A member or unit of such a force.
A group of foes or hostile forces. See Usage Note at collective noun.
Something destructive or injurious in its effects: “Art hath an enemy called Ignorance”
(Ben Jonson).
adj.
Of, relating to, or being a hostile power or force.
OK, now "Combatant":
com·bat·ant
n.
One, such as a person or a combat vehicle, that takes part in armed strife.
adj.
Engaging in armed strife.
"Armed strife." What does that mean? Hmmmmm....
Let's go with "strife" ad see what we get:
strife
n.
Heated, often violent dissension; bitter conflict. See Synonyms at discord.
A struggle, fight, or quarrel.
Contention or competition between rivals.
Archaic. Earnest endeavor or striving.
Ooh, "bitter conflict." I am willing to bet if "strife" is "armed" it is probably "bitter."
So let's now go to "conflict":
con·flict
n.
A state of open, often prolonged fighting; a battle or war.
A state of disharmony between incompatible or antithetical persons, ideas, or
interests; a clash.
Psychology. A psychic struggle, often unconscious, resulting from the opposition or
simultaneous functioning of mutually exclusive impulses, desires, or tendencies.
Opposition between characters or forces in a work of drama or fiction, especially
opposition that motivates or shapes the action of the plot.
intr.v. con·flict·ed, con·flict·ing, con·flicts
To be in or come into opposition; differ.
Archaic. To engage in warfare.
So now that we know what these words actually mean let's find out what a "detainee"
is:
de·tain·ee
n.
A person held in custody or confinement: a political detainee.
Main Entry: de·tain·ee
Pronunciation: di-"tA-'nE
Function: noun
: a person who is detained; especially : a person held in custody prior to trial or
hearing
detainee
n : some held in custody [syn: political detainee]
Huh. Sounds a lot like these combatants are in a "war" and they are about to face a
hearing or trial. Let's take a look at the thesaurus just to be sure:
Main Entry: captive
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: prisoner
Synonyms: bondman, bondservant, con, convict, detainee, hostage, internee, slave
Antonyms: captor, guard, jailer; freeman
Ouch. Looks like "detainee" is just another word for "prisoner." A prisoner from a
war; in other words a "prisoner of war."
The judge finds the Bush administration guilty of violating the articles of the Geneva
Convention.
Suck it, Bush.
with India. Terrorists blow up a US diplomat in the country less than 48 hours prior to
his landing in Islamabad. Bin Laden is being harbored most likely by militants inside
the borders of Pakistan. Pakistan's president, Gen. Musharraf, has a very shaky
military hold on the country (well, on most of the county) much of which is seething
with fundamentalist Muslims and bin Laden sympathizers. How the heck is Bush
going to smooth things over for Musharraf?
Bush just agreed to sell weapons and nuclear technology to a nation that Pakistan
has been involved in off-and-on war with for the last 60 years. Are we going to be
arming both sides of the conflict now? Is that it? I really don't understand the logic
behind these moves other than letting American businesses promote and profit off of
international conflict between two of our allies.
It sort of seems to me that we are acting like that smarmy kid in elementary school
that convinces two of his friends to have a fight with each other and then takes bets
on the side.
what's going on
Excerpt:
This weekend, President Bush and Osama bin Laden will, in all likelihood, be in
the same country for the first time. That nation is Pakistan.
How each man will likely spend the day Saturday paints a sharp picture of just where
the war on terror stands and of what the United States could do better to win it.
Bush is, without a doubt, taking one of the bigger risks of his presidency in going to
Pakistan. Islamic fundamentalism is rife. His host and ally, President Pervez
Musharraf, tries to keep an iron military grip on his country, but his hold is shaky. On
Thursday, despite heightened security across Pakistan, a suicide bomber was able
to kill a U.S. diplomat in Karachi. Bush said it wouldn't deter him. But the places he'll
visit will look as if a neutron bomb has hit: with buildings standing, but populations
all but cleared out for fear of assassination attempts.
Dang. That's definitely a presidential welcome.
prison for accepting bribes and tax evasion. My question is: Who's next? Frist,
Santorum, Delay, or one of the hundreds that got drunk off the teat of Abramoff?
law and putting this nation's military personnel at risk but because he is sorry he got
caught.
stupid. Here.
BAGHDAD -- Suspected Sunni Arab insurgents killed at least 19 electric power plant
employees and poor Shiite Muslim laborers during a rampage in a rural stretch of the
country, officials said today.
Meanwhile, Iraq's political players continued to wrangle after an attempt to derail the
nomination of interim Prime Minister Ibrahim Jafari to a full term. Kurds, Sunni Arabs
and a secular bloc led by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi have banded together in
an attempt to persuade the leading Shiite Muslim coalition to withdraw Jafari's name.
Well, good luck with that, because when the shit hits the fan the US is blowing that
Popsicle stand.
when I finally get caught I'm going to drop a few pennies into the pocket of the people
I stole from. Like RIM.
Excerpt:
NEW YORK - The maker of the BlackBerry e-mail device Friday said it settled its
long-running patent dispute with a small Virginia-based firm, averting a possible
court-ordered shutdown of the BlackBerry system and a disruption of wireless service
for millions of users.
Research In Motion Ltd. has paid NTP Inc. $612.5 million in a "full and final
settlement of all claims," the companies said.
Middle East. Not.
idea to set off fireworks in a Palestinian church. Oh yeah, that worked out well.
about his wacko idea to create a suburban Vatican in Florida. Monaghan,
backtracked Friday from comments that he'd like the community to be governed by
strict Roman Catholic principles.
His statements about barring such things as pornography, abortion and birth control,
he said, apply only to the Catholic university.
"There are a lot of misconceptions," Monaghan said Friday.
What a wuss. If you are going to state something as being "God's will" why would it
all-of-a-sudden not be His will anymore? Monaghan is a man of little faith. If you are
going to be a religious nut-job at least have the stones to stick to your guns and
follow through.
Bush's plan to get kids interested in science now seen as fluff job on
nation's citizens
2000.
Excerpt:
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Playboy won't pull its March issue over actress Jessica
Alba's claim that she was made an unwitting cover girl to fool readers into thinking
she is nude inside, the magazine said on Friday.
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with a hit off major league pitchers. Korea is a strong team, it'll be a good match-up
against Japan tomorrow.
next round of the WBC.
not coaching Taiwan in these games? He has spent his entire adult life in Japan
though... It's not like exactly like the Americans that coach China; China has no
experience in the sport.
week of life, don't you?
famous. Thank You.