Are Democrats dangerous for our national security?
mission_viejo_california asked:
Last week, a congressional committee passed a resolution condemning the Armenian genocide. There is no doubt that up to a million Armenians died during World War I, although historians still debate whether their deaths constitute deliberate genocide or are collateral casualties of war.
House Democrats brought the resolution to a vote despite entreaties from the White House to postpone it. For Congress, though, the resolution was less about rectifying history than grandstanding. House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Tom Lantos (D., Cal.) called a vote. It passed. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) pooh-poohed the episode. This was not about Turkey, she explained, but rather “about the Ottoman Empire.” Unclear, though, is why congressional Democrats felt the urgent need to condemn an entity that hasn’t existed for 85 years.
Unfortunately, grandstanding has consequences. Turkey recalled its ambassador; and now the State Department finds itself now devoid of leverage to prevent a Turkish incursion into Iraq to fight Kurdish terrorists. Pelosi’s posturing has put U.S. use of the Incirlik Air Base in Turkey to supply our forces both in Afghanistan and Iraq in jeopardy.
If only the Armenian Genocide resolution was an isolated event. It’s amateur hour in Congress. The efforts of Sen. Joseph Biden (D., Del.) to divide Iraq on ethnic and religious grounds threaten to spark civil war just as U.S. servicemen make inroads in preventing it. Biden’s motivation may be to garner media attention. He has succeeded. The problem, though, his statements get more airtime in Iran and Iraq, where revolutionary mullahs use his pronouncements to convince Iraqis that U.S. forces seek to destroy Iraq rather than rebuild it.
Why domain registration is so important for you?
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Help with US History homework?
Jus4u asked:
What was the market revolution? Discuss the economic changes the United States experiences after 1800. Did these economic changes have social or cultural implications? What were they? Why?
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What do those of you who believe that the media are injustice, think of this?
David asked:
I think reading this in 5-10 minutes would be better than listening to the news for a lifteime.Plz don’t think I’m a very old person.Just 18.A university student studying English who just cannot sit back and hope.This article has two parts: 1.Cultural and general info and music 2.political info.If you wanna get enlightened and shocked read it from top to bottom.
Hi.I’m Iranian and I live in Iran.When I chat with people from other countries, I understand that they have totally wrong ideas about Iran.I just wrote this article to correct you.
The first thing they accuse our government of, is that they don’t let you be free.Actually, Iranians would be some of the most liberal people in the world (liberal meaning not obeying laws that they don’t like).Thousands of millions of strict rules in other countries, don’t even exist in Iran.Also, you should understand that what may seem so normal to you, may be a nightmare for us and vise versa.That’s why you don’t understand a few of Iran’s laws.In Iran every single house has a sattelite. Sattelite channels had a serious influence on people, they wear very fashionable clothes.Maybe it’s a kind of immitation, but still it’s got an unique Iranian style.You’ll see lots of beauty qeens on the streets that are just like models advertising fashionable clothes! Most part of their hair is out and they wear a lot of make up, also wearing scarves is a part of our culture.Iran is one of the super-consumers of cosmics (which is bad for our economy)! People do whatever they wish to and some of the things they do, don’t fit our culture at all, however it’s normal in Iran.You’ll be surprised seeing the difference between what you imagined before and how the real Iran is! It’s wonderful.Everything’s so great if you don’t take unemployment, inflation and air pollution into account which I guess are common problems in many other countries. Many things have changed so far.I can’t even compare Iran with 5 years ago, let alone comparing it with 30 years ago!!!! After all, nearly 65-70% of Iran’s population is considered the new generation (The youth) and they’ve transformed everything.
Some people think women don’t have any rights in Iran! Women are overtaking Iran. They’re treated very well.They’re the winners in most cases: They get into the best universities cos they’re so clever.They get the best jobs cos they can do jobs much better than men.They’ve got rights that have made it difficult for men to marry them, because husbands buy them expensive things and treat them very well, otherwise women will have the right to ask them a great amount of money according to the law which most husbands cannot afford, so they’ll be imprisoned.The only thing that women are not allowed to do in Iran is getting into public football stadiums and that’s just because in Iran such places are usually full of cheeky guys who would cheek girls.They do anything from taking part in rallies to singing DJ / pop songs.Anything! I’ve put a sample here.I feel foolish for sitting here explaining ordinary things to you.
Another funny thing: Your footage about stoning the women who have committed adultery.Have you ever asked yourselves they relate to how many years ago?Just for your information, those are from Afghanistan which was ruled by those freaks (Taliban).When you think of such things, try to think of the racism in your country too.I find it difficult to make you understand that Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan are SEPERATE COUNTRIES! and that 60% of Iranians are Persian and 30% are Turkish! I find it even more difficult to make you understand that Iran is a normal country like any other countries in the world.There’s nothing mysterious about it!(The media are very good at making scary titles: BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS!!! IRAN UNDERCOVER!!! This would be enough to scare people away! Iranians are much more educated, intelligent and open-minded than what you think!!! I’m sure you don’t know that there are lots and lots of Iranian geniouses and scientists that are all under 25.You don’t hear about their discoveries and inventions on TV. For instance this 17 year old boy has invented 72 amazing inventions and there are many many KIDS like that.You don’t know that Iranian students and sportsmen win gold and silver medals in different compotitions in the world all the time such as robotics, biology, maths, physics, sports, anything! Why don’t the media talk about them? They just can’t summerise everything in one word “nuclear”, although we’re proud of it cos having nuclear energy means a country is developed.Did you know that the countries having the highest number of scientists in the world are in this order? 1-India 2-Korea 3-Iran
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Cultural diversity question.what is your opinion?
Christina J asked:
I came across this article. Let me know what you think.
Thanks.
NEWS & LETTERS, July 2002
Gays target racism
Chicago¿The Chicago Anti-Bashing Network (CABN), a queer direct action group, held a meeting on June 21 to confront anti-Arab and anti-Muslim racism post-September 11. Connections were made by the four speakers about how this new racist climate can be understood by non-Arab and non-Muslim Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered (LGBT) forces who know what it feels like to be hated and brutalized for who they are.
Andy Thayer of CABN stated that the best tradition of the LGBT struggle has been that it understands itself as part of the movement for total human liberation, and as such, it cannot act in isolation or in a narrow fashion, that is, solely along the lines of LGBT liberation.
Mubarak Dahir, a gay Palestinian-American journalist, gave a detailed and moving history of his life growing up as gay, Arab and Muslim in the U.S. He talked about the painful racism he has faced not only from straight people, but from within the LGBT community¿the one community where he said he had “felt most at home” before September 11. “Today” he said, “Arabs and Muslims have become the new communists, the ones to fear, to loathe.”
Nevertheless, there was no discussion about what human liberation is and how to develop it globally, nor a frank discussion about fundamentalism within the Middle East or in the U.S.
Mubarak said that among Palestinians there is a widely-held view that for now there is only one struggle, the fight for national liberation. Thayer added that because feminist and queer liberation struggles have historically come out of national liberation struggles here and abroad, it is the national liberation struggle that must come first!
This argument is one that feminists have fought against for decades. It is the same argument that feminists in groups like the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan have had to endure in the face of recent alliances between some left tendencies and fundamentalists who have joined together in the name of “fighting U.S. imperialism.”
Doesn’t it make sense that national liberation, anti-racist and anti-war movements broaden themselves to include LGBT, feminist and other liberatory concepts offered by those subjects of revolution? While it’s important to grasp freedom movements as part of the whole, it is equally crucial to see that each particular freedom movement has something unique and necessary to offer humanity.
That said, it was an important meeting in addressing the new racist stage the U.S. has reached. Working out the contradictions within liberatory movements so that a perspective of freedom can develop is the only way to ensure that they succeed.
¿Sonia Bergonzi
www.newsandletters.org/Issues/2002/July/Gays_Jul02.htm
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Considering this, do you also think that Iran is the victim of the propaganda machine?
Peace-seeker asked:
I believe that if you spend 10 minutes reading this essay, you will be better informed than if you listen to a lifetime’s worth of Major Media news. This article has two parts:
1. Cultural and general info
2. Political info.
Note: I’ve explained everything.Any answers before reading the whole thing will prove to be wrong.Specially the political part.I’ve provided evidance for whatever I say.It’s just the way it is.
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Part 1: Cultural and general info
Hi. I’m a 19 year old Iranian who has spent his life in Iran.I study English.When I chat with people from other countries, I am shocked to see how totally wrong their ideas are about Iran. I wrote this article in an attempt to help correct those ideas.
The first thing America, and the West in general, accuses our government of is that we don’t allow personal freedoms. Actually, Iranians disobey laws they don’t like as much as anyone.There are only a few restrictions.It’s cool over here. People here do whatever they wish to! Many strict rules in other countries don’t even exist in Iran. Also, you should understand that what may seem so normal to you, may be a nightmare for us and vise versa.Some of Iran’s laws are based on OUR culture. You look at our country from “your own point of view”! In Iran every single house has a sattelite dish. Sattelite television has a serious influence on our people, and Iranians wear very fashionable clothing. Maybe it is a kind of imitation, but we still have our own unique Iranian style. A visitor might wonder if this is a country or a fantasy pageant of beauty queens! Almost women wear half their their hair out, and make-up and fashionable clothing are everywhere.I ignore a few fuddy-duddies though! We look at the world in a beautiful way, cos we know what’s it like! Many of you don’t even have a clue what’s life like in other countries! Buy a satllite.It’s worth it! I assure you!
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history help i need this asap thanx?
Jimmy D asked:
Why did Mao start the Cultural Revolution?
A)He wanted to restore traditional Chinese culture
B)He wanted to speed up change and eliminate Western, capitalist influence.
C)He wanted to speed up the economy by promoting capitalism.
D)He thought government officials had promoted a very narrow view of communism.
What event marked the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis?
A)U.S. spy planes photographed Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba.
B)The United States refused to remove its nuclear missiles from Cuba.
C)Soviet spy planes photographed U.S. nuclear missiles being built in Cuba.
D)Cuban revolutionaries staged a coup against Fidel Castro.
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Need help with my history question?
Lion asked:
For each of the following write “before” or “after” on the blank line to indicate the time relationship between the two events named. Follow the example.
Example: World War 2 took place after World War 1.
11) The Marshall plan was introduced in Europe ____ World War 2.
12) The United States fought in the Korean War ____ it began sending troops to Vietnam.
13) Most African nations became independent of colonial rule ____ World War 2.
14) The “Great Cultural Revolution” took place in China ____ the Communists came to power there.
15) The Soviet Union launched its first man-made satellite into space ____ the United States launched its first man-made satellite.
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please help me with my history its extra credit i got 50 questions cant get theses 10 points?
To O asked:
For items 1-5, match each term with its description below. Type the letter of your answer choice in the box below each description. *You will NOT use all the terms.
Roe v. Wade
migrant farm worker
National Organization for Women (NOW)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Latino
Ralph Nader
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
American Indian Movement (AIM)
counterculture
Woodstock festival
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
1. group that fought for Native American treaty rights and self-government
(1 point)
2. group that worked for compensation for Japanese Americans interned during World War II (1 point)
3. Spanish-speaking person from Latin America (1 point)
4. person who moves from farm to farm planting and harvesting crops (1 point)
5. law that would make discrimination based on a person’s sex illegal (1 point)
Multiple Choice
Choose the item that best completes the statement or answers the question.
IDENTIFYING MAIN IDEAS
6. After watching television coverage of the brutal tactics used against protesters by the Birmingham police, even opponents of the Civil Rights Movement were (1 point)
appalled by the police violence.
angry with the peaceful protesters.
supportive of the actions of the police.
uninterested in the confrontation.
7. Essayist James Baldwin wrote about the (1 point)
white viewpoint on civil rights.
benefits of a segregated society.
effectiveness of sit-ins.
violent consequences of segregation.
8. The Black Panthers wanted African Americans to
(1 point)
end the urban riots.
lead their own communities.
practice nonviolent protest.
join interracial groups.
9. During the 1960 presidential campaign, John F. Kennedy promised to
(1 point)
win the Cold War against the Soviet Union.
cut back dramatically on military spending.
get the American economy moving again.
abolish the electoral college.
10. What was the intent of the Immigration Act of 1965, which was passed during the Johnson administration?
(1 point)
to increase the number of immigrants from northern and western Europe
to eliminate quotas restricting immigration from certain countries
to reduce the total annual number of immigrants to the United States
to stem the flow of political refugees to the United States
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Who’s good at history? I’ve got just a few questions that I’m stuck on?
Lina Michelle asked:
1. What were the goals of Mao’s “Great Leap Forward”?
He wanted the Chinese athletes to excel in the Olympics.
He wanted to make China a great industrial power.
He wanted the Chinese to move from rural to urban areas.
He wanted the Chinese to produce great works of art.
2. A great rift developed between China and the Soviet Union after Nikita Khrushchev assumed power. Mao strongly objected to Khrushchev’s policy of
peaceful coexistence with capitalist nations
free trade with capitalist nations
engagement in an arms race with Western nations
sending of military advisors and aid to Cuba
3. When Mao launched the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, he wanted to rid China of all of the following except
capitalism
Western influence
traditional Chinese culture
the Red Guard
5. Before Fidel Castro assumed power in 1959,
there had been many political conflicts between Cuba and the United States.
there had been many economic disputes between Cuba and the United States.
Americans had played an active role in the economy and politics of Cuba.
Americans had played an active role in the politics, but not the economy, of Cuba.
6. How did Fidel Castro become the leader of Cuba?
He was appointed by Fulgencio Batista.
He won the election by a landslide.
He barely beat his opponent in the election.
He overthrew the dictator in a revolution.
7. John F. Kennedy was the president of the United States during
World War II
The Korean War
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Russian Revolution
8. Why did American officials make plans to invade Cuba?
They were alarmed to see communism gaining a foothold in the Western Hemisphere.
They wanted to reinstate Batista, who had been overthrown in a revolution.
They wanted to keep foreigners from gaining a foothold on the island.
They wanted to reestablish the control they had after the Spanish American War.
9. How did Americans feel after the Bay of Pigs invasion?
victorious
proud
humiliated
frightened
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history problem?
garychen340 asked:
describe the culture of the 1950s with regard to music, lifestyle, television, values, the role of women and counterculture. was the 1950s a time of conformity and an attempt to return to traditional values or the beginning of a cultural revolution?
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