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Reply to Iraq, Changing my mind in Politics JoeUser Forums

US invasion has led to the complete disintegration of Iraqi society and sooner the American troops leave the better it would bre for the Iraqis and the US.

Reply to "Historic" Agreement With India in Politics JoeUser Forums

and if you equate India and Iran, you haven't got a clue. India has many problems As far as the issue of nuclear non proliferation is concerned I do not see how being a nice nation or a hateful nations makes any difference.The US Congree has passed a Law restricing US co operation on nuclear issues with

Reply to "Historic" Agreement With India in Politics JoeUser Forums

I agree with the basic thrust of your blog. The main reason why the Deal with India must be defeated in Congree is because it will undermine the ability of the USA to prevent other nations from acquiring nuclaea weapons. I have put up a more detailed note in current events. Moreover, 8 fast breeder reactors nave been left out of IAEA safe guards.

GEORGE W BUSH IN ASIA in Politics JoeUser Forums

Even those of us who are extremely critical of the policies and programs of the current Administration in Washington DC have always belieded the there is conviction behing the arrogant and misplaced policies so relentlessly pursued by George W Bush. However we are sorel;y disappointed by the fact that George Bush has given the Nucleatr Non Proliferation Treaty, the co

Reply to Al Gore, Anti-American Pig. in Politics JoeUser Forums

I do not think a former Vice President of the USA can be called an 'anti american pig". One must be correct in the use of language. I do disagree with Al Gore but I will not use this kibnd of language.

Reply to THE UNFOLDING TRAGEDY IN IRAQ in Current Events JoeUser Forums

as the invasion was supposed to do and that perhaps a new strategy should be called up. This is as far as you can go today. However I believe that the Us strategy was completely flawed and Bush underestimated the Iraqi Resistance and the Syunni backlash.

Reply to THE UNFOLDING TRAGEDY IN IRAQ in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Saddam was a homicidal maniac who killed hundreds of thousands of completely innocent people over the years. At the present rate, there would have to be fighting going on for decades to reach those numbers. And that would be among COMBATANTS. Even in his trial that is currently going on the Quisling re

Reply to Fed up with JoeUser in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Personally speaking I have found Joe User a fair and a wonderful place. I think the owners of the site are doing a great job. However we can always choose to ignore the stuff we dont like.

Reply to THE UNFOLDING TRAGEDY IN IRAQ in Current Events JoeUser Forums

The major difference is that now neither side has a fascist dictator on their side who would occasionally slaughter a few hundred thousand people or drain swamps and what not. The killing that is now going on in Iraq is at a scale far far greater than it ever was in the period of Saddam. We do recognise

THE UNFOLDING TRAGEDY IN IRAQ in Current Events JoeUser Forums

The occupation of Iraq and the promotion of a very divicive variety of identity politics there by the American and Cpoalition forces has resulted in the civil society of Iraq falling apart at its seams. A vast majority of Iraqis feel that they were better off during the days of Saddam Hussein than today. For all his faults the fact remains that Saddam presided over a

Reply to Respected Blogger in Blogging JoeUser Forums

A good post. The blogger must also believe in the positions he takes and should be in a position to defendit.

Reply to ABU GHARAIB II in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Attempts at making our "occupation" of Iraq the equivalent of something like Pol Pot's regime are simply insane political demagoguery. Really. First I did not compare Iraq with the Pol Pot regime. This attempt, Daiwa, is only shadow boxing. Make a claim that I have not made and then atteck it. Second, a

Reply to ABU GHARAIB II in Current Events JoeUser Forums

The media will make sure that he does. I hope not.

Reply to ABU GHARAIB II in Current Events JoeUser Forums

However, it is a leap of monumental proportions to go from that to "the American occupation of Iraq has now stands exposed as one of the most brutal and dehumanising occupations in the modern world" - making such a claim does great harm to your credibility I happen to know the situation in Iraq quite we

Reply to WHY ISRAEL MUST NEGOTIATE WITH HAMAS in Politics JoeUser Forums

So I take it you couldn't find any mention of specifically Arab "Palestinians" from before 1948 or 1968? I must check up on this fact. I do not have with me the Cambridge History of the Ottoman Empire which has recently been published. To my mind this would give me an authetic information without the he

Reply to ABU GHARAIB II in Current Events JoeUser Forums

As for the assault on Fallujah, I consider it in the same light I consider other Muslim atrocities. If the people of Fallujah rejected the killers and terrorists among them, there would have been no need to root them out The people of the city of Fallujah had no choice in the matter. Insurgents and mili

Reply to ABU GHARAIB II in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Also, I wonder why you don't address the policies of repression and torture throughout the Middle East? Have I ever, once seen you blog about the horrors of religious persecution in China, where people are rubber hosed to death because of their faith? You would rate the US occupation of Iraq on the same list as the Japanese occup

ABU GHARAIB II in Current Events JoeUser Forums

The reaction of the State Department to the publication of the video footage taken of US marines brutalising Iraqi prisoners seems very tepid: instead of being contrite and apoegetic for the events caught on tape, the state department deplored the fact that the timing of this particular publication is inconvienient. When the cartoon denigrating the Propher were publ

Reply to WHY ISRAEL MUST NEGOTIATE WITH HAMAS in Politics JoeUser Forums

That is true for all countries in the world. None of them had an independent existence before they were created. Identities are never static and the angst ridden Palestenian identity was essentially forges in the crucible of Near Eastern politics.

Reply to WHY ISRAEL MUST NEGOTIATE WITH HAMAS in Politics JoeUser Forums

That is true. But did you ever see any primary source from before 1968 that spoke of "Palestinians" as (solely) the Arabs living in Palestine? Palestine and a nationality Palestinean is recognised by the Balfour Declaration of 1919. True Arabs were a part of the Ottoman Empire but after the end of the O

Reply to WHY ISRAEL MUST NEGOTIATE WITH HAMAS in Politics JoeUser Forums

No, they'll just do what Arafat did and separate their military and political wing, and pretend that they aren't responsible for what the militants do It is difficult for a state actor to claim deniability, but very easy form non state actors: this is the reason why Hamas must be incorporated into the s

Reply to WHY ISRAEL MUST NEGOTIATE WITH HAMAS in Politics JoeUser Forums

There will be no recognition of Israel and there will be no security for the occupation and colonization forces," Mashaal told a rally in Khartoum. "Resistance will remain our strategic option." The logic of the situatiion will eventually lead to the two state solution and public statements made for the

Reply to WHY ISRAEL MUST NEGOTIATE WITH HAMAS in Politics JoeUser Forums

Not everyone agrees that the acts of Hamas are understandable given the situation in Palestine. People don't excuse senseless violence just because the violent were wronged. I'm glad that isn't the case, since only a pe It may not be a sensible thing to say but I think it is best to leave the Middle Eas

Reply to WHY ISRAEL MUST NEGOTIATE WITH HAMAS in Politics JoeUser Forums

. Moderation is capitualation, and the Palestinian people have spoken. They are sick of surrender and dehumanization.Bonus Rating: Trolling Insightful While Russia maybe will

WHY ISRAEL MUST NEGOTIATE WITH HAMAS in Politics JoeUser Forums

The victory of the Hamas in the elections to the Palestinian Assembly has sent shock waves through the Western capitals. Of the Quartet only Russia has been pragmatic enough to invite the Hamas leadership. Since the government of Israel is unlikely to allow the leaders in Palestine to travel, the leadership currently based in Syria will meet Putin and the members of t