Forum: Politics
09-29-2007, 09:07 AM
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Forum: Politics
09-29-2007, 08:55 AM
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Forum: Politics
09-28-2007, 04:00 PM
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Forum: Politics
09-28-2007, 03:43 PM
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Forum: Politics
09-28-2007, 03:32 PM
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Forum: Politics
09-25-2007, 05:52 PM
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Replies: 50
Views: 455
Re: No Homosexuality in Iran
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obviously i don't agree with all of it, but certainly many americans, myself included, believe that the Bush administration (or American politicians...
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Forum: Politics
02-11-2007, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 92
Re: Gates: Bombs Tie Iran to Iraq Extremists
Attacks on Us troops are overwhelmingly carried out by Sunnnis and overwhelmingly take place in Sunnni dominated parts of Iraq, regardless of what the overall proportion Sunnis make up of the Iraqi...
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Forum: Politics
02-10-2007, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 72
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Re: Why are we losing all these choppers in Iraq?
Is anyone actually going to offer any evidence that Iran supplied these missiles to Sunni insurgent groups? Because it's pretty unlikely.
This question would sit better in the other thread, but...
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Forum: Politics
02-10-2007, 02:23 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 169
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Forum: Politics
01-29-2007, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 70
Re: Two steps forward for Israel
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It is still, unfortunately, unthinkable for most Arab nations (except Palestinians!!) to appoint or elect non-Muslims in positions of political power.
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Outside of the...
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Forum: Politics
01-11-2007, 05:36 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 98
Sadr
There is a widespread notion on this board that Muqtada al-Sadr is Iran's puppet in Iraq. I'd like to point out that this is completely wrong. Sadr is an Iraqi nationalist. His family stayed in Iraq...
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Forum: Politics
01-11-2007, 05:13 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 219
Re: No Comments on Bush\'s Speech
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This 50:1 ratio assumes competent and well-trained personnel. The Iraqi troops are neither.
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I think the 50:1 is for US troops only, in the Baghdad and Anbar areas.
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Forum: Politics
01-11-2007, 04:47 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 219
Re: No Comments on Bush\'s Speech
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Instead of clearing an area and moving on, the extra troops will allow a core of peronnel (combination Iraqi and US) behind to keep it clean. The number of troops was chosen to result in...
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Forum: Politics
12-30-2006, 10:37 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 113
Re: Ethiopia in Sudan, possible last stand
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This is actually good news for us. There was a very good chance that the Islamic government was going to turn into the Taliban, complete with terrorist harboring.
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That...
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Forum: Politics
12-30-2006, 10:28 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 104
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Forum: Politics
12-30-2006, 10:12 PM
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Replies: 73
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Re: US to leave the UN?
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Yet the U.N. has failed to prevent every major slaughter or genocide-type of mass killing (that I can think of) in the 20th century.
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Second time I've...
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Forum: Politics
12-30-2006, 05:36 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 154
Re: human rights?
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I have no specific knowledge, but I cannot believe that it would take more than two weeks to create a sizeable presence in Rwanda.
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Maybe, but it takes a lot longer than...
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Forum: Politics
12-30-2006, 05:29 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 240
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Forum: Politics
12-30-2006, 04:21 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 240
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Forum: Politics
12-30-2006, 04:14 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 104
Re: Israel is arming the PA
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Abbas doers not have the legal power to call new elections.
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Yes, he does.
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Forum: Politics
12-30-2006, 09:37 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 104
Re: Israel is arming the PA
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Also, if you've been following the news recently, Fatah has proposed new elections soon (which polls show they will sweep in a big way), and because Hamas knows they will lose, Hamas has...
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Forum: Politics
12-30-2006, 09:33 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 113
Re: Ethiopia in Sudan, possible last stand
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This is an excellent point. I suspect its possible that Washington used the Ethiopians the same way we did the Northern Alliance to drive out the islamists.
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The Northern...
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Forum: Special Sklansky Forum
12-17-2006, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 830
Views: 7,973
Re: New Fight Question
Sorry if this has been said already, I can't read through the whole thing - but in response to the whole "no gloves" thing, the early UFCs and other MMA/Vale Tudo contests, there were no gloves. It...
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Forum: Politics
12-17-2006, 03:22 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 113
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Forum: Politics
12-17-2006, 02:47 PM
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Replies: 106
Views: 372
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