krispos42

Then you are telling us, who live in Europe that we are in danger in any way?... Then you are telling myself, that I need a gun to be protected?

I'm living in a country where he gun law is maybe one of the most strict in the whole world, Just been beating by Japan where gun are illegal for civilian to use all together.. In our Country who do hunt, we do use guns for practice and so on. But you would never se civilian with a gun, concealed or otherwise in a restaurant... Why, because we in our country have managed to get every one to agree (at some point in history) that using gun to kill others is a bad idea... And in the few instances the gun is Used, it is usually the criminals who are there, an it is very much "inside the club" and not getting out of hands...

Even our police, have no gun in their uniform. Yes they do have a shotgun in the back of the car. But in every case they have to report to HQ to get permission to use the shotgun.. In most cases the police manage to get thing under control, without the use of gun or its like...

I am always believed that US was little some us, civilized, democratic, and free.. I got that deadly wrong.. America (USA) are still a young, violent nation with the need to show off.. Even if it means people getting killed in the proses.. And to get weapon into a restaurant where people is eating their meals.. I just mindbongelig to say it at least... I can't understand why someone need to have a weapon when she og he should get out to eat and go to the movie later on... Yes if it was like in Beirut or Baghdad, then I might understand why you need a gun or more.. But in "peacefully" US?

Maybe it is just me who don't understand United States.. That more I learn about you, the less I understand of you.. You are worse than the Klingon's in the Star Trek universe..Maybe little as the Romulans.... The Klingon are a least honorable fellows...

Diclotican

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oldpol

That would be interesting, but then US need a grown up media, who can really bite when the President are on the stable to answer for what he have been doing lately...

And everyone who have followed a british Q/A know that the british prime minister can come to really trouble when it come to exactly that..

But it would be a good way to get the US democracy up and going again then.... After mr Bush "don't questing the commander in chief" attitude...

Diclotican

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maddezmoma

GOOD, then we might get Russia on our side again... THis missile system they wanted to build in Czech Republic and in Poland was provoking Russia more than even the Iraqi war was doing... And as a european, who are living in a country with shared border with Russia I would say I was not very happy about this system they wanted to build in this two country...

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maddezmom

FINALLY he has understand it.... Maybe Or is this just another way to get what he want from a rather cowardly Senate and Congress, who would not dear to do their duty, to get this Son of..... into admit that he have screwed the country, and the world as a whole many times over...

This man is a lier, simple as that. He is a pathological lier, who would never admit to the truth.. And all this "blaming of the international intelligence world" is just bullshit. Many country's like France, Germany, the sjekks Russia (possible China too) have all some information who was given to mr Bush, and then degraded as "bad" because it was not fitting to mr Bush agenda. Or rather the noe-cons agenda about the middle east. If we go to http://www.newamericancentury.org / itself, we would se what the Project for a New American Century really wanted in the first place... It is shilling in its simplest, and it is as looking back to a rather young Adolf Hitler, who in his prison cell write the first volume of Main Kamf. The second volume was not that success, and was not allowed to the broader public-um anyway... And for the most part, the second book have been something the scholars have worked with, not for the public... Anyway. What the neo-cons really wanted, and was given the opportunity to do when mr Bush was "elected" President in 2000 was to do what they have told the world for years.. Violate all international law. Specially after 9/11 who was used to the staging ground to attack Iraq. And possible also Iran, Syria, and other "enemies" of US.. North-Korea where mr Clinton had stooped the nuclear weapons program almost. Was treated with little more than contempt, because US could do it, and because mr Bush wanted to do the opposite to mr Clinton. The result was that North-Korea was firing off their first nuclear device, home-made as such, but it was a shock, both to China who are the only nation outside of North-Korea who have something of leverage in the regime. And US who was waking up to the reality that even North Korea was a member of the nuclear club.. Not something US and the rest of the world wanted, but here it was... And after that, this excuse for a President, was doing everything as mr Clinton have been doing. Giving North Korea credits, food, and fuel and coal to heating and electrisity... If just he had some advisor's who would dear to tell this Stupid little man that he was wrong almost everytime...

Mr Bush have been lying to the world. The intelligence agency es, US have more than 15 different types, was given him much information. But when the information they was given the President, was not that the President wanted. He wanted Information who was giving him, and the neo-cons the Right to blow up Iraq, hang the Iraqi president, and the rest of the iraqi country to small peaces.. He would not listen to information who was information who was not building under what mr Bush wanted.
When a Spy as Curveball was given much credibility before the war - a man who now are living in Germany (south germany) under another surname, and are proven by the german intelligence agency as a lier, a man with no credibility what so ever. One source called the person Curvball a pathological lier when he described the man...

And that was just ONE of the known sources that the US was using to justify the war in Iraq. Curvball was dead wrong, in every respect of the word Wrong. But he was given the green light in the US to spread his lies as much as he could. And after that the war was given way. He was proven to be a lier, a cheater and a man who wanted to tell US what they wanted to hear to get a comfortable home, a comfortable income, and a green card to the US.. Today he is in the custody of the german state, as a free man, but with protection...

How many other Curvballs was mr Bush, and his administration using, to try to get the world to believe that Iraq was the danger mr Bush and Co was telling us all?.

How many potential Curvballs would this administration use, to get the american public to believe that the Islamic Republic of Iran is a danger who they have to nuke before Iran could to the same to the US and the allieds..

Diclotican

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tidy_bowl

Yes I have heard about the Egyptian jail system.. Terrible place to be...

But he has a warrant on his head in Egypt, all the time he was less than "nice" in his native nation Egypt. And one of the reason he was granted asylum in UK, was because he was afraid for his life.. But after he was granted asylum he have always been an asshole and have doing much damage to all muslims in UK.. And maybe even to all muslims in the northern part of Europe to some extence..

Many prison systems in the Middle East are _bad_ with the capital letter B. Maybe therefore US want to send prisoners they claim to be terrorist to the same prisons, because there they can use every meted they want to get information, including torture.. And therefor your Administration can claim that american don't torture, pr definition it is not the americans who torture..

But anyway, can this man be given a fair trial even after he is send to US?.. I have the strict feeling that prisoner with the claim of terrorism, are in no way safe to get a fair trial, not in Europe and specially not in US... Not at this age.. Maybe later but not at the moment..

Diclotican

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maddezmom

I hope this man would be send to the US. And get a fair trial there.. Ore at least given a decent trial in the UK.. But this man should rather be sendt to Egypt, than to US if he was to be sendt somewhere... In Egypt they want him too.. This man have in every sense, misused the whole asylium right that every man and woman have the right to invoke when coming to another country. This man is not a good man, rather the opposite...

And for the evidence thing.. Many thing that maybe are in the case against him, are given by his own account because he have been wherry aloud about what he want, and what he want others to do... This man is what I would call a bad Apple. But he have as all apples the right to get a decent trial with all the drapes a democratic society want to give their prisoners... He is "Innocent" to the opposite is proven...


Diclotican

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ogsbee

This is absolutely DISGRACE FULL, and it would take a _long_ time before US would get the stench from Guantanamo Bay out of their hands...

It took Germany 60 year, to take the stench from the german Concentration system some out of their hands.. But even today, the bear name of Dachau, Oranienburg, and the more than 41.000 other Concentration system who was part of the gulag system the german had in Germany, and in occupied territory both in the West and in the East are names that would never give the ghost from before silence.. And even today, 60 year after WW2 it is coming books, who are given more light to the war, and the system the Nazis was building up between 1933 and 1945...

And we have no clue how many of this sites the US have yet. And for many germans the systems who their government had in place was "Unknown" to their, before the allied forces was liberating the camps... And I fear that in US it would be more camps.. Both inside the US, and outside the US, that is manned by US armed forces, and policy ed by US law. Or the lack about it...

Diclotican

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Defenestrate

I just say, DRAFT..

Diclotican

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Joanne98

The Neo-Cons is just the old nazi party, in other cloths.. Better, and more "Proper" but it is the same goal..World domination,either by force, or by subjection for other nations.. To do this US must have the biggest, meanest military forces in the world. And a whole country, who are willing to do what the neo-cons want them to do..

And the most worrisome about it all, is that the Neo-Cons have just not get it, that the rest of the world would not be DOMINATED by US.. We can be friends, and allied. But not be Dominated by the US just because the Neo-Cons want us to be it... But compared to the Nazis, the Neo-Cons have just humble goal. The Nazis wanted to rule the world for a 1000 year.. The Neo-Cons want just to rule the world for 100 year.... So they say themself..

But then, over to the Iran issue.. Is US was to attack Iran, they must work together some better thing than they was doing with Saddam Hussein, the whole WMD thing was a lie from the get go. And the rest of the world, who had followed the Iraq thing little harder than most american (so it sayes) cold dismiss much of the claim that Iraq have build up their arsenal of WMD. Specially the claim that Iraq was in the making of a nuclear device.. All the time Iraq don't have a working nuclear reactor, it could be almost impossible for Iraq, to build a nuclear weapon.. Iran have a working reactor, but they have also the backing of two big country's The Russian Federation, and the Peoples Republic of China.. Two country who have much interest in Iran, and are not very pleased if US was to define a military offensive against the Islamic Republic of Iran.. Specially if chinese and russian expertise was to be maimed, or killed by american bombs.. Specially when The peoples republic of China hold a LOT of US dollar in their wault... If I was mr Bush i would be more carefully to irritate that country any more than he have been doing already.. But then I am not a neo-cons. And I don't believe in military forces alone.. As the Neo cons does..

The Whole issue that the neo-cons, and others on the far right have a thing with, is the fact that Iran since 1979 have not be willing to do US bidding in the Middle East. Before the Islamic Revolution Iran was the "best friend US had in the middle east". In fact it was better than with Israel at that moment in time.. The Iran armed forces was almost given free weapon, that in many cases was denied other friends.. And Iran was also a cornerstone in the cold war, when it come to listing into soviet test in deep Russia.. The whole Russian-Iranian border was filled with american listening post, and in Iran US had also a very interesting listening post, who they was said to get info from deep into the Siberian test sites for the new rockets that Russia in the days was building... Of course United States would deny the whole case. But it could be proved otherwice...

I have no doubt that the Neo-cons, and their enables in Washington DC want war with Iran. They want to strike a blow now that they can do it. In November it could be to late. Maybe the american public want other than more wars. Maybe they even want to se into the inner working of the former Bush jr Administration and also prosecute they who are guilty of crimes.. For the Neo-Cons THIS is the moment, for more wars against "enemies of US".. The whole concept of bombing "terror-camps" in Iran are just a sneak attack against the Iranian forces. And if we ever would find out the truth about this "terror camps" my guess is that this camps was ordinary army camps. Legal under the most concept of the world.. The lie about the Iraq war, was so many, that US have lost all credibility when it come to "prove" anything... And we all know (we who can read and have a little education" that US have a spike in the side for Iran.... The US don't like the Iran of today. They want back the Iran of pre 1978 when every tying was OK, and where US have a farm grip of everything Iran was doing...

Diocletian

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hack89

As I know about it, it was 4 F16 from the Norwegian Air force who was stationed in US, as a part of NATO response team to protect US City's after 9/11... Article 5 in the NATO treaty.. One for all, all for one... Many know about it, even that it was not exactly been published by the news paper..

But I guess that is not the case anymore, now as US are inbolded in a war they have no clue to get out of.. And if it goes as some fear, US would have more than enough when the war is over to get their army into shape again to help their Allies on the other side of the pound anyway...

Diclotican

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Smith_3

If you had followed what was in the airwaves after 911 you would have understand that the rest of the world have all sympathy, all compassion and it was a almost collective outburst all over the world, to support what US was to do next. In fact The little Norwigian Royal Airforce with 50 F16 was flying over NY City and Washington DC to protect the two City's against enemies after 9/11. If that was _not_ a show of both compassion, and sympaty I dont know. Off course we was not sending every one to US. But we have been both helping US in mainland US and in Afghanistan...

But, I guess it was not what the american public was been told by their media, and by their government.. Rather the opposite.. I had an american "news channel" a couple of months following the 9/11 and it was NOT a news channel but rather a propaganda channel for the most extreme of american "I am hurt and the world shall pay for it" attitude.. It was WAR on this, and war on this.. And it was a di stored view of the world who was represented to the american public.. A view that the rest of the world hated US, and everything it stands for.. And that the rest of the world was sheer full about the horrible criminal act in NY...

Believe me when I say for the most part the World was in shook, maybe not as hard as you was, but for the most part it was sorrow, sadness, and fear of why this could happened.. And for the most part, we do have compassion, and sympathy for you, and your country

But Mr Bush on the other hand screw the whole case with his attitude, and his harassment of the European alliance (NATO) was not doing some good either.. Arrogance, and stupidity destroyed the whole concept of Compassion, and pledges of Sympathy. If you should accuse SOMEONE of what was going wrong, you should look little closer to home.. In fact you should look very close on your own media, and the pois ion they was sending up in all media, both printed and others...

But, if you don't believe me, you don't believe me.

Diclotican

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N4457S

And that is the reason I am warning everyone, that my english language is not perfect, not at all and I am the first one to admit that my english is bad.. But I have improved my english then

Second, most Americans don't want to deal with the European-style taxation because that's not how America works. Yes, I know European public education is better. Yes, I know your food is better. Yes, your water is cleaner for the most part (so they tell me).

Or, is that what you are been told from young age?.. To me, who are living in europe, it looks like you have been indoctrinated to believe that your system are perfect, and that is our system, where you have to pay a lot more taxes, and possible also have to pay other type of taxes that is wrong.. I know a elderly gentleman, ex patriot from Norway in fact. Him and I have had some interesting debates over many things the last 5-8 year or so. And he is telling me that our system is dead in the water, but that we don't know it yet. And that US thing of doing things is perfect... But if it is perfect, why so many american are living outside of healtcare?.. If everything is Perfect, why so many have to be very happy, if their company provide some health benefit for their workers... Why have not american workers the same right to unionize, and to fight together for a goal?.. Better treatment, better salary and so on.. That is the REASON that in Europe we do have our paid holidays, and other benefits.. It was never easy to work it out, and to this day we do have some "issues" that we have to work out, some time down the road...

I doubt that California, or any part of US are some socialism, in the european word then.. Maybe in US, where the whole concept of some state interference is to be shunned at all cost. Even it means millions just living by the tread. In a country where you have some of the richest people on the planet.. I would say that is a irony in itself...

US have a lot of educated people, and many bright minds from Europe and in fact the whole world, is emigrated to US, because they are feeling that in US they can do what they would do. No restriction, no "old habits" just pure know how... And for the last 150 year, many european, poor but bright european have emigrated to US, and prospered well in US. I don't believe US are dumber than we in Europe. But I believe the higher level of Education maybe is little more difficult to get, if you are living as a poor in US compared to many european country's. As a foreigner, it looks more that it is them who have the money, or have some good luck, who have the opportunity to get a decent education. The rest have just to get by as best they can.. And I would say that is WRONG. I believe that EVERY MEN and Woman should have the right to get a higher education if they want that. Regardless of their status in life...
And as a outsider, it looks like your school are little, how should I say it politely, overcrowded, and with a lot of teachers who are doing their best, but with funds missing it is near impossible to get the children to understand what is important.. And as I understand it, the level of education in school is very up to each county... That means in my view (again) that you can get a decent education at one school. And a bad education in another school. Even if they are inside the same State.. I may get that wrong then... (I hope so)

I understand, and know that for the most part american are not living in the big Cities and in some states. But what I can't understand is that they are choosing a road where they are given a Chance to excel.. United States of America could be one of the best educated, with some of the brightest people in the world. US could be the Bright star in education, in every level the rest of the world would emulate, and do their best to give into.. Instead of that, your country are looking more and more like a lot of low-educated people who are more interesting of who of the president candidate you can get a beer with, then that they can rule a country, and shape the future for that country.. The last 8 year have been confusing for me on many level. I was growing up in the believing that US was a force of good.. That the americans was educated enough to vote in the best candidate for President.. And then George Walker Bush jr was "elected" In 2000.. And if that was not enough, all the goofing around the horrible act of terrorism happened in 2001. And then the misuse of that horrible act from this Administration almost broke down the trans-atlantic alliance. It is a trainwreack that even today have some trembling in the NATO alliance... And I fear it would cost a lot of work, to get to the point that the NATO alliance again is as strong as it was in 2001, when the whole Alliance was standing togheter... As one..

I doubt that the american Public are in need to be told by "educated assholes" as we are, what they want or what they need. But a decent School education from a young age have NEVER hurt a man ever. A decent education with good teachers, who are willing to go the extra mile for their pupils are something the whole country would benefit from. Maybe even the whole world.. How many potential Einsteins are there in the american school system today?... Who may not be the next Einstein because of that the Government of United States. And all the States therefore, don't want to use the right sum of money to get them going in the first place..

I really doubt, if given a choice that the american public would just say that every progressive was dead in the water.. Yes we do like people who are as ourself. Yes we do want the "right man" be the next president. Or in many european cases the Prime Minister. For the most part in Europe, the President have just symbolical powers. As head of states.. Some of us have even a King or Queen as head of state... But they have no real power, just the power that our Parliament want them to have!..

No I know that US are not Europe.. Sometimes I believe I understand US.. But lately I doubt I ever would manage to understand what US is all about... Sometimes you act as us.. ANd then you act worse than the Klingon's of Star Trek.. But even there you find Klingon's who have a reason to do as they do... Not in the case in US...

Diclotican

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edwardlindy

No surprise here. Just wait and se when US are drumming up to a new war.... This time against Iran.. And this time the Administration surten would use the same formula they was using against Iraq.. WMD

But can US this time around dru-mb up enough support, either in the UN or otherwise to get the impression that the US have a just case?... Or Will it be, like a lighting rod, the attack on Iran?

I don't know. But what I fear is that many american sailors this time around would be killed - by advanced russian made missiles.. And I fear it can be a killing field for american forces in Iraq.. If the Iranian forces want it, they can block the Hormuz Strait, and then starve of the american forces in Iraq. Some super tankers, blown up in the Hormuz strait.. And then no transport for US forces in Iraq.. And the regroup would be, at least be difficult because the nabour of Iraq, are possible rather not interesting to have a great deal of american forces transporting in their Country.. Not even Saudi-Arabia are that willing to have maybe 150.000 American soldiers and materiel on their soil... Turkey I guess you can say no-no to.. And then what?...

In asia-times for some time ago, it was a big reportage, of what could happened if United States was going to war against Iran. And the iranian forces close down the Hormuz Streat... No scenario I would requirement for the american forces in Iraq.. Rather it would be a nightmare with thousands of american soldiers killed, And most possible the breakdown of what you would call disiplin... We all know for the antiquity sources how hard it was for the 10,000 greeks who was stranded in the Persian heartland after Alexander the Greats dead. And that many of them died, killed by their former persian friends.. And we all know by history that it was not that many greeks who was coming Home. Even it was just to the sea of the Meditarian Sea.. Today the problems would be much the same. But this time around maybe even worse than in the antiquity. Because this time around, it is not just hors and carries. But rather tanks, and lot of other equipment, who need petrol to drive them.. And if the US armed forces in Iraq was not to have petrol, They would be stranded.... And then, it can be the end of a lot of soldiers, a lot of weapon. And I would not try to comprehend what it would end it, for the US standing in the world... I doubt it would a moral booster for US....

But I guess, Cheney and the others in the american administration have not read their history, never wanted and have nothing to learn... But as all knowledge goes.. If you don't learn from history, you are damed to repeat it, again and again and again.. I was really hoping that the american public had llearn about what a cheating, lying and otherwise corrupt and criminal Administration they have - I guess I was wrong.. I was against the Iraq war, long before it was comfortable. And I am really sad about how many american who are killed in Iraq.

But If US was to attack Iran to... Then I would not be sorry if the american forces was finding them self in a nightmare with no end in sight.. This time the generals, and this Administration have going over their limits.. Yes US are a great country. But I can't understand why american are not rebelling against this administration.. You was rebelling against the dam Brits in 1776 because of some silly taxes on the tea and so on... And Now US would not dear to rebel against this Criminal Administration. And are more inter sting to se how would win a GAME SHOW!!.. US may deserve what they get, if they are just so at sleep....

Diclotican

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kskiska

It is a start. Hope it would be a backlash of sorts.. Raul Castro have always been more progressive then his older brother Fidel Castro... But he are not an Gorbatsjev - not yet and we have just to take it as it is. I doubt it would something like the opening of the Eastern Europe in the 1980s.. Not yet.. But as time goes, and the cuban people are learning what more freedom mean for them. Then it might be, if everyone else just keep their hand off Cuba. A fresh start for the cuban people. On their own time table... Already many tourist are coming to Cuba. And in many ways Cuba are on their way, a slow painfully way.. But on their way.. Cuba would never been as they once was..

But, that means that the exiles of Cuba, specially they who was running from Cuba in 1959 have to understand that they can't just demand their own property and so on... And the US government have to understand that Cuba have to do the road to democracy, in their own time. Yes US can help Cuba. But not PUSH Cuba..

Diclotican

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loindelrio

Don't blame Russia and China for this.. The united states of america have played the game. And they have played the game pretty bad if I have to say it too.. The current administration have not making friends, rather adversaries. And China and Russia have just played the same game.. And if US really want to do, as the OP want us to believe, the world would be a much more dangerous place after this...

It is in many cases the 1908, or the 1930s all over again. And this time We can do the right thing.. We have the collective learning from 1914 and 1939... And we know what happened in both this world Wars... As many of us se it, this Administration WANT a war with Iran, as in Iraq and in Afghanistan. They don't care if the american public was 99.99 against a new war.. They don't care if the public was going to the street in the millions.. They want a new war, to get it, as they want it... Marshal Law is just one of the things the public could be worried by I guess... A war with no end in sight is something US, with is bad economy and lets say it, as it is low moral standing in the aye of the world should not do at this moment...

It may end in a american style of nazism, if the economy are going down the tube. In bad times, the nationalism of people can do great harm... And it was the horrible situation who brought Adolph Hitler to the power, even if he just get 37.8 of the public wote... But because he was the _only_ party who was not corrupt (as it look at the outside) and that Papen en Co have played the old Hindenburg for games, and promised that they could take care of Hitler, if he was to have to have to high planes for the future.. Little as Cato the elder, who say when Octavian was winning the civil war in Rom. Praise him, and then kick him upside so the grown up could take the power... But as we know, neither Octavian, or Hitler wanted it that way, and very effective screw the old powers... Not that I say Octavian was the same as Hitler, not by far...

World domination, by hegemony, and control over the worlds wealth is a dead end game. Because in fact the world would not last, if the big powers would try to do it.. No nation have managed that... No nation... The opposite forces would be to big... And in the history of the world, many country have managed to dominate parts of the world, for centuries. But never as some believe today, forrever... I would not do in 1914 or in 1939. And it would not work in the future.. That is a fact...

Diclotican

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