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There is no "Golden Rule" in foreign relations - never has been, never will be (unless it's "trust but verify"). The U.S. State Dept. maintains a list of terrorist organizations, along with several other countries like Australia, Britain, Russia, Canada, India, plus the European Union and the...

Not a chance - Israel has far more firepower and could handle the Iranian forces easily. The problem would be with their surrounding neighbors - Palestinians, Lebanon, Syria, and the rockets and attacks that would come from them.

You gotta be kidding. "During the eight year Iran-Iraq war, Tehran very quickly learned its army was no match for Iraq’s. When Iraqi minefields began claiming Iranian soldiers, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini concocted a scheme to reduce these losses. He encouraged Iranian...

I agree with Cheri that birth control is a family planning issue, and the resolution to that disagreement should be resolved within the church. I'm sure that there are plenty of devout Catholic families that are thinking to themselves "we've got two kids to raise and that's enough", but are also...

All three were bad players but I'll still cast my vote for Khomeini. Anybody who sends out waves of children to clear mine fields for soldiers is something less than human. Once again - it has to do with the PRICE OF OIL, and how it effects our economy. Maybe some examples of Chinese sponsored...

The opinions of agnostics, atheists, truck drivers, EO members, used car salesmen, pro football players, etc don't matter. What does matter is the collective attitude of those devout Catholics who take their religion seriously and don't want the U.S. govt. telling them how their religious...

The worst president in our country's history has added yet another colossal political gaffe to his long list: alienating the country's Catholic voters who supported him by a 54% margin in the 2008 election. This arrogant, condescending pipsqueak potentate has decided to dictate to the Catholics...

For that matter there have been pockets of radical Muslims and all other religions since before electricity. What I'm talking about is the post-Shah Iran that was converted to a radical, anti-western theocracy by the ayatollah khomeini - the father of modern islamic terrorism. Hopefully none of...

If the carrier isn't offering a flat rate per mile PLUS FSC - 100% of it - my first question would be "what percentage of your shipments come from load boards and email bids?". Keep in mind that Carrier X might be guaranteeing Sprinters 1.50+FSC per loaded mile but you might get sent to Tampa...

More than likely the carrier with the unit in CT has bid on it also - this happens more often than you might think. The "Alliance" has created more problems than it solves as it has grown larger and less selective. I can't help but wonder how many small carriers are getting a decent return on...

Agreed that the hamfisted, naive foreign policy of the Carter administration allowed Iran to become what it is today - a dictatorial theocracy governed by radical islamists that are enemies to Western Civilization. OUR program of state sponsored terrorism??? That's a false premise promoted by...

So the best way forward in our foreign policy for the Middle East is to treat Iran on the same basis as Israel? What do we have to gain giving status to the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism (with whom we haven't had diplomatic relations since 1979) that's equal to that of one of our...

Leon Panetta must now be Obama's designated "Leaker". People are now scratching their heads wondering why he would mention something like this - either on or off the record - in the presence of the press. Obviously it's to send a message to the Israelis, reinforcing the Obama policy that regards...

Everyone has to do their own due diligence and find their own comfort zone with a carrier that matches your own business profile - this takes time and patience. Personally, I'd be wary of any carrier that relies heavily on load boards, NLM or any other load sources that put them in a position...

"I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left." - Margaret Thatcher

It would seem that the best course of action should have been to get him out of the country immediately before or after the raid. We can only imagine the level of comfort other possible sources of intel might have, knowing if their cover is blown the U.S. will go public with their plight and...

Been there, done that and got the T-shirt. My mother-in-law was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's at age 59. By 61 we had to put her in a nursing home that was equipped and had staff trained to deal with dementia patients on a 24/7 basis and she stayed there almost 13 years before she...

Of the proposed 100K troops to be cut, how many of them are combat troops? Support and administrative personnel could be cut and replaced with civilian contractors - this has been pretty common in years past. Don't know how accurate this figure is, but I once heard that for every troop involved...

And about that same time, the thanks we got from the Iranian govt. was for them to throw one of our citizens into prison who was in the country visiting relatives - grandmothers, I believe. The mullahs claimed he was a CIA spy - no substantiation of that yet.

Sometimes I can't help but have problems with these dedicated, fanatical Christian missionaries and other do-gooders who are determined to plunge themselves - and others, indirectly - into harm's way in spite of warnings by govt. officials who are knowledgeable of the area and circumstances...