By: Ryan Seals | 2010-04-04 | Politics President Bush has shown a clear faith in the ability of American troops to fight for a purely ideological cause - free elections and the spread of democracy. Although the War on Terror was initially sold as a war on WMD's, it is now being unabashedly peddled as a war not of material proportions, but of philosophical ones - a War on Tyranny. read more
By: Charles Weinblatt | 2011-01-11 | Relationships What persuaded German citizens and their allies to believe that all members of a religion should be destroyed? Why did they accept as appropriate the euthenasia of the physically and mentally disabled? What precipitated a perfect storm of blind hatred sufficient to elicit these “normal” people to murder their former neighbors? Why was it so easy to convince citizens that Jews and others read more
By: Anja Merret | 2010-04-04 | Politics I have never been able to understand the concept of Sanctions. The last few instances of sanctions on countries have been on Zimbabwe where people are starving to death, North Korea where people are starving to death and now possibly Sudan where people are starving to death already. read more
By: Sue Neve | 2010-04-29 | Politics I've been thinking of the action of government on some national issues. For instance, the government is actively trying to eradicate by death all smokers. Not by having them give up I hasten to add, even though they plough money into schemes to aid that and spend millions on advertising. In some cases, it's more than that. You can see that, the government can be hypocritical, saying one thing then read more
By: Ba Kiwanuka | 2010-04-04 | Environmental In World War II the Nazi's genocide weapon-of-choice was hydrogen cyanide gas, what irony that in the upcoming global warming related genocide, gas too is the weapon of choice; carbon dioxide gas! read more
By: Jenica Candace Prevost | 2010-04-04 | Politics It will not make any difference if Republican or Democrat is elected in the next election. We will still be in Iraq. This is a brief summary of the war in Iraq. read more
By: Christina Xia | 2011-01-13 | Business India, Iran about oil trade settlement of disputes continue to upgrade. The two countries insiders 29 statement says Iran oil ten-thousand-enterprise day refused to India has proposed a new settlement way, both parties central bank officials held a meeting, worked 31 seek dissolve scheme... read more
By: David Rosenak | 2010-04-04 | Politics "Victory" is when you have successfully achieved your mission. Our original mission of ridding the world of the threat of Saddam's stockpiles of Weapons of Mass Destruction was achieved before we began. Subsequent missions of freeing the Iraqi people, and forming a democracy in Iraq, have all been achieved. And yet we remain. read more
By: Darryl Schoon | 2010-04-04 | Politics The US Congress is about to vote to impose trade sanctions on China. The vote will destroy US dollar leading to another Great Depression. read more
By: Stephen John Morgan | 2010-04-04 | Politics Reports of the mood in Kirkuk suggest matters could quickly take on civil war proportions. The battle will be a revival of the old Arab/Kurd conflict. For the Kurds, Kirkuk is non-negotiable and for the Arabs it represents the last straw. The seizure of Kirkuk and a move in the direction of independence would lead to the break up of Iraq. read more
By: Candis Reade | 2010-04-04 | Politics Iraq has always been the hub of the Middle Eastern country politics. The reason to stay in Iraq is quite easy to decipher. Not only it is important strategically from a nuclear point of view but also its stability means a lot to the peace of the world overall. read more
By: Stephen John Morgan | 2010-04-04 | Politics It was the right that underpinned the legitimacy and success of the American War of Independence, but it was the first democratic right to be trampled underfoot during the invasion of Iraq - that is the inalienable right of nations to self-determination. Now the US is supporting sectarian federalism. Can it work or is Confederation of Independent States needed? read more
By: Henry | 2011-04-27 | History Iraq is a country situated in the Middle East and has been part of Ottoman Empire and was colonized by British. She has been home to major civilization like Assyria, Babylonia, and Sumer. The modern day Iraq was created in 1932 after attaining independence from Britain. However, the country became a republic in 1958 with Baghdad as the capital city of the country (CIA Fact book, 2009). Iraq has a long history of participation in major wars. read more
By: JD Hoopes | 2011-04-19 | Politics This question is being asked by ordinary citizens throughout many countries around the world, none the least by Americans, French and British, the three principal countries currently involved in bombing Colonel Muammar Gadaffi's Headquarters, and other military installations in that country. read more