I agree that this would seem to be a good development. I wonder, though. Haven't we also read that the Taliban were ready to split with al-Qaeda 7 years ago?
Then comes a question—with whom do you engage? My general answer is that if you want to have relevant results you must speak to those who are relevant.
This seems to me a lesson worth learning. Obviously speaking to relevant parties is no guarantee of relevant results, but the failure…
I can live with allowing those countries to work it out if they keep it in their countries. However, as long as we (the US) are in Iraq, that will be kind of difficult.
It's possible, isn't it, that blood and death is the only way that contested territory changes hands? If the US could have purchased its portion of North America the way the Dutch were reputed to have bought Manhattan, we would have saved lots of blood and death. But oddly…
Palin says that she doesn't know why the association between Obama and Wright (and presumably between Obama and Ayers) isn't discussed mores. If it were discussion she wanted, she would discuss this with Obama, with Wright, with Ayers. (Like McCain when he was a sub-committee chairman, she would convene an…
"The others being Democrats" represents McCains ability to "reach across the aisle" and into the pockets of American savers.
But all Saturday Night Live stuff aside, I don't think you have said why you think that Obama would make a bad president or how that comment relates to his…
I hope it will not be lost on Congress that accounting firms are one of the chief architects of compensation packages. Moreover, they may even be designing compensation packages for the same companies they are auditing. I'm somewhat skeptical that this situation could have ever occurred without a leg up…
I knew you stood apart from the average in your discussion skills, but I didn't know that you would pejorate those with whom you are having a discussion, put words into their mouths, rely on faulty logic to attempt to make your point and…
We could obviously go back and forth on this for some time.
McCain's selection of Palin was brilliant--but as a distraction to Obama's nomination, as a bid to seize the feminine vote, as a bone to placate conservatives in his own party and as a tonic for his own…
SezWho2 at 01:35 PM JST - 7th October
SuperLib,
I agree that this would seem to be a good development. I wonder, though. Haven't we also read that the Taliban were ready to split with al-Qaeda 7 years ago?
Posted in Taliban, Afghan officials meet in Saudi Arabia at 01:35 PM JST - 7th October
SezWho2 at 01:32 PM JST - 7th October
This seems to me a lesson worth learning. Obviously speaking to relevant parties is no guarantee of relevant results, but the failure…
Posted in Taliban, Afghan officials meet in Saudi Arabia at 01:32 PM JST - 7th October
SezWho2 at 01:25 PM JST - 7th October
Nippon5,
I can live with allowing those countries to work it out if they keep it in their countries. However, as long as we (the US) are in Iraq, that will be kind of difficult.
Posted in Turkish jets hit Kurdish rebels in Iraq at 01:25 PM JST - 7th October
SezWho2 at 12:10 PM JST - 7th October
CavemanLawyer,
It's possible, isn't it, that blood and death is the only way that contested territory changes hands? If the US could have purchased its portion of North America the way the Dutch were reputed to have bought Manhattan, we would have saved lots of blood and death. But oddly…
Posted in Turkish jets hit Kurdish rebels in Iraq at 12:10 PM JST - 7th October
SezWho2 at 11:30 AM JST - 7th October
Palin says that she doesn't know why the association between Obama and Wright (and presumably between Obama and Ayers) isn't discussed mores. If it were discussion she wanted, she would discuss this with Obama, with Wright, with Ayers. (Like McCain when he was a sub-committee chairman, she would convene an…
Posted in McCain, Obama mudslinging grips campaign at 11:30 AM JST - 7th October
SezWho2 at 11:13 AM JST - 7th October
Sarge,
"The others being Democrats" represents McCains ability to "reach across the aisle" and into the pockets of American savers.
But all Saturday Night Live stuff aside, I don't think you have said why you think that Obama would make a bad president or how that comment relates to his…
Posted in McCain, Obama mudslinging grips campaign at 11:13 AM JST - 7th October
SezWho2 at 10:58 AM JST - 7th October
I hope it will not be lost on Congress that accounting firms are one of the chief architects of compensation packages. Moreover, they may even be designing compensation packages for the same companies they are auditing. I'm somewhat skeptical that this situation could have ever occurred without a leg up…
Posted in Congress opens hearings on financial meltdown with focus on execs' compensation at 10:58 AM JST - 7th October
SezWho2 at 10:20 AM JST - 7th October
Nippon5,
May I retort in kind?
I knew you stood apart from the average in your discussion skills, but I didn't know that you would pejorate those with whom you are having a discussion, put words into their mouths, rely on faulty logic to attempt to make your point and…
Posted in Palin defends terrorist comment against Obama at 10:20 AM JST - 7th October
SezWho2 at 09:25 AM JST - 7th October
Oops! Was Ayers a terrorist 21 years ago?
Posted in Obama says McCain, Palin smearing him at 09:25 AM JST - 7th October
SezWho2 at 08:27 AM JST - 7th October
Sarge,
We could obviously go back and forth on this for some time.
McCain's selection of Palin was brilliant--but as a distraction to Obama's nomination, as a bid to seize the feminine vote, as a bone to placate conservatives in his own party and as a tonic for his own…
Posted in Obama assails McCain over health care proposal at 08:27 AM JST - 7th October