JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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To be healthy, live in the big city
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Japan's nuclear safety standards flawed, says commission chief
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Teacher nabbed for using miror to peek up girl's skirt
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From carnivores to herbivores: how men are defined in Japan
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Why do Japanese change their attitude when they communicate with foreigners?
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yabits
So how will the results of the elections in Iran show the world that the Iranians are ready to try dialogue? Why not go on record as being specific with something?
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yabits
It was modeled after Athens-Sparta.
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yabits
I grew up in the most heavily Islamic-populated community in the US. From a quarter to one-third of my high school graduating class (650+) was of Middle Eastern descent. Plenty of Muslim families in the neighborhood, and lots of close Muslim friends. Picked up a lot of Arabic along the way. Anyway, from what I saw, I liked, with a few exceptions.
Think about it: Nineteen men, armed with nothing more than box cutters and brilliant strategy, changed the course of history and, via the Patriot Act and other laws, caused us to challenge the fundamental structures of our so-called free society.
If you can detach yourself and look at the millions of innocent people the United States has killed along the way via collateral damage, 9/11 was just a drop in the bucket. We amplify it because it happened to us.
Posted in: What did you think of U.S. President Barack Obama's speech to the Muslim world?
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yabits
Darn, Bush said it was a crusade.
Posted in: Obama's Islamic homage wins praise
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yabits
LOL!!! It was a speech to the world.
"Ok, Ok, folks... I'm gonna speak about a crusade here. All you Moslems out there, cover your ears!"
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yabits
If Bush was sincere, and I believe he was in his sentiments, the problem arises when people of the Islamic world look to see if his actions meet those words.
We both know that the reality is that millions of decent Americans of good faith respect the Muslim religion, but that many millions of Americans despise it. When Bush says "we" and the world knows that America is split into polar opposites on the issue, he makes himself look like a fool or a dupe.
Yes, there is a problem with that. Just as Obama's speech did not emphasize or acknowledge clearly enough the Jekyll-Hyde nature of American diplomacy that the world has experienced from us over the past 50 years.
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yabits
Sarge, you seem to be making the claim that our scumbags are better than their scumbags.
The extremists of both sides look scummy to me.
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yabits
I first have to determine if the crusader is a terrorist too. The label is easy to throw around.
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yabits
So, what about all these Americans, a segment of which we see here on JT, who hate and denigrate Islam? I suspect the segment numbers in the many millions. So when Bush used the term "we" without referring to the Americans who despise Islam, he's really giving a false impression isn't he?
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yabits
Obama's speech was poor in that it did nothing to represent the segment of Americans who despise everything about Islam -- a segment well-represented on JT.
I believe it riles most of the world when America produces a leaders like a Carter or Obama who appear to care a great deal about human rights and dignity -- raising the hopes of listeners in many countries -- and then follow those leaders up with out-of-control, psycho cowboys like Reagan and GW Bush. For example, Carter strongly condemned the brutality of the Iraqi dicatator, Saddam Hussein; Reagan sent emmisaries to shake his hand and offer him all kinds of support.
Obama's speech gives the impression that Dr. Jekyll is now forming US policy -- with the crazy Mr. Hydes yapping at his heels.
Posted in: What did you think of U.S. President Barack Obama's speech to the Muslim world?
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yabits
WilliB - from the article above:
"But there were obvious comparisons to Obama’s predecessor, George W Bush, whose use of language—such as calling for a “crusade” against terrorists after the Sept 11 attacks, a term that brought to mind the Christian Crusades against Islam in the Holy Land—helped stir anti-American anger in the Muslim world."
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yabits
A review/comparison of the plagarist [sic] President Obama with his Koranic scholar predecessor -- from the article:
Of course the writer is a Muslim; how can he appreciate the awe-inspiring Koranic scholarship of Bush?
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yabits
Yeah, everyone knows that Bush read the holy Koran regularly, and was an expert on it. Nice that President Obama left out the "crusade" part -- the part which really helped Koranic-scholar Bush win the crowd to his side.
Great oxymoron.
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yabits
There are those who foolishly say that President Obama's and Bush's speeches mirrored each other. First of all, President Obama would never have be crazy enough to use the word "crusade" when taking to Moslems. That one word can nullify everything else in you have to say.
Second: President Obama came across as sincere; Bush couldn't manage that with his audiences. It is simply that when it came to things outside of killing, war, and destruction, Bush didn't seem to care very much.
Lastly, on that last theme, President Obama did not come in front of his audience with his hands dripping with the blood of innocent Moslems.
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yabits
Thank you for some great memories, David Carradine.
Bound for Glory showed your art at its best.
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yabits
I can't think of how a better first step could be taken on the road to better relations between my nation and the Islamic world.
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yabits
I don't say you are a supporter. I took exception with the words "as far away from a Bush supporter as anyone can get." You? Really?
Had I not seen those words, which are pretty black/white if you ask me, I would not have swerved off-topic the way I did.
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yabits
I always find it funny when, faced with the truth of an obvious delusional statement, you can count on a conservative to counter it by the "neener-neener" approach shown above.
Shows the weakness of their arguments.
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yabits
Not anything near the equivalent of someone who calls himself a conservative and says they are as far away from a Bush supporter as anyone can get....Even though he voted for Bush and has hundreds of posts defending Bush policies. (Oh, that's right, he loves Cheney. -- LOL!!)
No. You won't find real liberals as delusional as that.
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yabits
That is only because the typical Republican ego is such that only their way is the right way. Therefore the real truth is: If Obama succeeds, the Republicans are screwed (even more than they are now, if that is possible).
If that happens, America will be just fine, Chicken Little.
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