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...Israel: because he can [June 22]. It doesn't look good for the President of the U.S. to be dissed by Iran and North Korea, but since Israel is tiny and surrounded by people who want to wipe it off the map, Obama can make it tremble with one hand tied behind his back. This makes everybody feel better about America's standing in the world, and if twisting Netanyahu's arm to make concessions he considers to be against Irael's interest doesn't work out, and instead of a grand peace deal the country is wiped...
Your article clarified the characteristics of each side: on the one hand are people who are peaceful, caring and serve their community. And on the other, people who lie, throw packets of urine at buildings and are generally aggressive in an effort to achieve their purpose. From now on I will back people who are doing good. Brod Von Brughan, DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA
...reading my mind, but they are certainly following my intent. If you think about going into an area to protect the population, if you go into an area and no shots are fired but you achieve control, the population is going to feel a lot better. On the other hand, if you come in and you destroy buildings, homes, you may take the ground, but the population is left impoverished - they may have suffered casualties among their civilians - and then to turn and ask for their support, it will be different. So what we really want is the equivalent...
...forward-operating base], we had launched a raid, and our guys had been in combat at 5-m distance, so much so that one of the young sergeants had to pick up an enemy machine gun and keep fighting. Another had, although wounded, already picked up a hand grenade that came on his position and attempted to throw it back and lost half of his arm in the process. I saw him later with a prosthetic arm, and he was upbeat and focused, and as I sat with those guys that night, it was the focused professionalism of those guys...
...think if you write a handwritten note - that I took the time to sit down and write - if I typed it, people may think that I may have dictated it or written 50 of the same and just signed it. And I also find that if I hand-write it, it also makes me stop and think - think about the casualties. It makes me think about everyone...