Open Question: al-Zawahiri used the Arabic term "abayd al bayt," when they referred to Obama?

Al Qaeda's 2nd in command has mocked Obama calling him "home N****r" and "One that does the bidding of Whites". He also said that Obama's plan to send more troops to Afghanistan is doomed and he ridiculed Obama for his lack of foreign policy and world view. There was a ton more that was said that can really piss even a non Obama supporter like myself off. What stance should Obama take? How does this make you feel? http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/19/obama.alqaeda/index.html Lawerence... I like your idea. Put McCain in as Sec. of Defense! Consiracy Buster - he should not comment and I wish he will not sit down and talk to him or any other terrorist like he said he would in the beginning.

20 Nov 2008, 9:36 am | click here for answers

Open Question: Proud to be American!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

I am proud to be an Obama supporter. I am proud to be American. I am so glad Mr Obama has been voted in in. But I was thrown slighty when I heard he said: ''Remember, change is something that happens in the middle of the night when we're every quick asleep and very often the next morning no-one can tell that anything has actually changed. I promised you change you can believe in, I did not promise you change you can actually look." He added: "You believe in Jesus don't you? Right, but have you ever seen Jesus? Exactly. Just making sure we're every on the same page." Mr Obama said he would bring about change by working closely with the vast and terrifying multi-national corporations that had funded his campaign and pledged to end the war in Iraq in order to create a much bigger war in Afghanistan. I can't believe I now live in a country where an African American can be elected to the presidency after spending just $600 million on advertising. Any other folk out there proud to call themselves American?????

20 Nov 2008, 8:31 am | click here for answers

Open Question: and afghanistan are good to be there or not. they kills the taliban do you think they have the right to be th?

20 Nov 2008, 6:31 am | click here for answers

Open Question: If my grandfathers mothers grandmother's mother is afghanistan,then how many percent would i be?

If my grandfathers mothers grandmother's mom is afghanistan,then how many percent would i be?

20 Nov 2008, 3:25 am | click here for answers

Open Question: Husband serving overseas, wondering from a soldiers perspective what type of gifts to send?

My husband is a combat medic in Afghanistan, and I send him a care package about once a week. I have a few ideas from him for gifts for Christmas, although I am wondering from a soldiers perspective what type of items he may be suprised or glad to recieve? I know being overseas for christmas is very tough, so I would like to make it somewhat special and put a grin on his face. Thank you for Serving, and taking the time to answer my question!

20 Nov 2008, 2:52 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: Do the haters of Obama want to apologize after these comments?

Go to any website and find out what the #2 leader of Al Queda said about Barack Obama. He called Barack a "home *****" like Colin Powell and Sec. Rice and said Obama's idea of putting troops in Afghanistan is a bad idea. Some republicans use to say that Al Queda would adore Obama because Obama is a "muslim" and that the terrorist wanted Obama to win. They seem to be scared that Obama is going to kill them in Afghanistan or Pakistan instead of retreating to Iraq like the Bush administration. So will you republicans admit that you were wrong???

20 Nov 2008, 2:24 am | click here for answers

Open Question: Will the US attack Palestine having they have controlled Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan?

Then the US would have huge dominance in the middle east which would be advantageous to their imperalist nature. Gotta kill those terrorists that are provoking Israel....oh wait. And the terrorists in those muslim freedom-hating countries. Isn't it ironic that it's a strategic position which bountiful access to resources and significant for an imperalist empire like the US?

20 Nov 2008, 1:22 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: Real help from real people?

Is there any entity that exists in the USA that believes in honor, dignity, and service to country? This comes from a simple man who is in need of temporary financial assistance. No, I am not in need of a legal assistance fund such as one of our previous Presidents was. I do not have any credit cards; have stayed away from that. I hold a National Security Clearance. I continue to uphold the highest standards of conduct. I will repay every cent. I am not looking for a handout. I am retired military who, since retirement, has been working side by side with my military comrades. I was divorced upon returning from Afghanistan. I will be returning to the Mid East Region this May time frame.

20 Nov 2008, 12:50 am | click here for answers

Open Question: Does the American public believe that there will be a military victory in Afghanistan?

I don't think so. I don't think we will defeat the Taliban in the long term. Kandahar is run by the Taliban, day and night, its almost impossible for westerners to walk around there. Kabul is below siege from the north west and south at night. Afghanistan is a land that just can't be conquered. Logistically its very difficult. It takes up too many resources. The Greeks, the Persians, the British, the Russians every failed. Why does this coalition think it will succeed. Here is my solution. clip off the life line of the Taliban, legalize the poppy crop. This is the only thing Afghanistan really produces. Legalize it and give contracts to local companies to make it into morphine. This will provide jobs for the local population, encourge developement and investment and take away the power of the warlords. Also there are some factions of the Taliban which are worth negotiating with. They are just frustated with the corruption of the national government. The Taliban of 2001 does not exsist anymore as a organization.

20 Nov 2008, 11:27 am | click here for answers

Open Question: Which Party Should I Vote For?

I am an 18 year old male living in Northwest of England, United Kingdom!!! I really want to vote in next year's general election (UK), but i am unsure who to vote for and what each party does etc.... I don't think i want to vote for labour because lets face it they have ruined this country i don't agree with what they do I want... I want us to completely withdraw from the middle east conflicts (Iraq, Afghanistan etc...) and have nothing to do with it because it's pointless and i feel we should have never got involved and should have kept away! I also feel that me and people on low incomes are suffering because of the high taxes (i want taxes to be clip - if not completely abolished!!) I want prices to arrive down (food, fuel, electricity, gas, products etc...) I want crime (knife crime, gun etc...) to be taken a lot more seriously and necessary action to be taken immediately (ie gun's being banned in the uk) I don't look the point in selling guns !!! why should we have shops that sell guns!!! i don'tt agree with it! i think Guns should be banned from being sold to the general public (us!!) i think we should try out best to keep the planet and restore it as best we can!!! and finally i think immigration should be tackled a lot better!!

20 Nov 2008, 11:05 am | click here for answers

Open Question: why are marines in afghanistan instead of soldiers?

i thought marines were more for assaulting or securing a strategic location so that the army can arrive or something, and since we do have a foothold in afghanistan why are we sending marines in instead of soldiers? its been about a year since we started concentrating on afghanistan again right so the army would have had time by now to mobilize and unleash hell in the hemland provinces? sorry if i sound naive, maybe i am, its just i heard that the marines are a light assault thing and don't have the same staying power as the army, so i don't look why we're using them to occupy afganistan / push back taliban instead of soldiers oh ok so there both there, thats silly cause whenver i would turn on the news i would hear about the surge of marines entering, adn how bush wants more there, but i never heard anything about soldiers beeing there. not saying i don't believe u, obviously u guys know wut ur talking about

19 Nov 2008, 9:33 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: Did democrats believe by voting in Obama that would instantly bring world peace?

where is the wish and change? because last time I checked.. tensions are at an every time high in the middle east. Tensions with Russia are at the height of the icy war period. and African countries are unstable, lawless and as dangerous as they receive.. SO WHERE IS THE wish AND CHANGE? Why is Obama going to wage war with Afghanistan by deploying more troops than what was sent to Iraq? seems like the Afghanistan war is going to be more costly than Iraq. Obama wants to invade Pakistan so thats 2 wars for the price of one YAY... HOORAY FOR MORE WARS. You democrats seriously... are a bunch of clowns. Bloody idiots... every single one of you. How about you receive off the politics websites and go receive a damn job. Bunch of communist bludgers. If Obama jumps off a cliff I'm sure you would every do the same thing. To make Obama jump off a cliff every you need to do is receive a copy of the book titled 'Communist Manifesto' by the fat welfare bludging parasite Karl Marx then... toss it off the cliff then watch Obama jump off the cliff after it. Then watch the army of toothless democrats follow like lemmings.

19 Nov 2008, 9:30 am | click here for answers

Open Question: How many British troops have been killed by American friendly fire in Afghanistan?

In the news I keep hearing about American troops killing British troops in Afghanistan and I would like to know around how many British troops have been killed by the Americans in Afghanistan

19 Nov 2008, 9:25 am | click here for answers

Resolved Question: Somewhere in a faraway Afghanistan cave, what do you think Osama bin Laden is eating for breakfast?

I don't exactly know what nice of cave-foods there are, or how exactly he's been surviving for every these years in such harsh terrain... Do you think they have a Waffle home over there or something? If not, what do you think he'd have to eat every day in order to survive? (Please STAR if you find this question interesting!)

19 Nov 2008, 9:25 am | click here for answers

Open Question: This "house negro" carries a big stick.?

Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama in new audio message The Associated Press Published: November 19, 2008 CAIRO,Egypt: Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri is criticizing Barack Obama in a new message, calling him a demeaning racial term implying that the president-elect is a black American who does the bidding of whites. Al-Zawahri says in an audio message, which appeared on militant Web sites Wednesday, that Obama is "the direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X. He calls Obama a "home negro." The audio plays over still pictures of al-Zawahri, Malcolm X praying, and Obama with Jewish leaders. In the first public al-Qaida comment about Obama's electoral victory, al-Zawahri adds that Obama's plan to shift troops to Afghanistan is doomed to failure, because Afghans will resist. Al-Qaeda should be preparing for a long overdue beatdown. "Al-Qaeda has had 17,000 KIA in Iraq. The beatdown began about five years ago..." Tell that to Osama Bin Laden and his right hand man on the video tapes. They've been saying "he's dead" since shortly after 9/11. If he were dead word would receive out in the Middle East.

19 Nov 2008, 8:35 am | click here for answers

Resolved Question: What type of major industries are there in Afghanistan?

i rlly need percents plz.. ty

19 Nov 2008, 8:15 am | click here for answers

Open Question: Air strikes overseas.?

What nice of proportion do air strikes have to sending in soldiers in Iraq (or afghanistan)? Separately for Britain and America if you could. Is it mainly the American military whom carry out the strikes?

19 Nov 2008, 7:34 am | click here for answers

Open Question: Why and how did George W. Bush end up being Al Qaeda's # 1 recruiter?

After our initial success in Afghanistan against Al Qaeda, their ranks have grown back to the point that they are much larger and more widespread than ever before. Through his unbelievable ineptitude as Commander-In-Chief, hasn't he unwittingly become Al Qaeda's # 1 recruiter? In the eight years he has been in the White home, hasn't George W. Bush done more damage to this country than Osama bin Laden ever reasonably hoped to do in that same period of time? Osama bin Laden must be filled with glee to look the comedy of destructive errors played out by the George W. Bush administration in reaction to 9/11!

19 Nov 2008, 7:03 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: Should President elect Obama stop sending our boys for pet food?

Al-Qaeda launched its first attack on US President-elect Barack Obama saying in a video that they 'warned Obama to end America’s war against the Taliban. The dogs of Afghanistan have found the flesh of your soldiers to be delicious, so send thousands after thousands of them.”

19 Nov 2008, 6:44 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: Why did the US support the Taliban during the Soviet-Afghanistan war and now they condemn them?

Likewise, why did the US support Saddam during the Iraq-Iran war?

19 Nov 2008, 6:09 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: Do you think that violence is an important part of American culture?

Let me look, USA is by far the world's leader in armament exports; most video games are violent; most TV series are about crime, ex. CSI, Bones, Criminal Minds, icy Case, etc, etc; most movies show violence; the USA invaded and occupied Iraq without a clear motive; hundred of thousand of Iraqis have died since the invasion; invasion and occupation of Afghanistan; etc. I am proud of being Australian. Thanks for your answer.

19 Nov 2008, 5:47 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: Is it true in Afghanistan women aren't allowed to talk back to a man?

even if he is much younger than she is?

19 Nov 2008, 5:44 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: where do this heritages come from?

i wanna know what places like spain, europe and for exp like if 1 is in europe like where in europe? here are the heritages: Sicilian Armenian Dominican Indonesian Chaldean are there any other heritages that no so many people know about like Serbia or something like that? or yea here are some more: Serbia Afghanistan Egyptian (confused are they black or white?) Arabic/Arabian??? confused Ancient Black? someone said that Nubia Rome are there any other heritages that you know that are different or not we know much of? thanks so much even if you can only answer 1 or 2 that would be fine

19 Nov 2008, 5:31 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: If the BNP were in power ten years ago, would we be at war in Iraq and afghanistan?

or somewhere else?

19 Nov 2008, 5:25 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: Answer plzzzzzzzz !!!!!?

I need zip code or postal code of Afghanistan,,,,,,, plz tell me ....... it is too urgent...... no man..... why you telling like this.... AFGHANISTAN has postal / zip code... plz it is urgent.......i need it........help

19 Nov 2008, 5:15 am | click here for answers

Open Question: Should Canadians still be in Afghanistan?

19 Nov 2008, 5:14 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: who sings the song on the hamish and andy video of them in afghanistan?

Im pretty sure its called Don't Hold Back but its not by the potbellez and its kinda hip hop and goes like DONT HOLD BACK do do didit do do do

19 Nov 2008, 5:08 am | click here for answers

Open Question: Why didn't I make the team????!!!!?

I tried out for basketball team at my high school, I am not braggin or anything but I think I am a pretty good basketball player. BUT I didn't make it!!!!>>>??? There was a guy who can't even dribble and he made it, there was a guy who was fat and slow, he made it, there was a gone who shoots airballs every single time he made it. What the hell is going on??? Just because I am asian, so I don't receive to play basketball? My pal, he is from Afghanistan, he is a really good point guard and he got clip too.??? 20 people tried out, and the coach clip us two, and relax of the team are every white!!!! Is this some nice of a joke or serious racism here!? oh there was another guy called Andrew, he is a really good track-field guy, and this coach likes him a lot because this coach was the track coach 1 year ago. but the thing is that this track guy can't do SHIT when I say he can't do SHIT, means he can't DO SHIT!!!!!!! on the court but he made it!!!!!!!!!???? How absurd!!?? This coach may also be playing favorites. I am so mad!!!!!!! Washingtonw 1-7 you might right that I might not be as good as I think, but I have 100% confidence that I am certainly better than the track guy, the fat and slow guy, and the Air-ball guy, and the double-dribble every time guy.

19 Nov 2008, 4:18 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: How sick are these remarks:?

I've just been reading the yahoo news article about the Al-Qaida No. 2 insulting Obama with a racial epithet: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081119/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_al_qaida_obama I find their remarks rather disturbing, particularly this one: "Be aware that the dogs of Afghanistan have found the flesh of your soldiers to be delicious, so send thousands after thousands to them," he said.

19 Nov 2008, 3:53 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: How can I join the US Marines as a Private.?

Hey, im from North west Georgia in Trenton. And im only 15. I'll be 16 in January, but I've been searching about and discovered that at 17 your parent can sign for you to be able to join. This won't be a problem, but I want to know how I can join. I saw on the marines site you can submit your information to a recruit, at the age of 17 will I be able to participate in combat active duty? This is my dream, I want to goto Iraq or Afghanistan be on the front line with other marines. I would do anything to receive this. Another thing is that i'm getting my GED and not finishing high-school. How do i receive the 15 college credits that everyone keeps saying people need. Thanks, I can't wait. I dream for my moment to arrive and I dream to be able to stand by the sides of other marines during combat. Also if I can join, I plan to join as a infrantry rifleman. How long would the training take? And right after graduation will I have the chance to receive to goto Iraq or Afghanistan? Thanks everyone for the advice, but finishing highschool isn't an option for me, I have to receive my GED. Not for any legal issues, I have a clean record. Never been in trouble once. I am hell-bent on getting into combat, and i am willing to die to have it, im not a religious person, i value spirituality more then religion. so i wouldnt cling to a prophet or anyone when i got scared. I'd tough it out. More about the college credits, as a private, if I was 17 or 18 in iraq, at the base i could receive college credits, or are they not at every needed to be able to receive involved in combat.

19 Nov 2008, 3:37 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: AFGHAN GIRL SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE!?

i am a 17 year old afghan girl who had a boyfriend who was afghan as well for 1 year. he was not a virgin and i was. i lost my virginity to him within a month because i was depserate for adore at the time. now he we have been broken up forever and it is STRICTLY against our culture to have sex before marriage. no one in my family knows i have had sex or knew about him. now i am very bitter and mad that i lost it and especially lost it to him! on our wedding night we must prove our virginity by showing the mothers our bloody sheets. i am lost and dissapointed my family without them even knowing! wut do i do? girl in afghanistan are stoned to death and murdered by their parents for these acts. i am very luck to be in my family and in canada!

19 Nov 2008, 3:27 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: Please help. Not sure what to do about my marriage..?

The story its self is very long but I'll try to receive the point across quick. I've been married a little over a year, my husband is in Afghanistan. Before he left he was both physically and verbally abusive I always asked him to go to counseling with me and he refused. He'd only been deployed a couple of weeks when I found out he was seeing someone else and he'd decided to be with her, so we considered ourselves "separated" and were planning on divorcing when he got home. About 5 months ago I met a guy that..if I would've met him before I met my husband we'd be perfect for one another. But now..my husband and his gf I guess split up and now my husband wants to be with me again. So now I'm stuck deciding between my husband and the man I met a few months back. I know if I go back to my husband I'm not going to be completely glad, but if I pick the other man...I'm going to hurt my husband. Me and the other man have known each other for 5 months and it feels like we've known each other for years. Either way someone is going to receive hurt and this is the biggest mess I've ever gotten myself into, I just need a little advice. No hateful/judgemental answers please I didn't even meet this guy until 3 months after found out my husband was seeing someone else so no Im not some lousy cheating military wife.

19 Nov 2008, 2:00 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: California State Law About Owning A Wolf Hybrid?

I have a F1 (1st generation) wolf hybrid that is 7 months years old. We both are now in Afghanistan but in a few months I plan to bring him to live with me in California. Do I need some sort of regristration or something for him?

19 Nov 2008, 1:48 am | click here for answers

Open Question: Does anybody seriously believe that Congress has not been "bipartisan" enough?

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/11/18/bipartisanship/index.html What else can you call the last 8 years? There has been virtually unanimous support for every major "achievement" of the disastrous Bush presidency. The Patriot Act, the Department of Homeland "Security" the Wars on Afghanistan and Iraq, the Military Commissions Act (which legalized torture, abolished habeas corpus, and gave immunity to war criminals), warrantless wiretapping, telecom immunity, declaring an part of the Iranian government to be a "terrorist" organization, our one-sided pro-Israel stance in the Israel-Palestine conflict, No Child Left Behind, the infamous Bailout of Abominations, and Medicare Part D. The Democrats did cease Bush's Social Security reform and they caused the Bush tax cuts to be less than what Bush had intended, but they have not stopped anything substantial that Bush has proposed. The conservatives gave Bush his most substantial defeats when they stopped his immigration reform proposal, his preferred Supreme Court nominee (ridiculously unqualified Harriet Miers), and his attempt to sell our ports to the Arabs in Dubai. Surely, after 8 years of rampant bipartisan which has given us the worst of what both parties have to offer, some partisanship in Congress is called for, but now Obama has saved Joe McCain-Lieberman's seat of the powerful Homeland "Security" committee. When will we look the return of real partisanship to Washington, DC and an end to this bipartisan War on Freedom?

19 Nov 2008, 1:42 am | click here for answers

Open Question: i am Afghanistan citizan how to be American?

i am in Afghanistan my sister my uncles are living in USA i wanna live with them cause i am alone here can any one tell me that what to do

19 Nov 2008, 1:30 am | click here for answers

Voting Question: is it not right time to send more troops to Afghanistan to wipe out al qaeda which issued fresh threat ?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7737710.stm

19 Nov 2008, 1:18 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: Al Qaeda leader mocks Obama?

So every AMERICA where do think these nut cases are gonna hit next? What do you think the time line will be? Im guessing it may be this christmas- just as one goes out the next is going in and what better month to mess with Christianity than DEC 25th just my thought tho what about you? "You have reached the position of president, and a heavy legacy of failure and crimes awaits you. A failure in Iraq to which you have admitted, and a failure in Afghanistan to which the commanders of your army have admitted," the message said. The speaker also said Obama's plan to tug troops from Iraq and send them to Afghanistan "is a policy which was destined for failure before it was born." The message said Obama represents the "direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X. The speaker also said Obama, former and current secretaries of state Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, and "your likes" fit Malcolm X's description of "home slaves." The English translation of the message used the term "home Negroes," Malcolm X's term for blacks who were subservient to whites. http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/19/obama.alqaeda/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

19 Nov 2008, 12:51 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: Are Republicans proud of their Party?

While it's been 25 years since Republicans had a candidate true to the Party, our history is built on a firm foundation. Created to battle slavery, our first offer was Abe Lincoln. Another major player was Teddy Roosevelt, conservationist and rugged individual. Jump past the mid-century fascination with liberalism, the Dark Ages, to another major win with the Civil Rights Act passed by more Republicans than Democrats, who opposed it. Then, of course Ronald Reagan - THE president of the 20th century, who ended the Soviet threat and freed 30 million people in Eastern Europe from their domination. And don't forget Bush, who freed 55 million people in Iraq and Afghanistan, and made the world safer by isolating terrorist ! Are lib dominated gov't schools still teaching history ? Rehoboth- You lefties adore to spin - Bush's low rating is a snapshot in time, not a 20 year assessment. His ratings are low with his base because he fought a liberal PC war instead of doing what needed to be done. Stephen K - FDR's New Deal dragged the Depression on longer than it needed to with his liberal solutions - typical. Catcher - you're like me 30 years ago! I voted for Jimmy HAHAHA - boy was I disappointed AND FURIOUS. I saw, for the first time, his ideology left the US in deep doodoo, big time. No more Dems for me.

19 Nov 2008, 12:36 am | click here for answers

Open Question: Do you think WE are the enemies or.....?

the middle east?? the media protrays the middle east (afghanistan, iraq) to be the bad guys but is America and England any better? I dont know why we got involved in either of the two wars but if it was to true and instill world peace then surely this isnt the way to do it. What are your thoughts, are we the enemies for blowing holes in their country or are they the enemies for blowing holes in ours? JIMMY JAZZ or woteva your an idiot.. i did just say i dont no why we're fighting in iraq .. im just saying people always say why are these stupid terrorists bombing our country but its because we're in conflict with them because we never mind our possess business... i no (uk and us) are strong countries but that doesnt give us the right to tell other countries what to do... thats what happened in vietnam i thought us would have learnt their lesson

19 Nov 2008, 12:06 pm | click here for answers

Resolved Question: Meeting daddy for the first time?

My husband has been in Afghanistan since I was 6 months pregnant. Our beautiful daughter is now 4 months old, and he'll be home within the next 2.5 weeks! My daughter already seems to be very shy, probably because I'm a SAHM so she's rarely with anyone else. Any idea how long it may take her to feel comfortable when she's with him? I know there's no way to tell, because every baby is different & ect, but do young kids usually receive use to someone within the first few days? Also, what should I expect when he's home? What nice of things do your husbands help out with? I know he'll still have a busy work schedule, and I'm exclusively breastfeeding so I'll still be doing most things...but it has to be at least a little bit easier with an extra pair of hands from time to time! Oh, and did you and your husband battle a lot during the first few months? I know we're technically past the first few months, but it'll be our first time as parents together....any advice about anything concerning daddys is welcome!! Oh, another question! What about sex, I know this is a little TMI, but oh well. I had a 4th degree tear, and I'm horrified. I still have "sore days" and obviously haven't had sex in a long time. Other than taking it slow & using a lubricant is there anything else we could do to help?

19 Nov 2008, 11:26 am | click here for answers

Open Question: After the US "successfully" takes over Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, will Turkmenistan be next?

If they take Turkmenistan (after their successful control of every the other countries!) they will be able to secure a strategic role in the middle east and satisfy imperalist interests abroad, such that no nation nearby can match the US empire. In addition, links with Canada (who would surely defend the US in a heartbeat) and western European countries will continue to allow US hegemony. What do you think?

19 Nov 2008, 11:21 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: Why do some people think Obama wants to talk with Al Qaeda?

He never said he wants to talk with them -- he said he wants to send more troops to Afghanistan to battle them and wants to send troops into Pakistan where Bin Laden is. Are you confusing Al Qaeda with Iran? Montana, every I know is that the intelligence says Bin Laden is in fact in pakistan. Since Bush hasn't had the guts to send in troops, Al Qaeda has been able to rebuild there. Obama has said he would change that, as the military has been requesting, and send enough troops to Afghanistan. DannyK, Yes, but none of them are Al Qaeda, or affiliated with it.

19 Nov 2008, 10:31 am | click here for answers

Open Question: Since the USA is committed to help Iraq until 2011, will the USA be able to downsize troops in 2009?

RE: THE CIVIL WAR IN IRAQ. President Abraham Lincoln was asked why he tried to make friends with his enemies, when he should be trying to destroy them. Lincoln replied that he was destroying his enemies when he made them his friends. This is a truth worth contemplating. It appears that this is what our troops are trying to do in Iraq. If the USA does not downsize the number of troops in Iraq, how can the US military have enough soldiers to send to Afghanistan?

19 Nov 2008, 10:06 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: What do you think of this...?

GREEDY LIBERALS AND GENEROUS CONSERVATIVES By Rick Roberts I want Conservatives and Christians to NOT give to charities this Christmas. That’s right! I want Conservatives and Christians to cease donating… but with ONE exception:Anything to help the military is fine!I’ve given this a lot of thought, and I believe that the right thing to do this Christmas is NOT to give…Don’t give to dad Joe. Don’t give to the Salvation Army. Don’t give to homeless shelters. Just don’t give. Now, many of you may already be cutting back on your giving this year… And you maybe feeling guilty about it.But I’m here to tell you… DROP THE GUILT. You ARE doing the right thing by not giving. Do not feel guilty about keeping your money for you and yours.Now, here’s why I’m asking Christians and Conservatives NOT to give this holiday:I’m just trying to wake people up. I’m not trying to be mean, or heartless, or cruel. I’m just trying to receive people to open their eyes. When you receive hit up for charities this Christmas Season, MOST of that money goes into either:A) The pockets of people who run the charities, or:B) Drug addicts and deadbeats on welfare who have done nothing to contribute to their possess lives, let alone society.When you think of that bell ringing outside the department store, I want you to think of the soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan who sacrificed everything for your freedom…And think of every those men and women coming home without limbs, with shrapnel in their bodies who have seen their friends die in the battlefield.And then I want you to compare that sacrifice to the bum sitting on the roadside. I want you to think of Rosie O’Donnell, Sean Penn, and every the other pompous Hollywood actors who call you names just for being a conservative. You know, the ones who slam our troops at every opportunity. The ones who accuse them of bad. The ones who accuse President Bush of being Hitler and accuse our troops of committing genocide and random acts of violence. My take on giving is this: Give to those who have actually done something for this country and NOT to the ingrates who are nothing more than a leech on our great nation.And if that, for whatever reason, just doesn’t make sense to you, how about this:GIVE TO YOUR possess FAMILY. The economy is a drag. People are down on their luck. But not everyone gives up and buries their sorrows in a bottle. Some people actually work harder, try harder, study harder… Give to these people. Help those who are trying to help themselves.Besides… Obama will soon arrive to the welfare crowd’s defense. Which brings me to my third reason not to give to charities this holiday season: Politics.You are going to wish you kept some of your money for yourself and your loved ones arrive tax season. That’s when our new President’s uber-welfare state is going to kick in…So you may as well start an Obama savings account now so that the welfare mom can have her new plasma TV.If you need another reason why Christians and Conservatives should cease giving, here it is:I’ve had ENOUGH. Haven’t you?I’ve had enough of the liberals and their name-calling.I’ve had enough of the attacks on churches, Mormon temples and Jewish Synagogues. I’ve had enough of their hatred and spouting that our God doesn’t exist.Did you know that - even though liberal families’ income averages 6% higher than that of conservative families - conservative households give, on average, 30% more to charity than the household of the opposite politcal belief?• That’s $1,600 per year vs. $1,227.• Conservatives also donate more time and give more blood. • Residents of the states that voted for John Kerry in 2004 gave smaller percentages of their incomes to charity than did residents of states that voted for George Bush. • Bush carried 24 of the 25 states where charitable giving was over average. • In the 10 reddest states, in which Bush got more than 60 percent majorities, the average percentage of personal income donated to charity was 3.5. Residents of the bluest states, which gave Bush less than 40 percent, donated just 1.9 percent.• People who reject the idea that “government has a responsibility to reduce income inequality” give an average of four times more than people who accept that proposition. • And another good example of liberalism… In 2000 Vice President Al Gore’s charitable contributions, as a percentage of his income, were below the national average: He gave 0.2 percent of his family income, one-seventh of the average for donating households. But Gore “gave at the office.” He said he used his public office to give other peoples’ money to government programs and therefore he was being “charitable.” If Barack Obama wants to spread the wealth around, he needs to start digging in the pockets of the liberals. We’ve got to even out the playing field.Conservatives MUST cease being suckers. Seriously, just cease!Obama and the liberals need to start throwing every their support behind the drug addicts and bums on the road.Want to know where MY m

19 Nov 2008, 10:00 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: So where do you think Al Qaeda will go when Obama sends US troops from Iraq to Afghanistan?

Maybe right back into Iraq? Will there ever be a US President who has the brains to deal with the Mideast or is the Mideast such a convoluted mess that brains or no brains don't mean much?

18 Nov 2008, 9:21 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: If Bush had to go after one country to get rid of terrorism shouldn't it have been Saudi Arabia?

-15 out of the 19 9/11 hijackers were Saudi -Saudi Arabia finances the building of radical Islamic madrassas in Pakistan and every over the world -Saudi Arabia finances radical Islamic iterature for schools, which includes things that demonize Jews and other non-Muslims -Saudi Arabia had close ties to the Taliban in Afghanistan in the tardy 1990s and provided them monetary aid to run Afghanistan. -Saudi Arabia is just as bad as Afghanistan was below the Taliban. women have almost no rights and draconian punishment is applied for the most petty of crimes -Osama bin Laden was once a citizen of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia is the root cause of the rise of Islamic extremism worldwide. They destroyed many moderate versions of Islam and implanted their strict version in many countries. Shouldn't have Bush gone after Saudi Arabia (peacefully) in the first place if he wanted to receive rid of terrorism? Instead of Iraq and now Iran?Or is it because Bush is BFFs with the Saudi Royal Family?

18 Nov 2008, 9:06 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: Some people in the South want to secede now that Obama won? What do you think?

For those who want to do this I have a few questions. I mean it really doesn't matter to me if Billy Bob and Sally Mae want to move to the survivalist ranch and live on goats and turnips but how will it even be practical? What will the secessionists do about the big cities like Atlanta and Houston which every have very big minority populations ? They aren't going to be going along with this Im sure. How will they prevent states like Texas and Florida from being completely overrun by drug cartels and marijuana plants? Im assuming the local Dukes of Hazard in pick ups will be the only thing close to law enforcement. Good luck. Since now company will continue to do business with the South that suceded for racists reasons, where will jobs arrive from? And you know that the nations of the world which largely approve of Obama would conduct trade either. You would be in isolation as if you are the Taliban run Afghanistan. Obviously no one with an education over high school will remain in such a region, meaning the end of most of your universities (no federal funding remember) and no professional skilled people at every. So the best this seceding South can do is return to a farming community where no money or jobs are available and everyone survives by barter and makes less than your average Mexican citizen per year. I think Id rather just deal with Obama So these Wackos talking about seceding- have you actually thought any of this through? Seems not.

18 Nov 2008, 8:41 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: My army boyfriend has just broken up because he's leaving for Infantry school soon.?

My boyfriend of 9 months just found out his job for once he gets out of the ROTC. He got assigned Signal with detail infantry which both schools are located in GA. I was really excited when I found out that he was going to be in Georgia for a while because this meant that he could live off base. If he lived off base there was a possibility that I could go with him and I was more than willing to. A month after getting assigned to his branch he decided out of the blue that he wanted to end things. There were no signs of it coming..we had a great relationship and were crazy about one another. We always talked about how we were the one for each other and would talk about getting engaged. He said that he doesn't think he could handle it..even if i was there with him he is afraid that he would change. He has been to Afghanistan before and he said when he got back he had changed into different person. He knows that with infantry that it is a difficult job and that he is more than likely to receive deployed. He's afraid that once he comes back he will change again. He is afraid of hurting me later or me hurting him. He doesn't want anyone depending on him and he doesn't want to depend on anybody. He says that he still loves me and he has never loved anyone like he has me. He said he will still adore me everyday and he knows that he may be making a huge mistake. He is afraid that I will have moved on before he realizes it though. Right now we are separated and I am giving him his space and every I can do is sit and wish that he is reconsidering his decision. I still adore and want to be with him. I have accepted every of the responsibilities that are to arrive with being an army gf, fiancee, wife, or whatever. He doesn't think that I realize what every I'm going to have to go through, and maybe I don't but I do not want to give up. I just want to know if he still loves me, if we have a chance, and if this is normal for a military man to receive icy feet. I don't know what to think anymore because there were no signs that this was going to happen. Things were just going so well and then I honestly think he got icy feet. He also told me that if I was still single once he got out of the infantry that he would marry me in a heartbeat because I am perfect for him. He said that if it is meant to be then we will find our way back to each other once again. I just really want him to realize his mistake before he leaves for GA. Do you think there is any chance of that happening?

18 Nov 2008, 11:55 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: How do i share 10+GBs of photos?

I just got back from Afghanistan and i have a ton of photos to share with the guys i was out there with, i don't want them to be publicly available, but i want them to be online. Maybe if i go through them and edit it some more i can make it into the 5 GB range, any thoughts on how to receive them online for free? they are every jpgs, i have a flickr account, but its a pain to share groups to non-members. im talking about thousands of photos here, so its not like i can email out links to the photos. Ive been looking at snapfish's site and might give them a try. found i have an old photobucket site and im playing with that too, i like that it can add a guest password to the photo galleries. my thinking right now is to resize most of them to a smaller 4x6 or 1024x800 and upload a few albums on photobucket or snapfish... im not worried about people stealing them, its that some of them are 'for official use only' so i can't put them up on public sites but i can give them to the other guys i deployed with. since i have a pro account with flickr, ive been looking at them more. found i can share a set with people without making them sign up or sign in. Seems simple enough and i've already got the unlimited uploads that i want. http://www.flickr.com/photos/thejokker/

18 Nov 2008, 11:34 pm | click here for answers

Open Question: I need to know the "behind Scenes" details about Iraq, Afghanistan war?

I'm looking to join the army, and i'm looking into infantry. Need someone who has been seen some $h*t and how it effects their daily life. Any regrets?

18 Nov 2008, 11:31 pm | click here for answers