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Europeans see US as biggest threat to world peaceRate this:
 
Published Mon 02 Jul 2007,
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One bit of good news. Our 'new government', that is, Brown's Cabinet, and specifically, Brown and the Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, have been measured in their reactions to the attempted bombings. There have been no attacks on Islam and there's been no mention of a War On Terror, and they haven't called for sweeping new 'anti-terror' measures. (This is not to say they won't be tough.)
Incidentally Brown is a massive Americanophile (who till recently took his holidays in Cape Cod), his emotions lead him to America, not Europe; but not to the present US administration.
I hope we can turn it around in the coming years *S*
things are the way they are because of us - we have no one to blame but ourselves
How true this is. That is a great perspective.
And why is money such a big factor in elections? Each candidate should have the same resources to run with. The way it is now, is not fair. Forget about who wins or loses. The people are being deceived by long running campaign adds from the richest candidate, and not much from the opposition.
Just take a look at the last NYC mayoral election. Ok, Bloomberg was a good candidate, but we barely heard anything from the other guy.
If they both had equal amounts to spend, I wonder what would have been the outcome.
Also, wouldn't such enormous amounts of money be better spent on something or someone who actually needed it?
I think it's a shame, and a waste of resources.
in my opinion the biggest threat to world peace is religion. please dont turn this into another religious debate because i think i read all i can on it over the past while. if you agree, cool..if not...cool...either way..thats my opinion on it
They should do a study of how the body reacts to "terror" tactics. I'm guesstimating the body's stress hormones which should be used for incoming tigers and lions (IE - actual threats, not terrorists) go into overdrive - no wonder why we have the worst health in the modern world. Cells aren't meant to be in a protection state for extended periods of time... with this whole new environment of terror when is it not at the forefront? I think it's about time we start the WAR ON STRESS - the only way to combat it is to have fun and RELAX!
(the cameras bit)
the nation is swinging in the other direction - towards progress and change. its like what science tells us is true - for every action theres an equal and opposite reaction. we should have good times ahead *S*
America is loved and envied throughuot the world and those few who don't love america are moerely jealous recent polls I have seen somewhere indicate that America is loved by almost all people except for muslims who worship a religion of hate and want to destroy america
where do you people come up with your crazy ideas and how dare you p[ost them?
We come up with our "crazy" ideas from you know, facts and evidence, that sort of stuff. Not from opinions, libel and slander. The Muslim religion is not one of hate, although if you take ONE verse out of context from the Qu'ran you can certainly get that impression (and certainly some Muslim extremists, EMPHASIS EXTREMIST, do take that view to the extreme) - the Imam says that violence is not the answer and most Muslims take that position. When the US has killed between 50,000 (the mainstream US media estimate) and 600,000 (the Iraqi newspapers' researched estimate) - it is no wonder why many of them hate us. Each one of those dead Iraqis had friends and family, just like you. Each one of them now has a grudge against the US, and certainly with a good reason. Sure, we had 9/11 - which MIGHT have been by extremists, but why is Osama Bin Laden not on the FBI's most wanted? Well, they admitted that they have no hard evidence connecting him to 9/11. Yeah, we have one terrible quality tape of some fat fool with a tiny nose less than a minute long with him directly claiming responsibility for the towers. But, we also have a THIRTY MINUTE LONG (which is much closer to OBL's normal speeches) tape from Osama Bin Laden himself where he says that he was not responsible for the attacks and tells us to look for people within our own government. Of course, this tape was not allowed to be shown on US television, because the FBI claimed it may have had "terrorist codes" or some bull.
If you want to live with fear and hate inducing wool over your eyes, that's fine, but while you're being spoon-fed from FOX News, I think I'll do some personal investigation into the matter to try and find some real knowledge. We're all PEOPLE first, not Christian, American, Muslim, Male, Female or whatever label. It is a disgrace that such an "evolved" race like humanity cannot even come together to make sure that every human is clothed, housed and fed. Ugh. One day... people are going to figure it out, and we're going to look back on our history and be ashamed but proud that we conquered our selfish fears and inadequacies.
its about compassion, its about being humane
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