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[purdey]

So now you judge a fighting force by what they wear, never judge a book by it's cover !! Ever heard of blending in, if we all wore Prada and the enemy wore Armani it would make life alot more easy.

[Get Real!]

So now you judge a fighting force by what they wear, never judge a book by it's cover !! Ever heard of blending in, if we all wore Prada and the enemy wore Armani it would make life alot more easy.

Well we can’t have those dirty bastards having an edge on you… time you wore them dresses too! Get with the times dude… it’s all about the “morphing” warrior these days!

[purdey]

I may wear them ? I like to blend in when appropriate, as I said before you do not know anything about me.

[doesntmatter]

Am I the only who bothered to reply to the specific thread topic ...

Hmmm.. lemme check what Gene Rossides think abt this issue... brb

Having the political will to act involves at least two initial positions the Obama/Biden administration must take to demonstrate the seriousness of its purpose, namely, the removal of all Turkish armed forces, estimated at over 40,000 troops, and the return to Turkey of the estimated at 180,000 illegal settlers/colonists under the Geneva Convention of 1949.

Diplomatic pressure on Turkey would include no invitations for Turkish officials to visit their counterparts in the U.S. until Turkey commits to remove its illegal troops and settlers now.

Political pressure on Turkey would include getting other nations, particularly Britain, a guarantor power, and the European Union of nations to advise Turkey to get its illegal troops and settlers out of Cyprus and let the Greek and Turkish Cypriots negotiate a settlement by Cypriots free from outside pressure.

Economic pressure on Turkey would include the halt in any economic assistance including loans; a halt in any military assistance and acquisitions; and informing Turkey that it will withdraw all existing economic benefits, such as textile quotas, if Turkey does not cooperate. It would also include no assistance from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank until Turkey¢s illegal troops and settlers are removed from Cyprus.

Vice President Elect Joe Biden has, during his Senate career, often called for the removal of Turkish troops from Cyprus as a necessary precondition to proper negotiations. On July 26, 2007, Senator Biden, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee stated: “Turkey should begin the withdrawal of troops from Cyprus. The presence of those forces is neither justified nor necessary and complicates efforts to return the island to a state of lasting peace…Since 2003 there have been millions of peaceful crossings at the Green Line that separates the island¢s two communities. Cypriots of all ethnicities have clearly demonstrated their ability to co-exist.”

Turkey¢s U.S. Foreign Agent Lobbyists

During the presidential campaign both Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain make statements showing concern about lobbyists. Obama told the Democratic National Convention Committee to stop taking money from currently registered federal lobbyists. He stated on June 5, 2008: “I have sent a strong signal in this campaign by refusing the contributions of registered federal lobbyists and [political action committees]…They do not fund our campaign and they will not fund our party.”

Now all lobbyists are not bad. Many, if not most, serve a useful purpose in presenting the views of constituents or employers to our elected officials.

There is however a form of lobbying that is in my judgment harmful to the interests of the United States, namely, the hiring by foreign governments of former U.S. representatives and senators as foreign agents of that government to lobby the Congress and Executive Branch officials.

Presently, Turkey has on its payroll Dick Gephardt, former Democratic majority leader of the House of Representatives and Dick Armey, former Republican majority leader of the House. Both are registered with the Department of Justice as foreign agents for Turkey. Turkey pays Gephardt $1.8 million for himself and others and Armey several hundred thousand dollars annually.

My suggestion to President Elect Obama is that he refuse to meet with Gephardt or Armey and not allow his cabinet officers and his staff to meet with them. Such a position would strike a real blow at the odious practice of hiring former U.S. officials to represent foreign governments seeking money and favors from the U.S.



Gene Rossides, President of
American Hellenic Institute and former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury

I'm sure Obama read this and said "right, let's get to work and pull our troops out of Turkey."

[Get Real!]

I may wear them ? I like to blend in when appropriate, as I said before you do not know anything about me.

Yeah, well don't blend in too much lest you get too used to wearing them...

[paliometoxo]

America and uk sat back and did nothing while turkey invaded now they "want a solution in cyprus"?

America has many of its own problems i agree its very last thing on the list to help a country smaller then one of americas states.. but at least unlike bush obama is not pro turkish and favouring them kissing their ass for their help in iraq ...

hope he fixes americas problems and is all you americans hoped him to be

[miltiades]

The American people and the rest of the world look to Obama as the saviour . His inaguaration speech was seen by many to have been mediocre , in fact this is what Alex Spillius , the American journalist had to say : QUITE a day, but not much of speech unfortunately. Obama got where he is by speechifying, but this effort would not have won him many votes. It was his worst on a grand stage, though still better than most politicians could muster.

The delivery, as ever, was first class, but the message was wasn't clear enough and the language not insufficiently inspiring.

As soon as the applause had died down, an African American standing man near me on the Mall said to his friend: "I thought the speech was shit." Another woman said, correctly, that "we had heard it all before at other events".

In a way Obama was a victim of his own success. Having given so many dynamic speeches he had set his own bar very high. What he tried to do at his inauguration was tell Americans that they had to sacrifice to make gains, while making them believe this was well within their capabilities. The emphasis on sacrifice was too weak however.

To the disappointment of many black people in the crowd, he also made but one reference to the enormity of a black man occupying the White House for the first time. Obama has never laboured the issue of his race, but on this historic day the issue needed more.

Jon Favreau, his co-writer, recently admitted that he had been pouring over previous inaugural speeches. That might have been a bad idea. Obama seemed weighed down by the past, and failed to seize the moment.""
http://www.journalisted.com/alex-spillius

Let us hope that the expectations will be fulfilled.

[zan]

The American people and the rest of the world look to Obama as the saviour . His inaguaration speech was seen by many to have been mediocre , in fact this is what Alex Spillius , the American journalist had to say : QUITE a day, but not much of speech unfortunately. Obama got where he is by speechifying, but this effort would not have won him many votes. It was his worst on a grand stage, though still better than most politicians could muster.

The delivery, as ever, was first class, but the message was wasn't clear enough and the language not insufficiently inspiring.

As soon as the applause had died down, an African American standing man near me on the Mall said to his friend: "I thought the speech was shit." Another woman said, correctly, that "we had heard it all before at other events".

In a way Obama was a victim of his own success. Having given so many dynamic speeches he had set his own bar very high. What he tried to do at his inauguration was tell Americans that they had to sacrifice to make gains, while making them believe this was well within their capabilities. The emphasis on sacrifice was too weak however.

To the disappointment of many black people in the crowd, he also made but one reference to the enormity of a black man occupying the White House for the first time. Obama has never laboured the issue of his race, but on this historic day the issue needed more.

Jon Favreau, his co-writer, recently admitted that he had been pouring over previous inaugural speeches. That might have been a bad idea. Obama seemed weighed down by the past, and failed to seize the moment.""
http://www.journalisted.com/alex-spillius

Let us hope that the expectations will be fulfilled.

Welcome to the real world..........


The speech was all about preparing the USA for the worst time since the great depression....At times I thought it sounded more like a Chinese leader speaking of communism and the need to man the pumps and plow the fields. The reverend who spoke talked of hammering out the tanks into tractors.....The way to pay back the trillions squandered I suppose...It sounds as if he is not only asking the people to tighten their belts but to cook and eat it too.

The bit I liked was the bit about allowing science to solve a lot of the problems by harnessing the sun and the soil.......More Hydrogen cars on the way....More solar panels.....???? I hope it is done in a sensible way and not throwing money at it....

[DT.]

The American people and the rest of the world look to Obama as the saviour . His inaguaration speech was seen by many to have been mediocre , in fact this is what Alex Spillius , the American journalist had to say : QUITE a day, but not much of speech unfortunately. Obama got where he is by speechifying, but this effort would not have won him many votes. It was his worst on a grand stage, though still better than most politicians could muster.

The delivery, as ever, was first class, but the message was wasn't clear enough and the language not insufficiently inspiring.

As soon as the applause had died down, an African American standing man near me on the Mall said to his friend: "I thought the speech was shit." Another woman said, correctly, that "we had heard it all before at other events".

In a way Obama was a victim of his own success. Having given so many dynamic speeches he had set his own bar very high. What he tried to do at his inauguration was tell Americans that they had to sacrifice to make gains, while making them believe this was well within their capabilities. The emphasis on sacrifice was too weak however.

To the disappointment of many black people in the crowd, he also made but one reference to the enormity of a black man occupying the White House for the first time. Obama has never laboured the issue of his race, but on this historic day the issue needed more.

Jon Favreau, his co-writer, recently admitted that he had been pouring over previous inaugural speeches. That might have been a bad idea. Obama seemed weighed down by the past, and failed to seize the moment.""
http://www.journalisted.com/alex-spillius

Let us hope that the expectations will be fulfilled.

Welcome to the real world..........


The speech was all about preparing the USA for the worst time since the great depression....At times I thought it sounded more like a Chinese leader speaking of communism and the need to man the pumps and plow the fields. The reverend who spoke talked of hammering out the tanks into tractors.....The way to pay back the trillions squandered I suppose...It sounds as if he is not only asking the people to tighten their belts but to cook and eat it too.

The bit I liked was the bit about allowing science to solve a lot of the problems by harnessing the sun and the soil.......More Hydrogen cars on the way....More solar panels.....???? I hope it is done in a sensible way and not throwing money at it....

The BBC guy brought it home for me though. Its amazing when you think that this guy couldn't even get hire car for Gore's democratic inauguration 8 years ago. They wouldn't accept his credit card and now 8 years later he's the guest of honour at the Presidents inauguration.