wars,corruption,bad leaders,
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i just want to know if you live in africa?\ncause with that answer i'd be able to answer yours. (p.s. i DO live in africa!)
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bad leader. led us into war for no reason and lies to the american people.
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To gain political power; politics is a dirty game!
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nearly impossible question to answer accurately unless you defined 'ehtical lapse' and then researched it over the past 200+ years.  I'd tend to say it is about even and there are definitely examples of corruption in both major parties.
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Absolute power corrupts absolutely.\n\nCorruption robs us all
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All of this is typical of a World superpower that has gotten out of control. Simply look at the histories of Greece, Rome/Byzantium, Egypt, Ancient China, etc. What it means is that things are about to come crashing down, and hard.
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like the rest of Africa - greedy leaders with no vision for anyone but themselves. plus major civil and relgious problems
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Huge gap between rich and poor. Pervasive corruption.\n\nThe USA is getting there too: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/27/business/27richer.html\n(archived at: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics.bush/browse_thread/thread/e8f33ae36180e01f/f12c6599d1a5d2d9 )
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1. Corruption\n2. Wrong economic programs\n3. Bickerings of politicians
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try "The Great War For Civilisation" by Robert Fisk.  You will need to go back further than 20 years too as the current problems are rooted in the decisions made after the first and second world wars.  This book covers other countries in the Middle East too.
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I agree...corruption is a serious problem...im from the worlds most corrupted country for the last 5 years..according to transperancy international..datz right..im from bangladesh!\n\nthe thing is...corruption can never ever be eliminated, it has been there from the earliest of civilizations, from the senators of the Roman Empire to the very present. All we can do is fight against it, as a united front. We have movements against AIDs, Millenium Development Goals to reduce poverty, fight aginst malaria, yet none of these wil ever be won if the fight agains corruption is not won....I cant suggest any clear cut solution dat can solve the prob, if i could, i wouldnt be sitting here...but i believe that if we..those who believe that it should be stopped (and theres a fair amount in our group i can tell u)..then we should take united actions against it....have protests, nationwide boycotts until the corrupted are brought down...it woulndt be easy..but if we all are united....we will definately not fall....
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Because of illiteracy of publics and corruption of politicians
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election hype...........smoke and mirror and distract from war.
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if a leader is not doing their job, they need to be replaced, not respected.  i don't really understand how respecting a bad president would make them any better.
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Sri Lanka is run by a corrupt government and with an active rebel group creating the chaos resulting to deaths.
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because of lack of motivation and also Corruption.
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I've heard both sides of this story from many facets. The truth is that only leaders and rulers start wars, not the people who work and raise their families. There is something wrong with this "world view" isn't there?