In my opinion:\n\nIran -Islamic\nNorth Korea-Communism\nChina-Communism\nRussia-"Standard"\nJapan-"Standard"\n\nWhy not US army\n-all of them "psyco" since IRAQ war.\n-no courage and "moral"\n\nSincely:\n"Iran Revolutionary Guard"
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in my oponion they are muslim countries like:\niran\npakistan\nsaudi arabia\negypt\nsomalia
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If we used the same tactics we used during or right after WWII, the liberals would scream.   \nI think crewl and inhumain would be the terms used.\n\nI would also hear "just leave and let them form thier own government"  Boy, those are the intelligent ones who have NEVER studies history and a political vaccuum.
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All right I'll try. A Persian would be a citizen of the perian empire (now defunct), which was centered on the Iranian plateau though it did strech at one point from Libya to India. Today a persian is normally considered an Iranian. \n\nAn arab(I know this cheap)\nEthnic identity: someone who considers him or herself to be an Arab (regardless of racial or ethnic origin) and is recognized as such by others. \nLinguistic: someone whose first language is Arabic (including any of its varieties); this definition covers more than 250 million people. Arabic belongs to the Semitic family of languages. \nGenealogical: someone who can trace his or her ancestry back to the original inhabitants of the Arabian Peninsula. \nPolitical: someone who is a resident or citizen of a country where Arabic is an official or national language, or is a member of the Arab League or is part of the wider Arab world; this definition would cover more than 300 million people, but it is rather simplistic and rigid in that it excludes the entire Diaspora but includes indigenous or migrant minorities. \n\n A Jew or Hebrew may live in Israel though many people identify themselves as being jewish without having ever seen it. \n(cut and paste ur my only friend)\nJudaism guides its adherents in both practice and belief, and has been called not only a religion, but also a "way of life," which has made drawing a clear distinction between Judaism, Jewish culture, and Jewish nationality rather difficult. In many times and places, such as in the ancient Hellenic world, in Europe before and after the Enlightenment (see Haskalah), and in contemporary United States and Israel, cultural phenomena have developed that are in some sense characteristically Jewish without being at all specifically religious. Some factors in this come from within Judaism, others from the interaction of Jews with others around them, others from the inner social and cultural dynamics of the community, as opposed to religion itself.\n\nBedouins are a nomadic desert people who live in north africa and the middle east\n\nA Kurd is a person living mainly in the northern area of Iraq, Iran, and Syria. who are normally muslim\n\nA Turk is a Turkish citizen\n\nA Druze ... I'm not really sure I think it an Islamic sect\n\nBerbers... no clue sorry, better luck next time
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There are many communist (China, N Korea, Cuba) and socialist countries (Sweden, Russia, France) where your ideas and assistance would be appreciated. Forgive me if I don't rush out in a lather to follow in your wake.
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The first thing people in the west need to understand about Islam and the Islamic world is that Islam is a symbol used for exploitation by most of the people calling themselves as Muslims and not taken in the true letter-n-spirit.  The very word Islam means (according to Dictionary)"1. Peace, 2. Submission (To Allah/God). The second meaning is exactly what is the first meaning is if one reads the Quran (The Word of Allah/God) they will understand why some people use the first meaning and the second meaning. Although both the meanings are synonymous for people who are born in a "Muslim" community it becomes a misleading meaning for others who have never read or gone through the Quran. Having said this as far as the question for Muslim leadership is concern the people who claims to be Muslims most of them are themselves not aware of their religion "Islam" as they are divided into a number of sects, similar to those that exist in Christianity. However, since the people who claims to be Christians have learned to co-exist with other sects of their faith (after centuries of inter-faith conflicts and conflicts between the Church and the society) by disassociating their religion from their day to day affairs they are more at peace in other words living more in "Islam" then their counter parts the so-called "Muslims". It is, therefore, that there is no central leadership that exists in the "Muslim" world at present.  In their own countries even their divided leadership does at times issue statements against terrorism (as understood by the other half of the world), however, their statements never found space in your part of the world. This is because of a number of factors the first and the top most is that the very definition of the word ‘Terrorism’ holds different meanings for different people. For example when Hitler committed crimes against humanity to date despite the hatred against Hitler his work was never labeled as terrorism. When the combined allied forces devastated the German cities and cut them into two halves, raping and maiming millions of civilians the act was never seen as terrorism but was considered a response against Hitler's forces atrocities. When the US forces attacked Korean peninsula and killed many civilians in the name of fight against communism the war was neither termed as terrorism nor a fight against terrorism. When the Jews, supported by their European and US allies, carried out attacks and killings of innocent Palestinian people to drive them out of their homeland their campaign was never termed as terrorism. To date I am sure you do get to see a photograph or two of the Israeli atrocities committed both in "Israel" and Lebanon and in the rest of the world like attack on Iraqi Osirock nuclear plant and killing of Palestinian people all around the world are not termed as terrorism but an act of self defense and seen as their right for existence. When Iraq threatened Kuwait it was termed as terrorism when Israel threatened Iran it is termed as right to defend. When defenseless Palestinian children are killed in the arms of their fathers and mothers, as was shown live on TV, despite the fact that no sane person in the West ever acknowledged it as correct, no one even termed as terrorism either. When Indian forces occupies Kashmir and carries out genocide of defenseless Kashmiris it is termed as internal matter. When Kashmiris tries to retaliate it is called terrorism. When during WW-II the French Freedom Movement and the Italian Freedom fighters did the same against occupying Nazi forces it was never termed as terrorism. When Muslims are slaughtered in India during riots it is termed as isolated events of rioting among society and not as terrorism. Isn’t it strange how we use one word of dictionary to term a whole society a whole group of people as bigots, terrorists, un-educated and barbaric lot, whereas, on the other hand all the
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Suspect the Marines are wondering the same thing.  It has become a confusing state of affairs,  You have Sutr's militia [Shias'] replacing Americans in Sutr City. slum area of the Shias. Then you have Militia running about and it's not clear who they are.  almost always just referred to as terrorist and sometimes Chias.  My conclusion has been "It's a fiasco."
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Iran, they have been totally nutty for years. N Korea is just looking for attention, he got it and now he'll quiet down for a little while. But that nut job in Iran and his nut job people are begging to get whipped out and the have for years.
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Chechnia (don't know spelling, but that's what it sounds like.)\n\nThey are Muslims who want to form their own country, but Moscow won't let them go. Russians have been killing them for years. Terrorism is all they have to fight with.  I believe they have oil there.
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I don't think there is a simple answer to that one. With the exception of maybe Iran, the regimes you mention are against terrorism. Not that there aren't elements within their governments that support them. Overall terrorists are a major threat to these countries regimes. Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia deal rather harshly with terrorists. The threat would be nukes getting into the wrong hands.
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I believe that they live in houses that are probably more like ours than most people imagine. I also believe that most Iranians have a religious believe system that is very different from ours and most people do not understand it. I also believe that there leader is a nut job and is looking to pick a fight. If that happens, it will be the Iranian people that have the most to loose.
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Why narrow the discussion down to Iraq and Viet Nam? The problem is that we have neglected "soft" power in favor or the "hard" power of military and economic might. 40 years ago, many young people in the Muslim world would have met Americans, have worked with Americans, possibly even been to America. We had exchange programs with other nations -- we exchanged high school students, musical orchestras, doctors and nurses, sports teams, technical experts -- so that there would be better understanding between peoples of different nations and cultures. In that world, there were people who could stand up the extreme clerics and say "I have worked with Americans and they're good people. What you are saying is incorrect!" \n\nIN this current climate of ignorance, most Muslims in developing nations have very wrong ideas about our nation and our people. One example is the widespread belief that the CIA has near magical powers; that is why iraqis are so angry that the sewer and electric doesn't get fixed overnight. They KNOW we can, and just WON'T.\n\nAnother is the belief that all Americans are rich. We need to bring people from all over the world here to live for a year so they can tell their neighbors back home that we have second hand stores and shanty towns too. And so we can learn about them and their country.
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The U.S.A. is not the World Police.\nThe Iraq War by itself has stretched the Army's capacity to\nthe breaking point.I don't think the U.S. should even be\nthere to the extent that it is. Like it or not,most countries in the world have different cultures/values and\nattemting to convert them to Western standards wouldn't be looked upon kindly.
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Islam?\n\nTolerant?\n\nLMAO!?\n\nEverybody knows what they are.\n\nYet, they have no shame in coming over to other Countries, as refugees and then wanting "Special Treatment" as a "Religous Minority".\n\nHere, they can whine and claim "Discrimination".  In their Country, they'd flog you, if they couldnt behead you for "Insulting the Faithful" by claiming "Rights"!?  After all, you're just a "Kaffir"!?\n\nPity is that the rest of us are putting up with it.  \n\nWe should pay them back in their coin, if you ask me.\n\nBetter yet, revoke their "Citizenships", ban Islam and send them all back to their Islamic Countries.\n\nWhy should we take the pain of looking after these guys here?\n\nIf they'll kill each other, that's their problem, not ours.\n\nI say, let's all pull out of their Countries and send those that are here back.\n\nIt's none of our business and we don't want to have the burden of their kind here, when our own have enough problems to face.
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Iraq?\nIran?\nNorth Korea?\nThe negative growth rate of Europe?\nterrorism?
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I think this is how Bush sees it. This is an analogy. Iran, Osama and N Korea are all school yard bullies. Osama comes and punches you square and hard in the face and runs away and hides, N Korea is just yelling verbal threats but other than that is doing nothing, and Iran is slowly walking to wards you cracking his knuckles, now who would you see as the immediate threat? George sees it as Iran, I dont know about you but thats just from one "Repub"
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Given the current political and military capabilites of both countries, I would say Iran.\n\nThis is why:\n\n~The United States military is very stretched due to deployments in afganistan and iraq.\n~The United States government has very limited global support, especially from Russia and China (who have economic ties to Iran)\n~Iran supports the powerful terrorist network Hezbollah (which can cordinate strikes against Oil Freights and Rigs)\n~Iran has a larger regional military capability (Russian, Chinese, and North Korean missle systems capable of hittin target as far as Europe)\n~United States is on the verge of an economic crisis due to increase in oil prices and a weaker dollar (compared to the euro and yen), meanwhile Iran has no such energy shortage.\n\nIf you consider other military conflicts of the two countries it is obvious who would win in a war - Iran.\n\nAmerican soldiers fear death, in contrast to Iranian soldiers and militia whom believe their death is equal to martyrdom. Oh and not to mention that the majority of the American people are against armed conflict with Iran.\n\nI hope this answers your question.
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Communism, capitalism, and socialism are primarily economic systems.  There are a variety of political philosophies and systems that interface with any of these.  Added to that is the fact that many nations have economic and political systems that blend aspects of these various systems.\n\nKim Jong Il might use the mantle of communism, but North Korea is far from being a communist or socialist state.  Most of its population lives in poverty.  Famine is a constant threat for them.  There is no equal distribution of goods.  Kim Jong Il is a dictator, as was Stalin.  Their regimes were about centralized power and nothing about socialism or communism.