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I am 15 years old and I am doing a research paper for my Adv. Language class , and i need a little help on this topic: " Should the United States maintain a presence in Iraq?", and if you think you can help me out please DO! thank you

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I am sending this to everyone that can reply.
I am 15 years old and I am doing a research paper for my Adv. Language class , and i need a little help on this topic: " Should the United States maintain a presence in Iraq?", and if you think you can help me out please DO! thank you

tinkerbell4ever@gmail.com

Bush's presidency is finished. Who could ask for anything more?

I. the application of low cost safe and effective antibiotic therapies to HIV I, II and III HIV AIDS Leukemia patients as is done in Japan where the rate of AIDS Inection is less than .1 of 1% acording to CIA World Fact Book.

II. More pressure on Civilian Leaders of Iraq to put forth a real political solution that is fair to all factions there.

III. The purchase and distribution of Natural Gas from Nigeria by the U.S.A.as well as a mutually agreed upon plan to improve the Health and Education Systems of Nigeria and a plan to aid in its Industrial and commericial developement at reduced fixed costs over a ten year period.

IV. A real Peace Conference for the Middle East that would be open to all who agreed to participate in such a conference as long as they pledged theselvesw to seek peaceful mutually agreed upon none violent activities to promote such peace.

V. More rapid and more signifigant aid for disaster victims for the developing countries.

VI. That the United States lead in developing more efficient mass transit systems as well as the construction of low carbine Green construction for all habitates and buildings large or small.

VII. That the United States, Japan, India, China, Europe and Russia lead in the development of Public and Private Health Systems that rely on low cost safe and effective Antibioti Medicines for both Public and Private Health Care Systems in their own country and particularly in the developing countries. And also lead in helping the developing countries in the growth and distribution of food and agriculture roducts as well as in technolgy and agricultural tools.

I. the application of low cost safe and effective antibiotic therapies to HIV I, II and III HIV AIDS Leukemia patients as is done in Japan where the rate of AIDS Inection is less than .1 of 1% acording to CIA World Fact Book.

II. More pressure on Civilian Leaders of Iraq to put forth a real political solution that is fair to all factions there.

III. The purchase and distribution of Natural Gas produced by Nigeria as well as a mutually composed plan to improve the Health and Education SDystems aof Nigeria and a plan to aid in its Industrial and commericial developement at reduced

IV. A real Peace Conference for the Middle East that would be open to all who agreed to participate in such a conference as long as they pledged theselvesw to seek peaceful mutually agree upn none violent activities to promote such peace.

V. More rapid and more signifigant aid for disaster victims for the developing countries.

VI. That the United States lead in developing more efficient mass transit systems as well as the construction of low carbine Green construction for all habitates and buildings large or small.

VII. That the United States, Japan, India, China, Europe and Russia lead in the development of Pblic and private Health Systems that rely on low cost safe and effective Antibioti Medicines for both Public and Private Health Care Systems in their own country and particularly in the developing countries. And also lead in helping the developing countries in the growth aqnd distribution of food and agriculture nproducts as well as in technolgy and agricultural tools.

I. the application of low cost safe and effective antibiotic therapies to HIV I, II and III HIV AIDS Leukemia patients as is done in Japan where the rate of AIDS Inection is less than .1 of 1% acording to CIA World Fact Book.

II. More pressure on Civilian Leaders of Iraq to put forth a real political solution that is fair to all factions there.

III. The purchase and distribution of Natural Gas produced by Nigeria as well as a mutually composed plan to improve the Health and Education SDystems aof Nigeria and a plan to aid in its Industrial and commericial developement at reduced

IV. A real Peace Conference for the Middle East that would be open to all who agreed to participate in such a conference as long as they pledged theselvesw to seek peaceful mutually agree upn none violent activities to promote such peace.

V. More rapid and more signifigant aid for disaster victims for the developing countries.

VI. That the United States lead in developing more efficient mass transit systems as well as the construction of low carbine Green construction for all habitates and buildings large or small.

VII. That the United States, Japan, India, China, Europe and Russia lead in the development of Pblic and private Health Systems that rely on low cost safe and effective Antibioti Medicines for both Public and Private Health Care Systems in their own country and particularly in the developing countries. And also lead in helping the developing countries in the growth aqnd distribution of food and agriculture nproducts as well as in technolgy and agricultural tools.

The change I would perhaps be most grateful to see in light of the last postglobal question about oil nearing 100 dollars a barrel, etc. is greater realism about this concept we always trot about called globalization.

I find it utterly strange in light of unanimous decision that democracy cannot easily be brought to a place such as Iraq that somehow an economic method exists by which "all boats are lifted" in the world.

We all are familiar with the practice of corporations being able to lay off employees at will not to mention being extremely selective as to employees in the first place, and we all are familiar with the typical economic practice of a society deliberately bringing about a recession if inflation is getting out of control (as in U.S. fed), but somehow we continue to believe globalization is exempt from typical national corporate and economic practices.

I would advise people to be aware that for all talk of successful globalization that in the U.S. itself we have a republic, which is to say an entity which sways between democracy and old monarchical types of government--and the with the Bush and Clinton dynasties we have been leaning dangerously close to the monarchic form of government.

My belief is that globalization benefits really only the elites, and it is questionable whether the elites are even the true elites (with merit) and not more like sheer aristocracy than anything else. Of course others have been benefiting but I believe we will have a world with a crust of elites and underneath various peoples, religions, etc. both uniting against this process and increasingly conflicting with one another as the elites on top try to control the process--and all this both aided and made more dangerous by increasing communications, transport, WMD, etc.

furthermore I believe it will become more and more apparent that we live in a world subject to limits of growth, that overpopulation exists, that there are finite resources, and that innovation is not keeping up with need. Furthermore the corporate desire for quality individuals will become more and more frantic as it becomes common to observe that we have few quality individuals in the world and a great quantity of, well, quantity...

This will lead to a complete overthrow of all laws concerning the biological sciences and a race to produce quality individuals (genetic sciences, raising of I.Q., self-discipline, etc.). Look to the Asian countries, Israel, European countries, the U.S. to lead the way--to be forced to lead the way out of sheer demand and fear of being not only left behind but subject to the sheer anarchy of an increasingly connected world.

I write these words as warning. We had better have no illusions as to the century ahead of us. Consider it a world in which we have a global economy inflating and recessing much as nation and with each recession a leaving behind of a significant amount of undesirable people and an increased desire for quality individuals in any way possible (produced individuals through science).

For a simple and conservative outlook of the coming century just study the process of American history--such a book as I am now reading, which is a paperback of the Jeffersonian/Hamiltonian process in American history. We can clearly see how difficult it has been to integrate peoples in American history. Just read about the civil war--the north against the despotic south and the still ongoing process of trying to lift all boats within American society.

We should have no illusions as to globalization. I believe more and more the more powerful nations will unite (by their elites) into a process analogous to the north U.S. in its civil war and will wage a war--a process of overcoming--against the less powerful nations in a tying up of the world into a global economy which is truly united.

I certainly do not believe in some sort of smooth global process. I believe both the right and left within the U.S. to be shortsighted...I find the left especially amusing with its Bush bashing, as if remove people like Bush and everyone in the world will just get along and the world economy will just grow...when communism was totally discredited quite recently and all we have are the quite obvious economic methods we have today.

Just a few basic observations...Maybe we can return to the subject of globalization, oil, etc. here on postglobal soon. I notice the subject was changed on the last postglobal question quite quickly. Maybe Fareed Zakaria can explain why...Or not...God forbid India should be criticized...

But all this should tell us enough about globalization.

P.S. It should be understood I am not against India. In fact I am going shopping now at an Indian food store. I always eat Indian food--healthy foods in general. I have also been meditating. It works! I would recommend simple living in general in the coming world. Much logic, mathematics, meditation, proper nutrition, and if one must believe in God, make it a God one arrives at at the end of life and not a God one decides upon in youth let alone a God formed of the worst of the masses. May we all go in peace.

I would like to see the United States kick land grabbing, warmongering Israel off our support. It is draining our soul and fouling our place in the world, not to mention draining our coffers. The world detests us for that blind support.

We are paying for Israel's bloody brutal
grab of Palestine~ While it continues to grab Palestine amd try to dehumanize a whole people!

But watching the post and the NYTimes closely, we see what we all suspect. Israel isn't going to give an inch. They don't want peace with Palestine, they want Palestine.

It's debilitating and disgusting to have to pretend otherwise.

Changes that I would be grateful for:

I have quite a list, but will only name a few.

1. A successful kick-off next week to the Israeli-Palestinian peace conference that leads to an agreement for a two-state solution by the end of 2008.

2. A first woman or black president of the USA who will bring the troops home next year.

Changes I would like to see.

Smile on the faces of innocent children,
loving hearts ,
pious souls,work for all,schools for all.
clean surroundings,
better rulers
good management for the country,
let the parliament be converted into homes for destitutes
let the ministerial bunglows be hospitals,
let the presidential palaces be converted into hospitals,
let the politicians and bureaucrats be sent to schools to learn a bit about honesty and public service and
decent living for all.
Above all thanks be to God for giving us life to live and thanks for his songs of life ,his beauty ,glory and kindness.
What else one requires except the love of some one you love.

Changes I would like to see.

Smile on the faces of innocent children,
loving hearts ,
pious souls,work for all,schools for all.
clean surroundings,
better rulers
good management for the country,
let the parliament be converted into homes for destitutes
let the ministerial bunglows be hospitals,
let the presidential palaces be converted into hospitals,
let the politicians and bureaucrats be sent to schools to learn a bit about honesty and public service and
decent living for all.
Above all thanks be to God for giving us life to live and thanks for his songs of life ,his beauty ,glory and kindness.
What else one requires except the love of some one you love.

Now there's a truly good reason to be thankful! I am delighted to hear that the toxic John Howard has been dumped.The Commonwealth has just backed down from imposing binding climate change targets because of push back from Canada and Australia. By throwing Howard out, Canadian Prime Minister Harper is now isolated in balking on the climate plan and I hope that his minority gvt is soon defeated, surely Canadians will wake up too?

I'm very grateful this morning (Saturday, November 24) to learn that the 11-year rule of Prime Minister John Howard of Australia has ended with the electoral defeat of his Conservative coalition -- and with Mr. Howard losing his own parliamentary constituency. While Mr. Howard started off auspiciously enough as a booster of smart capitalism, he morphed into an apologist for President Bush's appalling Iraq adventure, even sending 500 Australian troops to the Middle East. At home, he picked silly fights with Telstra, the telecommunications giant, over the company's expansion plans, which included created more bandwidth for consumers in this continent-sized country of 21 million people. I'm grateful that Australians -- for whom it's compulsory to vote -- showed to all of us how important it is in a democracy to regularly "push out da bastards" and bring in new leadership. With Labor's Kevin Rudd set to become the next prime minister, exciting times lie ahead, and it will be interesting to see -- among other things -- how the new government deals with the Bush Administration.

In new year my wishes are following.
1 A successfull mideast conference and rising of a palestine state with a peace with israel.
2The coming of democarcy in pakistan and fall of mr musharraf
3The pull out of American forces from iraq and afghanistan(vcause they are not going to find and change any thing in this country untill all segment of the society are not satisfied)
4.The success of indian cricket team against Australia.
5 Peace for all the people of world.

The collapse of the dollar and with it the implosion of the USA.

Oops! What I wrote is my own writing. It was not extracted from the book mentioned at the bottom. The book by Sebastiao Salgado with texts by the Brazilian Senator Cristovam Buarque is just an indication (the text is mine). Both Sebastiao Salgado e Cristovam Buarque are PhD, though the first moved to photography and it is an internationally acclaimed photographer. Cristovam Buarque has held several posts as Government Official and is a fierce fighter for something he calls The Revolution of (brought by) Education.

For Brazilians, I would like to see more EDUCATION in the near future. For all South and Central Americans too.
Education brings empowerment, liability, accountability, critical sense, perspectives, and most of all and above all: opportunities of real equality amongst men.

I believe that
it is not race,
faith, or nationality
that sets us apart and
keep us
in the darkness of ignorance,
superstition, arrogance, presumption, authoritarianism,
preconception, prejudice
and inequality.

It is lack of EDUCATION!
Reliable, sound, democratic in the sense that it is in every one's reach; not a dream, not a fantasy; not a political tool!

EDUCATION would give us so much! So much!
It is the start of everything.
The basis of everything good, meaningful, lasting.

If we ever want a different world,
We'd better start by improving the opportunities for as many as possible so that they can have access to this sort of EDUCATION I mentioned.

I heard once from a professor during our chat on train trip, while he talked about his experience over twenty years in Hungary teaching there. He finished with a sentence that is still in my mind: education leads to freedom of speech and to make choices for instance. On the other hand, it makes the educated one liable, accountable, responsible and make all EQUAL, de facto.

Title: O Berço da desigualdade
Author(s): Salgado, Sebastião; Buarque, Cristovam
Collation: 192 p.
Publisher (place and date): Brasilia, UNESCO Brasilia, 2006 (2nd edition)
ISBN: 85-16-05367-9
Other language title: The Cradle of inequality; Le Berceau de l'inégalité; La Cuna de la desigualdad

Do you know what? In my opinion, this probably the most difficult, perhaps the most challenging question you've posted so far. I would like to think more about it, but not efore letting you this message. This enlightening too. What a Thanksgiving can do for us all!

Meaningful things are simple!

Barbara Amiel (Conrad Black's wife)once said in her book Confessions that we all want the poor nations to be helped but the majority of us would not be ready to give up their third bathroom for this. WE have to give up our third bathroom in a gesture of thanks for all we already have.

That various governments in USA [and Elsewhere] would concern themselves with the poorer segments of society, rather than protecting the status quo of multibillionairs versus, homneless and starving.

A substntial decrease in greed and war mongering would indeed be a reason for thenksgiving.