This is an excerpt of an exchange I was involved in with a high ranking Lebanese government official that I know through my fathers friend, I did lose my temper, my text is blue, his is in red:
"They are not empty threats. Actually they are not threats at all. There is no need to threaten when the reality itself is indicative of a final showdown & victory against Israel. Israel will not live to see its 70th anniversary. Also, Imam Khoumeini was a peaceful man, that wanted to liberate Pal
I see this N. Korea test as a power game being played between the U.S. (the only superpower) and China (a future superpower). The U.S. is getting it's way again, and I truly believe the Bush adminstration wanted this nuclear test to occur in private, while in public they vehemently opposed it. Their refusal to enter into bilateral talks with N. Korea might be translated as the U.S. wanting to include China, Japan, S. Korea, and Europeans into the negotaitions, thereby not offending these key pla
It seems as though every 15 years or so, a war breaks out in my country of origin, Lebanon. Yes, I was there taking my summer vacation on July 12, when all of a sudden everything reverted back to the chaos and the mindset of the 15 year civil war that devestated my country, and cost 150 thousand lives out of an average of 3.5 million people during the war years.
Reflecting back on the 18 days I spent there this sizzling July, I find it amazing how the human mind works. It's sort of like the
Here's a different perspective on Globalism:
I'm personally against globalism and it's effects on our world today. I am not an isolationist, but I'm against the loss of culture and loss of one's identity to a standarized system of living.
I traveled all over the world back in the 80's and early 90's, and during this short period, the world simply doesn't look the same to me anymore; the only thing thats constant is change itself, but not at this speed. When I visit the same countries now
