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To: tejek who wrote (263931)	12/9/2005 4:25:52 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1572505

"The wife was telling him, 'Calm down. Let other people get on the plane. It will be all right,'" said Alan Tirpak. "I thought maybe he's afraid of flying," Tirpak said. a few minutes before the plane was to pull away, Alpizar bolted up the aisle news.yahoo.com [ Yeesh, they shot a man because he panicked ] Meanwhile, Marshalls are trained to intimdate: cnn.com "The marshals train in New Jersey, learning to abide by the principle: "Dominate. Intimidate. Control." They learn behavioral observation, intimidation tactics and self-defense. They also practice precision shooting," What an irresponsible comment - they should first research the passenger reports indicating he did not threaten anyone with a bomb: "White House spokesman Scott McClellan also said Thursday that the two air marshals appeared to have acted properly when they shot to kill." Buechner did not speak publicly Thursday. She works for the Council on Quality and Leadership based in Towson, Md., a nonprofit organization focused on improving life for people with disabilities and mental illness, the organization said in a statement. [ I hope she has the backbone to demand change. Her husband was murdered by the feds because he was mentally disabled. Being disabled shouldn't be deadly- the airlines should be required by law to have a policy that enables protection for the mentally handicapped - such as the ability for family or caretakers to get this medical information to the crew well in advance, before a flight. ] I still am asking, how would it be safe to fly my mentally retarded sister to Calif when the Airline Escorts aren't required to inform the Airline crew about my sister's handicap. What if she got scared to fly by herself (she claims she wouldn't be) but what if she gets scared - will they shoot her too?

To: tejek who wrote (263931)	12/9/2005 5:09:24 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572505

"Bought time for what? What was the reason for buying time with Iran?" Keeping the status quo between Iraq and Iran. The two never got along and both were roughly equal, so they provided a check on one another. "A nation instinctively wants to look out for its own self interest and the bigger and more powerful the nation, the more likely that nation will do what it can to protect and enhance that self interest." Yep. And what is in our greatest, long term self-interest? No wars, free trade, sophisticated consumers, little or no corruption, etc. In short, a world where every country is at or close to the living standards of the West. Note, this doesn't mean they need to be little carbon copies of Southern California, although the pressures are strong. Things like cheap foreign labor, cheap raw materials, cheap goods, etc. are nice in the short term, but the situations that gives rise to those things aren't stable. Our time horizon tends to be 3-6 months. A couple of years, tops. It needs to be much longer or we will continue to get sucked into more things like Somalia, Bosnia, Haiti, Iraq. Either because we see some short term opportunity or just can't ignore the instability any more. Case in point, Somalia. We went in there to try to stabilize the situation, but weren't really prepared for it. After flailing about a little, we pulled out. So where is Somalia now? Becoming a modern Tripoli. Sooner or later we will be going back, and it will be a lot harder, because the piracy is becoming a major problem.