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This administration's "Cowboy Diplomacy" might have been more successful if not for terribly flawed decisions and planning (or lack thereof), corruption, the sanction of immoral practices and a recklessness with the lives of our military personnel...
Assuming Iran was indeed behind Hizballah's raid, what happens next? The U.S. and other powers are discussing how to rein in Iran's nuclear program, and it may be easier to jointly impose sanctions now that Iran is viewed as responsible for mayhem in Lebanon. But what then? Take a look at a map. Iran is an oil-rich nation that borders Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey and Iraq, among others. It has a strategic position in Eurasia that cannot be wished away. European officials talk of a "constructive dialogue" with Tehran that involves recognizing it as an important regional power...
...what's keeping the site alive? Loopholes in Russian law that sanction organizations such as ROMS may provide some legal cover. Prosecutors are also overwhelmed with violent crime and corruption cases and lack the resources to tackle complex copyright disputes. The IFPI has, in fact, filed three complaints, pleading with the Moscow City Prosecutor to launch a criminal probe. The prosecutor eventually agreed to pursue cases against MediaServices managing director Vadim Mamotin and a former official, Denis Kvasov, and on April 21 impounded a computer server, though the site was up and running the next day. One of those cases...
...religion. Religion is about our vision and worship of God, and recognition that we are part of God's family. Violence cannot be a religious tenant. The Holy Father made an important declaration to Muslim leaders, that we need to hear them telling their people that God does not sanction violence. The roman Catholic Church is akin to an absolute monarchy. should the Vatican be more democratic? The question presumes that there is not open discussion in the Vatican. The Pope expects us to give him our best insights. You must remember that, yes, this is a monarchy...
...seek an exception, and license Catholic Charities to continue its adoption services despite its policy toward gays. It should not, however, receive any public funding. To suggest that state funding should be given to an agency that discriminates against homosexuals in the name of religious freedom would be to sanction the very discriminatory policy that the state law seeks to eradicate. Rather, we feel that Massachusetts should only confer the license for adoption services to the Church, but divorce public money from the Charities’ activities. While our consideration of this licensing issue has focused around the practical empirical...