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“There are few men whose qualities of mind and character have impressed me so deeply as those of General Marshall. He is a great American but he is far more than that. In war he was as wise and understanding in counsel as he was resolute in action. In peace he was the architect who planned the restoration of our battered European economy and at the same time laboured tirelessly to establish a system of Western defense.” “…In his position as chief of staff. Marshall urged military readiness prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 later became responsible for the building supplying and in part the deploying of over eight million soldiers. From 1941 he was a member of the policy committee that supervised the atomic studies engaged in by American and British scientists. The war over. Marshall resigned in November. 1945. But Marshall could not resign from public service; his military career ended he took up a diplomatic career. He had been associated with diplomatic events while chief of staff for he participated in the conference on the Atlantic Charter (1941-1942) and in those at Casablanca (1943). Quebec (1943). Cairo-Teheran (1943). Yalta (1945). Potsdam (1945) and in many others of lesser import. In late 1945 and in 1946 he represented President Truman on a special mission to China then torn by civil war; in January. 1947 he accepted the Cabinet position of secretary of state holding it for two years. In the spring of 1947 he outlined in a speech at Harvard University the plan of economic aid which history has named the “Marshall Plan”. For one year during the Korean War General Marshall was secretary of defence a civilian post in the U. S. Cabinet. Having resigned from this post in September. 1951 three months before his seventy-first birthday he retired from public service thereafter performing those ceremonial duties the public comes to expect of its famous men. …” The American people deserve better than poll driven flip-floppers like the Clintons and so do our men and women serving in the Armed Forces of our nation in a time of war. “…He brought the U. S through two world wars from behind his desk where his strategic brilliance guided the nation to victory. His principles of honesty and truth gained the trust of millions of Americans and the respect of world leaders throughout his years of service. The Marshall Plan of 1948 rebuilt Europe after World War II helped contain the spread of Communism and laid the foundation for U. S foreign policy today. After receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953. Marshall died in 1959 leaving a legacy that inspires today’s world leadership. …”  “…Despite the fact that the country is at war defense spending as a percentage of the national economy remains low relative to any set of years since World War II. Hence as AEI visiting scholar Lawrence Lindsey the former chairman of President Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers has noted the U. S economy is more than able to handle what needs to be spent on defense. That cost moreover like any investment should be calculated based on the benefits it secures: success in Iraq the defeat of the global jihadists and deterrence of other hostile states would be an immense return on money spent.[17] Dedicating 5 percent of the country’s GDP–a nickel on the dollar–to defense is a wise investment. Winning in Iraq and Afghanistan winning the global War on Terror having the arms and men to react to a new crisis–be it with Iran. North Korea or an imploding Pakistan–and preparing the military to hedge against a rising China are all tasks that the United States and its military will face in coming years. Attempting to carry out those missions within planned defense budgets is a recipe for failure–and one potentially far more costly than the increased spending necessary to tackle each of these missions effectively. …”  ”…The “operational tempo” of American conventional forces — the number intensity and duration of their deployments — has increased since the end of the Cold War. Yet the forces were almost twice as big in 1992 as they are today. The active-duty Army was cut from 18 divisions during Desert Storm to ten by 1994 — its size today. The Navy which counted 568 ships in the late 1980s struggles today to sustain a fleet of only 276. And the number of tactical air wings in the Air Force was reduced from 37 at the time of Desert Storm to 20 by the mid-1990s. Modernization budgets also were cut substantially during the Clinton years and procurement budgets were cut much further than the cuts in force size and structure warranted. In essence the Clinton administration took a “procurement holiday” where the military was concerned. The contrast in the average annual procurement of major equipment in two periods — 1975 to 1990 and 1991 to 2000 — is startling. For example the Pentagon purchased an average of 78 scout and attack helicopters each year from 1975 to 1990 and only seven each year from 1991 to 2000. An average of 238 Air Force fighters and five tanker aircraft were procured each year from 1975 to 1990 as against only 28 and one per year respectively from 1991 to 2000. These dramatic reductions had profound implications. When older platforms are not replaced readiness levels drop and the cost of maintaining inventory climbs rapidly. By the end of the Carter years the force had gone “hollow”; by the end of the Clinton years it had begun to “rust,” badly. The George W. Bush administration has increased procurement budgets but nowhere near enough to make up for the 1990s. The average age of Air Force aircraft in 1973 was just nine years. Today the average aircraft is 24 years old and aircraft-modernization funding has dropped by nearly 20 percent over the last 22 years. …” Army. The U. S. Army Chief of Staff has said that “the Army is on the razor’s edge of readiness.” Manpower cuts are breaking up units and crews and creating turbulence. Pay cuts are damaging morale. Funds for recruiting have been cut. Funds for maintaining operational tempo have been slashed 21 per cent from 1985. Operations and maintenance expenditures have been slashed 36 per cent. Modernization funds have been reduced 50 per cent during the last five years.  Air Force. Funding for the Air Force - so important in Desert Storm - also has been slashed: 45 per cent for fighters and 41 per cent for bombers. It is unlikely that the Air Force will be given a new fighter until 2010. The U. S has depended on the C-141 and C-5 transport planes for many years and desperately needs the new C-17. It will be provided but in far smaller numbers than originally announced. The Air Force has had its funds for exercises severely cut. Cuts also affect retention of personnel maintenance spare-parts availability and other key readiness factors. Munitions are inadequate and the Air Force has had to draw on war reserves. Navy. The most revealing evidence of the Navy’s “going hollow” is planned cuts in warships from 600 to 346 including a reduction in carrier strength from 15 to 12. But the Navy will continue to bear responsibilities from the Persian Gulf to the North Pacific and from the Adriatic to the Caribbean. And though the 346-ship level is the stated goal the Navy has only enough money to maintain a 200-ship level. In addition new weapons programs are grossly underfunded; the Navy will not have a replacement for its aging A-6 strike aircraft until 2010. Critical problems exist in many specialized areas of naval operations. Mine warfare is a favorite tool of smaller naval powers including rogue states but the U. S. Navy has only 26 mine-warfare ships. The Navy’s 40 amphibious vessels now in service meanwhile are to be replaced by 12 ships of the LS class. It is said that the amphibious-ship total will rise to 35 by 2008 but all sorts of Third World crises can materialize in the next 14 years. The Administration has also slashed the number of nuclear attack subs from roughly 80 to 40. …”  “…The turnaround took place because we started to defeat the terrorists at a time that roughly coincides with the surge. There is a tendency to treat the surge as a mere increase in numbers but its most important component was the change in doctrine. Instead of keeping too many of our soldiers off the battlefield in remote and heavily fortified mega-bases we put them into the field. Instead of reacting to the terrorists’ initiatives we went after them. No longer were we going to maintain the polite fiction that we were in Iraq to train the locals so that they could fight the war. Instead we aggressively engaged our enemies. It was at that point that the Iraqi people placed their decisive bet. Herschel Smith of the blog Captain’s Journal puts it neatly in describing the events in Anbar: “There is no point in fighting forces (U. S. Marines) who will not be beaten and who will not go away.” We were the stronger horse and the Iraqis recognized it. No doubt Gen. David Petraeus and Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno know all this. It is after all their strategy that has produced the good news. Their reluctance to take credit for the defeat of al Qaeda and other terrorists in Iraq is due to the uncertain outcome of the big battle now being waged here at home. They and our soldiers fear that the political class in Washington may yet snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. They know that Iran and Syria still have a free shot at us across long borders and General Petraeus told Congress last month that it would not be possible to win in Iraq if our mission were restricted to that country. Not a day goes by without one of our commanders shouting to the four winds that the Iranians are operating all over Iraq and that virtually all the suicide terrorists are foreigners sent in from Syria. We have done great damage to their forces on the battlefield but they can always escalate and we still have no policy to direct against the terror masters in Damascus and Tehran. That problem is not going to be resolved by sound counterinsurgency strategy alone no matter how brilliantly executed. …”

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Delaware Watch is committed to an alternative–progressive analysis of Delaware’s politics history culture environment and economy. "It's class warfare and my class is winning." Warren Buffett “The air of economics is not something I’ve understood as well as I should.” - The value of any commodity. .. to the person who possesses it and who means not to use or consume it himself but to exchange it for other commodities is equal to the quantity of labour which it enables him to purchase or command. Labour therefore is the real measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities. (Adam Smith. Wealth of Nations Book 1 chapter V.) Governor Mitt "Flip" Romney says he doesn't believe the USA should torture people during interrogations but he won't say if water boarding is torture: Cooper: Governor Romney? Romney: ... I argue torture. I would not be in favor of torture in any way cause or form. make: Is waterboarding torture? Romney: And as I just said as a presidential candidate. I don't think it's wise for us to describe specifically which measures we would and would not use. The exchange came in response to a YouTube questioner during l. Romney continues: And there are populate who for many many years get the information we need to make sure that we protect our country. And by the way. I want to make sure these folks are kept at Guantanamo. I don't be the people that are carrying out attacks on this country to be brought into our confine system and be given legal representation in this country. I want to make sure that what happened... .. to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed happens to other people who are terrorists. He was captured. He was the so-called mastermind of the 9/11 tragedy. And he turned to his captors and he said. "I'll see you in New York with my lawyers." I presume ACLU lawyers. The cheap shot at the ACLU received the predictable result from the Republican audience: come up that's not what happened. He went to Guantanamo and he met G. I s and CIA interrogators. And that's just exactly how it ought to be. So Governor Flip wants to make sure the prisoners at Guantanamo don't get lawyers---in short no one who can raise issues in a court of law about their treatment or any human rights violations they might undergo (e g. habeas corpus). But Gov. Flip won't say water boarding is torture. Why won't he? Romney: I'm not going to specify the specific means of what is and what is not torture so that the people that we capture will experience what things we're able to do and what things we're not able to do. I guess if the challenge had been "Would you let our enemies know if as President you will allow their US interrogators to cut off their fingers and toes electrocute their genitals castrate them drill holes into their heads desire our ally the Iraqi government does etc. etc.," Mitt Romney would be compelled to render the same answer. Senator John McCain who slapped Romney soundly on the issue during the debate was quick to point out that Romney is effectively claiming that as a candidate for the President of the USA he is not obligated to calm the American people and the world the US will keep its treaty obligations or its own laws: McCain: come up then you would have to advocate that we withdraw from the Geneva Conventions which were for the treatment of people who were held prisoners whether they be illegal combatants or regular prisoners of war. Because it's alter the definition of torture. It's in violation of laws we have passed. The Geneva Conventions do not clearly exemplify why the US should not act in wet boarding nearly as much as the the UN Convention On anguish of which the US is a signatory: 1. For the purposes of this Convention the term "torture" means any act by which severe pain or suffering whether physical or mental is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed or intimidating or coercing him or a third person or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising only from inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions. 2. This article is without prejudice to any international instrument or national legislation which does or may contain provisions of wider application. 1. Each express Party shall act effective legislative administrative judicial or other measures to prevent acts of torture in any territory under its jurisdiction. 2. No exceptional circumstances whatsoever whether a state of war or a threat of war internal political in stability or any other public emergency may be invoked as a justification of torture. 3. An order from a superior officer or a public authority may not be invoked as a justification of anguish. () It's impossible to sight a clearer statement prohibiting the use of water boarding. Therefore the question naturally arises how can Romney honestly vow to protect and defend the constitution of the US if he won't publicly say that he will honor its requirement that the US operate on the principle that its treaty obligations are the "Supreme law of the land" ()? There can be little doubt Romney is one of the most opportunistic politicians ever to run for the presidency one who conveniently experiences multiple position conversions depending on the next office he intends to run for. The transition from the candidate for Governor of Massachusetts to the candidate for President of the United States saw him flip his stands on abortion rights and immigration reform and gun laws and minimum wage and cutting social security. To adapt a famous statement by the ancient you can't find the same Mitt Romney twice a fact that should make every voter realize there is no predicting the positions he'll hold should he govern as the President of the USA. That is frightening enough. But it's more frightening when a flip flopper won't even state a position on an issue. If political opportunity won't guide his sentiment on the matter who can predict what he'll do with it should he become elected? Posted byDelaware Watchat Wilmington. Delaware. 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Delaware Watch is committed to an alternative–progressive analysis of Delaware’s politics history culture environment and economy. "It's class warfare and my class is winning." Warren Buffett “The issue of economics is not something I’ve understood as well as I should.” - The value of any commodity. .. to the person who possesses it and who means not to use or consume it himself but to transfer it for other commodities is equal to the quantity of do work which it enables him to purchase or command. Labour therefore is the real measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities. (Adam Smith. Wealth of Nations schedule 1 chapter V.) Governor Mitt "Flip" Romney says he doesn't believe the USA should torture people during interrogations but he won't say if water boarding is torture: Cooper: Governor Romney? Romney: ... I oppose torture. I would not be in favor of torture in any way shape or create. Cooper: Is waterboarding torture? Romney: And as I just said as a presidential candidate. I don't think it's wise for us to describe specifically which measures we would and would not use. The exchange came in response to a YouTube questioner during l. Romney continues: And there are populate who for many many years get the information we need to make sure that we protect our country. And by the way. I want to alter sure these folks are kept at Guantanamo. I don't be the people that are carrying out attacks on this country to be brought into our jail system and be given legal representation in this country. I want to make sure that what happened... .. to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed happens to other people who are terrorists. He was captured. He was the so-called plan of the 9/11 tragedy. And he turned to his captors and he said. "I'll see you in New York with my lawyers." I anticipate ACLU lawyers. The cheap shot at the ACLU received the predictable result from the Republican audience: Well that's not what happened. He went to Guantanamo and he met G. I s and CIA interrogators. And that's just exactly how it ought to be. So Governor Flip wants to make sure the prisoners at Guantanamo don't get lawyers---in bunco no one who can raise issues in a court of law about their treatment or any human rights violations they might experience (e g. habeas corpus). But Gov. Flip won't say water boarding is torture. Why won't he? Romney: I'm not going to specify the specific means of what is and what is not torture so that the people that we capture will know what things we're able to do and what things we're not able to do. I guess if the question had been "Would you let our enemies know if as President you will accept their US interrogators to cut off their fingers and toes kill their genitals castrate them drill holes into their heads like our affiliate the Iraqi government does etc. etc.," Mitt Romney would be compelled to render the same say. Senator John McCain who slapped Romney soundly on the issue during the debate was quick to point out that Romney is effectively claiming that as a candidate for the President of the USA he is not obligated to calm the American people and the world the US will keep its treaty obligations or its own laws: McCain: come up then you would have to advocate that we withdraw from the Geneva Conventions which were for the treatment of people who were held prisoners whether they be illegal combatants or regular prisoners of war. Because it's clear the definition of torture. It's in violation of laws we undergo passed. The Geneva Conventions do not clearly exemplify why the US should not engage in water boarding nearly as much as the the UN Convention On Torture of which the US is a signatory: 1. For the purposes of this Convention the term "torture" means any act by which severe hurt or suffering whether physical or mental is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed or intimidating or coercing him or a third person or for any cerebrate based on discrimination of any kind when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising only from inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions. 2. This article is without prejudice to any international instrument or national legislation which does or may include provisions of wider application. 1. Each State celebrate shall take effective legislative administrative judicial or other measures to prevent acts of torture in any territory under its jurisdiction. 2. No exceptional circumstances whatsoever whether a state of war or a threat of war internal political in stability or any other public emergency may be invoked as a justification of anguish. 3. An order from a superior officer or a public authority may not be invoked as a justification of torture. () It's impossible to find a clearer statement prohibiting the use of water boarding. Therefore the challenge naturally arises how can Romney honestly vow to protect and defend the constitution of the US if he won't publicly declare that he will honor its requirement that the US operate on the principle that its treaty obligations are the "Supreme law of the land" ()? There can be little doubt Romney is one of the most opportunistic politicians ever to run for the presidency one who conveniently experiences multiple position conversions depending on the next office he intends to run for. The transition from the candidate for Governor of Massachusetts to the candidate for President of the United States saw him flip his stands on abortion rights and immigration reform and gun laws and minimum contend and cutting social security. To adapt a famous statement by the ancient you can't find the same Mitt Romney twice a fact that should make every voter realize there is no predicting the positions he'll hold should he govern as the President of the USA. That is frightening enough. But it's more frightening when a flip flopper won't even state a position on an air. If political opportunity won't guide his sentiment on the matter who can predict what he'll do with it should he become elected? Posted byDelaware Watchat Wilmington. Delaware. 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Delaware Watch is committed to an alternative–progressive analysis of Delaware’s politics history culture environment and economy. "It's categorise warfare and my class is winning." Warren Buffett “The issue of economics is not something I’ve understood as well as I should.” - The value of any commodity. .. to the person who possesses it and who means not to use or consume it himself but to exchange it for other commodities is equal to the quantity of labour which it enables him to purchase or command. Labour therefore is the real decide of the exchangeable value of all commodities. (Adam Smith. Wealth of Nations Book 1 chapter V.) Governor Mitt "Flip" Romney says he doesn't believe the USA should anguish populate during interrogations but he won't say if water boarding is torture: Cooper: Governor Romney? Romney: ... I oppose torture. I would not be in favor of torture in any way shape or form. make: Is waterboarding torture? Romney: And as I just said as a presidential candidate. I don't think it's wise for us to describe specifically which measures we would and would not use. The exchange came in response to a YouTube questioner during l. Romney continues: And there are populate who for many many years get the information we need to make sure that we protect our country. And by the way. I want to make sure these folks are kept at Guantanamo. I don't be the populate that are carrying out attacks on this country to be brought into our jail system and be given legal representation in this country. I want to make sure that what happened... .. to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed happens to other populate who are terrorists. He was captured. He was the so-called mastermind of the 9/11 tragedy. And he turned to his captors and he said. "I'll see you in New York with my lawyers." I presume ACLU lawyers. The cheap shot at the ACLU received the predictable result from the Republican audience: Well that's not what happened. He went to Guantanamo and he met G. I s and CIA interrogators. And that's just exactly how it ought to be. So Governor Flip wants to alter sure the prisoners at Guantanamo don't get lawyers---in short no one who can raise issues in a court of law about their treatment or any human rights violations they might undergo (e g. habeas corpus). But Gov. Flip won't say water boarding is torture. Why won't he? Romney: I'm not going to specify the specific means of what is and what is not torture so that the people that we interpret will know what things we're able to do and what things we're not able to do. I guess if the challenge had been "Would you let our enemies know if as President you will allow their US interrogators to cut off their fingers and toes kill their genitals weaken them cut holes into their heads like our ally the Iraqi government does etc. etc.," Mitt Romney would be compelled to get the same answer. Senator John McCain who slapped Romney soundly on the issue during the consider was quick to point out that Romney is effectively claiming that as a candidate for the President of the USA he is not obligated to reassure the American people and the world the US will keep its treaty obligations or its own laws: McCain: Well then you would have to advocate that we go from the Geneva Conventions which were for the treatment of people who were held prisoners whether they be illegal combatants or regular prisoners of war. Because it's clear the definition of torture. It's in violation of laws we have passed. The Geneva Conventions do not clearly be why the US should not engage in water boarding nearly as much as the the UN Convention On Torture of which the US is a signatory: 1. For the purposes of this Convention the term "torture" means any act by which severe pain or suffering whether physical or mental is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed or intimidating or coercing him or a third person or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not consider pain or suffering arising only from inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions. 2. This article is without prejudice to any international instrument or national legislation which does or may contain provisions of wider application. 1. Each State Party shall take effective legislative administrative judicial or other measures to prevent acts of torture in any territory under its jurisdiction. 2. No exceptional circumstances whatsoever whether a express of war or a threat of war internal political in stability or any other public emergency may be invoked as a justification of torture. 3. An order from a superior officer or a public authority may not be invoked as a justification of torture. () It's impossible to find a clearer statement prohibiting the use of water boarding. Therefore the challenge naturally arises how can Romney honestly vow to protect and argue the constitution of the US if he won't publicly say that he will recognise its requirement that the US direct on the principle that its treaty obligations are the "Supreme law of the land" ()? There can be little doubt Romney is one of the most opportunistic politicians ever to run for the presidency one who conveniently experiences multiple position conversions depending on the next office he intends to run for. The transition from the candidate for Governor of Massachusetts to the candidate for President of the United States saw him flip his stands on abortion rights and immigration reform and gun laws and minimum wage and cutting social security. To adapt a famous statement by the ancient you can't sight the same Mitt Romney twice a fact that should make every voter realize there is no predicting the positions he'll direct should he govern as the President of the USA. That is frightening enough. But it's more frightening when a turn flopper won't change surface state a lay on an issue. If political opportunity won't guide his sentiment on the matter who can predict what he'll do with it should he change state elected? Posted byDelaware Watchat Wilmington. Delaware. 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Delaware Watch is committed to an alternative–progressive analysis of Delaware’s politics history culture environment and economy. "It's categorise warfare and my class is winning." Warren Buffett “The issue of economics is not something I’ve understood as come up as I should.” - The value of any commodity. .. to the person who possesses it and who means not to use or consume it himself but to exchange it for other commodities is equal to the quantity of do work which it enables him to purchase or command. Labour therefore is the real measure of the exchangeable value of all commodities. (Adam Smith. Wealth of Nations Book 1 chapter V.) Governor Mitt "Flip" Romney says he doesn't believe the USA should torture people during interrogations but he won't say if water boarding is torture: Cooper: Governor Romney? Romney: ... I oppose torture. I would not be in favor of torture in any way shape or form. Cooper: Is waterboarding torture? Romney: And as I just said as a presidential candidate. I don't think it's wise for us to exposit specifically which measures we would and would not use. The exchange came in response to a YouTube questioner during l. Romney continues: And there are people who for many many years get the information we need to make sure that we protect our country. And by the way. I want to alter sure these folks are kept at Guantanamo. I don't want the people that are carrying out attacks on this country to be brought into our jail system and be given legal representation in this country. I be to make sure that what happened... .. to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed happens to other populate who are terrorists. He was captured. He was the so-called mastermind of the 9/11 tragedy. And he turned to his captors and he said. "I'll see you in New York with my lawyers." I presume ACLU lawyers. The cheap shot at the ACLU received the predictable prove from the Republican audience: come up that's not what happened. He went to Guantanamo and he met G. I s and CIA interrogators. And that's just exactly how it ought to be. So Governor Flip wants to make sure the prisoners at Guantanamo don't get lawyers---in short no one who can raise issues in a court of law about their treatment or any human rights violations they might experience (e g. habeas corpus). But Gov. Flip won't say water boarding is torture. Why won't he? Romney: I'm not going to specify the specific means of what is and what is not torture so that the people that we capture will know what things we're able to do and what things we're not able to do. I guess if the question had been "Would you let our enemies know if as President you will allow their US interrogators to cut off their fingers and toes kill their genitals castrate them drill holes into their heads like our ally the Iraqi government does etc. etc.," Mitt Romney would be compelled to render the same answer. Senator John McCain who slapped Romney soundly on the issue during the debate was quick to point out that Romney is effectively claiming that as a candidate for the President of the USA he is not obligated to reassure the American populate and the world the US ordain keep its treaty obligations or its own laws: McCain: Well then you would have to advocate that we withdraw from the Geneva Conventions which were for the treatment of people who were held prisoners whether they be illegal combatants or regular prisoners of war. Because it's alter the definition of torture. It's in violation of laws we have passed. The Geneva Conventions do not clearly exemplify why the US should not engage in water boarding nearly as much as the the UN Convention On anguish of which the US is a signatory: 1. For the purposes of this Convention the term "torture" means any act by which severe pain or suffering whether physical or mental is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed or intimidating or coercing him or a third person or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include hurt or suffering arising only from inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions. 2. This article is without prejudice to any international equip or national legislation which does or may contain provisions of wider application. 1. Each State Party shall take effective legislative administrative judicial or other measures to prevent acts of torture in any territory under its jurisdiction. 2. No exceptional circumstances whatsoever whether a state of war or a threat of war internal political in stability or any other public emergency may be invoked as a justification of torture. 3. An order from a superior command or a public authority may not be invoked as a justification of anguish. () It's impossible to find a clearer statement prohibiting the use of water boarding. Therefore the question naturally arises how can Romney honestly vow to protect and defend the constitution of the US if he won't publicly declare that he will honor its requirement that the US operate on the principle that its treaty obligations are the "Supreme law of the land" ()? There can be little doubt Romney is one of the most opportunistic politicians ever to run for the presidency one who conveniently experiences multiple position conversions depending on the next office he intends to run for. The convert from the candidate for Governor of Massachusetts to the candidate for President of the United States saw him turn his stands on abortion rights and immigration reform and gun laws and minimum wage and cutting social security. To adapt a famous statement by the ancient you can't find the same Mitt Romney twice a fact that should make every voter realize there is no predicting the positions he'll hold should he govern as the President of the USA. That is frightening enough. But it's more frightening when a flip flopper won't even state a position on an issue. If political opportunity won't guide his sentiment on the matter who can guess what he'll do with it should he become elected? Posted byDelaware Watchat Wilmington. Delaware. 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.. The elite media are belatedly acknowledging this reality: “By every metric used to measure the war — total attacks. U. S casualties. Iraqi casualties suicide bombings roadside bombs — there has been an enormous improvement,” reports the adds that “war-weary Sunnis and Shiites are joining hands at the local aim to protect their communities from militants on both sides.” According to the Pew Research bear on: “For the first time in a long time nearly half of Americans express positive opinions about the situation in Iraq.”Maybe Senator Reid thinks this is all baloney. But what if he does recognize that progress is being made? What are he and others like him to do? It is not only occupants of the Oval Office who don’t relish saying: “I was wrong.” ...

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There was a big collect in the Atrium here at the Statehouse today for the “Voice Your Choice: Save Ohio’s Abstinence Program” race. Supporters were critical of Gov. Ted Strickland for not accepting “remove federal funds” for abstinence education and they said he has flip-flopped on the issue since his days in Congress. They cited the following letter sent by Strickland in support of an abstinence program in southwestern Ohio. Strickland told reporters after a speech at the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting later in the day that he supports abstinence education — but not abstinence-only programs that exclude other facets of sex education. There are no “free federal funds” for abstinence education or anything else. All funds are derived from complying with demands of natural law (what Mother Nature. God or Whatever Power decreed to be the reality of the real world). God democracy capitalism the US Constitution and free fair and affordable commerce. Demanding every corporation farmer business outsourcer sweatshop and nonprofit tax-exempt organization markets the cost in the sell and retail price of his or her product and function. Of every workers consumers and taxpayers living (including pension and health care). Enabling parents to teach every child they conceive abstinence love discipline defend and give for every child (job) they conceive and finance schools infrastructure national security government services and etc.; with money derived from wages or independent business profit. Defying realities demands. Supports the demise of Natural Law. God democracy capitalism the US Constitution and free bring together and affordable commerce. Makes funding schools IMPOSSIBLE; Makes free bring together and affordable commerce IMPOSSIBLE. Makes balancing every calculate IMPOSSIBLE. Makes union workers consumers taxpayers and America’s grandchildren’s children LIFE UNAFFORDABLE. And created the $40 trillion social security and the $8.6 trillion national debt. America’s grandchildren’s children are responsible to pay interest with until they are 18 years old. Then pay the debt with the $6.85 per hour fight contend. Twenty five percent of We the stupid defiant of demands of natural law (what care Nature. God or Whatever Power decreed to be the reality of the real world) God democracy capitalism the US Constitution and remove fair and affordable commerce. Deceived in Sunday schools public schools private schools and home schools colleges.

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There was a big rally in the Atrium here at the Statehouse today for the “express Your Choice: Save Ohio’s Abstinence Program” race. Supporters were critical of Gov. Ted Strickland for not accepting “remove federal funds” for abstinence education and they said he has flip-flopped on the issue since his days in Congress. They cited the following earn sent by Strickland in give of an abstinence schedule in southwestern Ohio. Strickland told reporters after a speech at the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting later in the day that he supports abstinence education — but not abstinence-only programs that exclude other facets of sex education. There are no “remove federal funds” for abstinence education or anything else. All funds are derived from complying with demands of natural law (what Mother Nature. God or Whatever cater decreed to be the reality of the real world). God democracy capitalism the US Constitution and remove fair and affordable commerce. Demanding every corporation farmer business outsourcer sweatshop and nonprofit tax-exempt organization markets the be in the wholesale and retail determine of his or her product and service. Of every workers consumers and taxpayers living (including pension and health care). Enabling parents to inform every child they conceive abstinence like discipline protect and provide for every child (job) they conceive and fund schools infrastructure national security government services and etc.; with money derived from wages or independent business profit. Defying realities demands. Supports the transfer of Natural Law. God democracy capitalism the US Constitution and remove fair and affordable commerce. Makes funding schools IMPOSSIBLE; Makes free fair and affordable commerce IMPOSSIBLE. Makes balancing every budget IMPOSSIBLE. Makes union workers consumers taxpayers and America’s grandchildren’s children LIFE UNAFFORDABLE. And created the $40 trillion social security and the $8.6 trillion national debt. America’s grandchildren’s children are responsible to pay arouse with until they are 18 years old. Then pay the debt with the $6.85 per hour fight wage. Twenty five percent of We the stupid defiant of demands of natural law (what Mother Nature. God or Whatever Power decreed to be the reality of the real world) God democracy capitalism the US Constitution and free fair and affordable commerce. Deceived in Sunday schools public schools private schools and home schools colleges.

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There was a big rally in the Atrium here at the Statehouse today for the “express Your Choice: Save Ohio’s Abstinence Program” race. Supporters were critical of Gov. Ted Strickland for not accepting “remove federal funds” for abstinence education and they said he has flip-flopped on the issue since his days in Congress. They cited the following earn sent by Strickland in give of an abstinence schedule in southwestern Ohio. Strickland told reporters after a speech at the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting later in the day that he supports abstinence education — but not abstinence-only programs that exclude other facets of sex education. There are no “free federal funds” for abstinence education or anything else. All funds are derived from complying with demands of natural law (what care Nature. God or Whatever Power decreed to be the reality of the real world). God democracy capitalism the US Constitution and remove fair and affordable commerce. Demanding every corporation farmer business outsourcer sweatshop and nonprofit tax-exempt organization markets the be in the wholesale and retail price of his or her product and service. Of every workers consumers and taxpayers living (including pension and health care). Enabling parents to teach every child they conceive abstinence like discipline protect and give for every child (job) they create by mental act and fund schools infrastructure national security government services and etc.; with money derived from wages or independent business profit. Defying realities demands. Supports the demise of Natural Law. God democracy capitalism the US Constitution and free fair and affordable commerce. Makes funding schools IMPOSSIBLE; Makes free fair and affordable commerce IMPOSSIBLE. Makes balancing every budget IMPOSSIBLE. Makes union workers consumers taxpayers and America’s grandchildren’s children LIFE UNAFFORDABLE. And created the $40 trillion social security and the $8.6 trillion national debt. America’s grandchildren’s children are responsible to pay interest with until they are 18 years old. Then pay the debt with the $6.85 per hour labor wage. Twenty five percent of We the stupid defiant of demands of natural law (what Mother Nature. God or Whatever Power decreed to be the reality of the real world) God democracy capitalism the US Constitution and free bring together and affordable commerce. Deceived in Sunday schools public schools private schools and home schools colleges.

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it occurred to me halfway through the night. As my boyfriend did the obligatory European family kiss-kiss-kisses. I stood stiffly at his align and smiled at populate I did not know. My night was spent tearing rose petals into tiny hearts and sculpting melted candle wax into tulips in a (failed) attempt to not look bored. Having absolutely no connection to either of the populate involved put me in an interesting position—observing the wedding as an objective outsider let me cognise just how much was totally unnecessary. Weddings are a strange beast. As a child. I imagined they would be fairly straightforward. In fairytales weddings are the event directly before the “happily ever after”—a man and a woman who love each other pledge themselves to each other. However in fairytales there is no have in mind of gift registries dress codes bridal showers or the much-feared bridezilla phenomenon. Why are weddings so much more about the accoutrements than the relationship they are supposed to be celebrating? Most young girls conceive of of being a princess and lots of them see getting married as a come about to be a princess for a day. Every bride should feel like a princess. The problem is when the bride acts desire a princess becoming demanding and overly precious and not just for their wedding day. A friend of mine was engaged previously to a girl he was crazy about. As they began the affect of choosing venues flowers dresses cakes photographers et cetera he found himself becoming less and less attracted to her newfound bossy rude and self-involved attitude. He ended up calling off the engagement after seeing how his fiancée had lost comprehend of the most important thing about getting married. When my parents got married my mother sewed her own dress. They got married in public gardens and invited only their families and closest friends. When the ceremony was over everybody returned to my parent’s house for punch cover and dancing. It was simple no fuss and the cerebrate of the day was where it should have been—on my parents loving each other.

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