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Vietnam experiences a "quiet" sexual revolution
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HO CHI MINH CITY (Reuters) - A young woman lives with her boyfriend but hides it from her family, girls write blogs about love and relationships and couples seeking privacy cuddle in public parks at nightfall.
A "quiet" sexual revolution is unfolding in Vietnam, an intensely family-oriented society that holds strong traditions of women being married by their mid-20s and having children.
Young people are dating more before marriage, having pre-marital sex, and have more outlets through the Internet to talk about the joys and problems of relationships than previous generations.
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Why the Democrats cant stop the Iraq war
clipped by: gingembre
clippers remarks: To finish the point: "If they are able to meet these benchmarks, the Democrats (and Bush, for that matter) could declare victory. If they dont meet these benchmarks, then the Democrats could claim that we helped the Iraqis enough that they should have been able to meet these guidelines. This would warrant the claim that the Iraqis lack the will to engage in useful nation building and thus the failure is theirs not ours.Bush cannot accept this proposal because Bush knows that the Democrats will claim forever that he and the party that supported him got us into an unwinnable war."
Interesting points made re: US not being accustomed to defeat; too long to clip, go to the source
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Vietnam Pullout
clipped by: mushmaster25
clippers remarks: When you make the choice to go into war, make sure you understand what some of the fallout could include. Terrible mistakes have been made in the past, and we should not just continue to make them. Vietnam has been over for a long time and yet I still see the vets that "broke" over there.
Surreal
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An on-the-ground endictment of our Iraq strategey...
clipped by: ouyangwulong
clippers remarks: I dont want to abandon the Iraqi people. But I am a realist, not some day-dreaming jingoist who thinks this is all just one more rosy Rambo movie. The truth is that we have had a critical failure of leadership, and no one is stepping forward to fill that void.
Right now we dont know who were fighting, and we dont know why they are fighting us. Until we can understand these two questions, there is no way we can begin to answer the question of how to eventually end this war. Unfortunately, no presidential candidate is even asking these questions, which to me signifies that they do not have an Iraq strategy and are not interested in developing one. Thats a shame.
The Democrats who compare this war to Vietnam should remember another part of that analogy: Nixon took and held his office on promises to get us out of Vietnam, but with no new ideas about the conflict, he only got us in deeper. This could happen to the Democrats as well if they arent careful.
BAGHDAD: Staff Sergeant David Safstrom does not regret his previous tours in Iraq, not even a difficult second stint when two comrades were killed while trying to capture insurgents.
"In Mosul, in 2003, it felt like we were making the city a better place," he said. "There was no sectarian violence, Saddam was gone, we were tracking down the bad guys. It felt awesome."
But now on his third deployment in Iraq, he is no longer a believer in the mission. The pivotal moment came, he says, this past February when soldiers killed a man setting a roadside bomb. When they searched the bombers body, they found identification showing him to be a sergeant in the Iraqi Army.
"I thought, What are we doing here? Why are we still here? " said Safstrom, a member of Delta Company of the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division. "Were helping guys that are trying to kill us. We help them in the day. They turn around at night and try to kill us."
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Scientists find bird flu antibody
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Iraq is more than just an election issue!
clipped by: ouyangwulong
clippers remarks: At this point we really should be asking ourselves: what is the real objective of the Bush administration? Is he actually trying to win the war? Or simply trying to keep it going until he is out of office?
Isnt the troop surge perfect evidence of this? The new strategy amounts to nothing more than simply committing more men and material to the problem without a significant re-evaluation of our overall strategy, or its shortcomings.
Unfortunately, the impractical Democrat bill on spending, and their quick retreat from that position also seems to suggest that many Democrats think that an ongoing war in Iraq might be a convenient election issue next year.
I will vote for no candidate who plays politics while peoples lives are on the line.
WASHINGTON: For me, the saddest spot in Washington is the inverted V of the black granite Vietnam wall, jutting up with the names of young men dying in a war that their leaders already knew could not be won. So many died because of ego and deceit - because LBJ and Robert McNamara wanted to save face or because Henry Kissinger wanted to protect Nixons re-election chances.
Now the Bush administration finds itself at that same hour of shame. It knows the surge is not working. Iraq is in a civil war, with a gruesome bonus of terrorists mixed in. April was the worst month this year for the American military, with 104 soldiers killed, and there have been about 90 killed thus far in May. The democracy is not jelling, as Iraqi lawmakers get ready to slouch off for a two-month vacation, leaving our kids to be blown up.
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MIA Vietnam Veterans remains to be brought home
clipped by: Mikez
An official party will leave from Sydney for Vietnam today to bring home the remains of two Australian soldiers declared missing in action in 1965.
Lance Corporal Richard Parker and Private Peter Gillson were serving in South Vietnam when they were struck by enemy machine gun fire.
Their bodies were only recently discovered in a grave north of Ho Chi Minh City.
Assistant Defence Minister Bruce Billson says Australia has a moral duty to see the soldiers are properly laid to rest.
"They served with great gallantry. They gave their lives in the service of the nation and the nation must never forget that," he said.
"Ill be joined by Private Gillsons son, who was an infant at the time his dad lost his life," he said.
"Private Gillsons son didnt have a focal point for his grieving, this is a part of his life story that has been a void for 42 years, now were able to bring that aspect to a close for him."
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Fishermen Dont Know the Difference Between Copper and Fiber Optic
clipped by: shaine
clippers remarks: This is actually a big problem everywhere. Thiefs are going to construction sites to raid copper. Air conditioning units are being taken. Locally, AT&T had to replace a big chunk of phone cable they left exposed overnight. People are getting electocuted trying to steel live wires. All kinds of mayhem is occurring due to the high price of copper.
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The World We Live In
clipped by: laceym
clippers remarks: Wow. Sorry about adding to the Paris Hilton pile o crap.
Exactly 35 years have passed between this photograph:
And this one:
What links them, besides being both taken on a June 8, is that the photographer is the same: Huynh Cong Ut, better known as Nick Ut.
Does this say anything about the world we live in? I?m not sure
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