An Outline Whereby ICTY Judges Should Judge Radovan Karadzic By Jill Starr At the end of the day, some three years from now in the final judgment of Radovan Karadzic%u2019s case being tried at the ICTY, and, in morally judging his guilt or innocence insofar as whether he is directly responsible for war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity and isolated incidents of rape and summary executions during Srebrenica, first and foremost, the ICTY judges have a duty, a %u201DNoblesse oblige%u201D if you will (used to imply that with wealth, power and prestige come responsibilities of morality-even in judging Radovan Karadzic and the other Bosnian Serbs awaiting trials/appeals at the Hague%u2019s highest court), The ICTY judges have an international duty to compare, contrast and analyze the annals of human history of war, torture and war crimes before rendering their judgement in the case. Why? When analyzing rapes, executions, pilgrimages and torture of former wars,even dating back as far as Medieval Times, cases in point: American soldiers in Vietnam, the Roman Catholic Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition in which women were sexually tortured and burnt alive at the stake, as well as the Abu Ghraib torture scandal recently in Iraq, we discover that the soldiers guilty of these monstrous acts, are themselves guilty and should be tried and sentenced, HOWEVER, one can not rationally say that for instance President Bush was directly responsible for the Abu Ghraib torture scandal in Iraq merely owing to the matter of fact he was the United States President at that time. By the same token we can not reasonably conclude Radovan Karadzic is directly responsible and guilty for the crimes against humanity lower level Serb soldiers committed against Muslims in Srebrenica. For the American and international news media to at this premature point in time to try swaying everyone watching it daily insofar as the Karadzic case, and for this media to daily pronounce Karadzic%u2019s so-called %u201Dguilt%u201D saying %u201Dhe is responsible for the crimes that in actuality, may or may have not occurred at Srebrenica,%u201D even before the evidence and trial has even taken place and been presented; is morally wrong and illegal in and of itself. This entire judgement remains murky and leaves a tremendous %u201Dreasonable doubt%u201D hanging over whether Radovan Karadzic is directly responsible for ordering executions in Srebrenica.  View

To the person who claimed they didn't consent to be taxed for the benefit of the poor, yes you did. You agreed to the terms of the social contract of the united states the very first time you voted. You agreed to abide by the rules and restrictions imposed upon you by the elected representatives of the populace. In return for this infringement of absolute freedom, you receive certain benefits. First among those is the right to be protected from foreign invasion or insurrection by the military of the U.S. Second, you recieve service which you use every day. Running water, electrical grids and of course roads and highways are all part of the infrastructure which you enjoy in return for the stricture of governance. Of course you will say that the electrical system is private, and in specific you would be correct, but remember it took those companies using roads to build those line grids. No roads, no grid. So, when you say you shouldn't have to pay for those who have been less fortunate than you to recieve healthcare or any other service, remember you signed the contract when you first turned on you're tap.  View

I want President Obama to send the troops over there, so that I may be able to serve the United States. Lets get this done and over with..  View

The fact that he is the first african american president should not play into whether he gets it or not. That my friends is racial bias. Its like a less qualified white man gets a job over an african american for the color of his skin everyone would say racism but when the role is reversed its not racism he deserved it!!! Why is that??? because of 400 years of slavery?? every race in this world at one point or another has been enslaved by another!! Look at Rome enslaving most of Europe and the Ottoman empire enslaving millions!!! Get over it!! Not one person who lives in America has ever owned a slave. I will not take this burden as I did not commit it. As long as people of any race think they deserve something by the color of their skin racism will never die!!!! When someone cries out because they didnt get a job just because the color of their skin and they know they werent qualified enough and then gets it because of the complaint it ruins the integrity of the united states. I have been discriminated against as I fall into a smaller minority than African or Mexican Americans. I am a disabled American Veteran. I had to read a question that equated me to a felon and was told that I just shouldnt answer it. So discrimination is not just about race its about people and their insecurities. Did Obama deserve it??? Heck no. There are far too many other people in this world far more deserving. It was political!!!  View

I have talk about things like this for a while, now I'm going to say this publicly. Barack Obama deserve this award just for the simple fact that he is the FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT of THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Everyone didn't agree to that either, but he is that! The Nobel Peace Prize is giving to those people who have accomplished something. He has accomplished becoming the First Africa-American President. Do you know how hard it was to do that, NO! you don't! Because if it has ever been hard for anyone black to make anything out of themselves here in this country, without being an entertainer, because it seems like you people think that we have to do is entertain you, then you would agree that Barack worked hard to get elected President. I applaud Barack, The Only Black Man That Didn't Have To Tap Dance To Get Noticed!!!!  View

I am divided in whether or not President Obama actually deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. On one hand, broke barriers in becoming the first African-American president of the United States. It is no secret that racism still exists in the US, and he in some way bought the American people together at the polls. We elected him as our president not based on his race but what he stood for. On the other hand, he contradicts one of the essential words in the title of the award: peace. We are a country at war that he, as the Commander in Chief is leading. With this he cannot receive an award for global peace when he's helping contribute to the world's turmoil.  View

This is very ignorant. It's basicially stating that they are astonished that some who's very accomplished ancestory would come from slaves. Who cares were she comes from she is repectful and shows that she has what it takes to be the "First Lady" of the United States of America.  View

I haven't seen any poll that shows a "majority" of support for a public option. I certainly don't support it, because I believe it is only a hot-button issue for liberals because they see it as a toehold to eventually convert our health care to a single payer system, like Canada or England. And a single payer government run system in the United States would be highly inefficient, and an even worse solution than what those countries have. But I'll probably surprise you when I say that a single payer system can work very well. We lived in France for four years at the start of the decade, and their system was very high quality and very low cost. But I don't believe that the French system could work in the United States because of cultural and other differences from the U.S.(i.e., much lower doctor's salaries, almost no medical liability litigation, and much fewer support staff in doctor's offices, etc.).  View

No one in our country will ever forget what happened on 9/11, and because it's an extremely sensitive subject, even the smallest indication of a threat from Al-Qaeda is analyzed with intense detail. I don't think the threat is obsolete, but I also think that the United States has made a huge leap forward toward domestic security.  View

Maybe I shouldn't be so bitter, but can't go throwing shoes at the President of the United States without something bad happening to you in return. Of course I hope he wasn't mistreated, but if he was- I wouldn't be surprised.  View