(Mt. Fuji, Shinto shrines, sakura flowers and good-natured people are what is highly respected in Japan.)
"Him Only Shalt Thou Serve"
(Alexander the Great and American Dream)
(In Preparation...)
President Mr. Barack Obama in Baghdad, Iraq, itself is telling a change in a mood of the world.
However, what will come after the end of this global financial crisis might be the then-forgotten War on Terror.
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Updated 3/16/2009 11:18 PM | Comments 1,411
Poll: More view Afghan war as 'mistake'
By Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — American support for the war in Afghanistan has ebbed to a new low, as attacks on U.S. troops and their allies have hit record levels and commanders are pleading for reinforcements, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows.
In the poll taken Saturday and Sunday, 42% of respondents said the United States made "a mistake" in sending military forces to Afghanistan, up from 30% in February.
That's the highest mark since the poll first asked the question in November 2001 when the U.S.-led invasion ousted the Taliban government that sheltered al-Qaeda terrorists responsible for the 9/11 terror attacks.
In January 2002, 6% of respondents called the war "a mistake."
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-03-16-poll_N.htm
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Yet, as Alexander the Great was stopped at Afghanistan 320 B.C. or so, the American Glory is to be stopped in the Afghan War in the 21st century.
And, as Alexander the Great lost his life in Baghdad 2300 years ago, the American Glory might be truly put an end to through its military involvement in Mesopotamia in the early 21st century.
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Obama, who opposed the invasion of Iraq ordered by his predecessor George W. Bush, has used his debut overseas tour to reach out to the Islamic world and attempt to restore America's battered image abroad.
Ending the war which sparked an insurgency that cost thousands of lives would mark a new era of US diplomacy including "principled and sustained engagement" with Iraq's neighbours Iran and Syria, Obama has said.
Bush was the last US president to visit Iraq in a trip overshadowed by a local journalist who hurled his shoes at him.
Iraqi TV reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi gained global fame and was seen as hero in much of the Arab world for his farewell gesture to a deeply unpopular president.
He was jailed last month for three years by a Baghdad court, but the sentence was cut on Tuesday to one year by an appeals tribunal.
http://www.france24.com/en/20090408-obama-says-iraq-faces-critical-18-months
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No matter how humble the act was, it was a kind of terror.
If you hurl anything, such as a shoe bomb or a plain shoe, to a man unarmed, no matter how high his rank is in military establishment, it cannot be an act of a brave man.
Accordingly, I do not regard it as an act of heroism.
Nonetheless, I am not against the court decision to shorten the term of imprisonment for the culprit.
(To be continued...)
(Vous êtes censé servir uniquement à Dieu, même quand un tremblement de terre se produit, car Dieu est mon Seigneur.
http://www.fukuchan.ac/music/latin/sanstoimamie.html )
Luk 4:5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
Luk 4:6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
Luk 4:7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
Luk 4:8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.