4/10/03 - Suggested topics will include:

• War topics
  • Is Saddam dead or alive? Does it matter?
  • What will happen in this post-Saddam and post-war Iraq?
  • Two major international press watchdogs have denounced in strong terms Tuesday's U.S. military strikes in Baghdad that killed three journalists and wounded many more. Was the military justified in their actions as a matter of self-defense or did they act disproportionate and thereby violated international humanitarian law?
  • What was that Marine thinking when he draped the American flag over the head of the Saddam statue? If this was a spur of the moment thing, why was a soldier carrying a large flag in his kit? Was this a simple mistake that will be forgotten or will this captured image be used to recruit disaffected Middle Eastern youth into Taliban-like organizations for a long time to come?
• The first group of airline pilots are set to begin firearms training. Not every plane is supposed to have a pilot who is armed; the idea being that people won't know if the pilot is armed or not, is supposed to act as a deterrent. Will this work? Why or why not?
• Why is the USA so religious? How come their is more religiousity in the USA then most of the countries of Europe?

Quote of the week: "What we need now is not just a regime change in Saddam Hussein and Iraq, but we need a regime change in the United States" [Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry -- source]