Cycloptichorn, I'll be happy to accept your invitation and participate in this thread.
I've printed out your questions for my study. After a quick scan, I already anticipate I'll have to slightly modify some of the questions so I can answer them.
For example:
Your question is--
What is
the plan for winning the war on terror?
Since I don't know the answer to this question as it is worded, with your approval I'll answer it as I have reworded it--
What is
a plan for winning the war on terror?
I owe you one other comment. I am not a Republican. I am a republican. I do not belong to any institutionalized or organized group. Instead, I generally find myself supporting the least worst member of two or more groups institutionalized or organized to achieve a particular set of goals.
Quote:
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/republic
Main Entry:
re·pub·lic
Pronunciation: ri-'p&-blik
Function: noun
Etymology: French république, from Middle French republique, from Latin respublica, from res thing, wealth + publica, feminine of publicus public -- more at REAL, PUBLIC
1 a (1) : a government having a chief of state who is not a monarch and who in modern times is usually a president (2) : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government b (1) : a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and representatives responsible to them and governing according to law (2) : a political unit (as a nation) having such a form of government
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I believe a true
republic is a state in which its laws prohibit minorities from discriminating against the rights of majorities, and in which its laws prohibit majorities from discriminating against the rights of minorities.
Cycloptichorn, please let me know if under these conditions you still want my participation in your thread.