Obama, Maliki differ on Syria

Today...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama said Monday there are differences of opinion between the United States and Iraq over Syria but Baghdad isn't appeasing Iran.

At a joint news conference in Washington after Obama met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Obama said the two leaders had discussed Syria and "share the view that, when the Syrian people are being killed or are unable to express themselves, that's a problem."

Obama said while the United States wants Syrian President Bashar Assad out of power, he recognizes Iraq, which borders Syria, is "in a tough neighborhood."

"But we believe that international pressure, the approach we've taken along with partners around the world, to impose tough sanctions and to call on Assad to step down, a position that is increasingly mirrored by the Arab League states, is the right position to take," Obama said.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/12/ ... z1gNSABXRL

I think we should keep our nose of of their business. Right?

Ah...Could you even locate Syria on a map?

It's a regular think tank around here, lately..

I wanna talk about the molecular structure of water with the 285corridor now...So I can sound smart..

Ya know, A molecule is an aggregation of atomic nuclei and electrons that is sufficiently stable to possess observable properties— and there are few molecules that are more stable and difficult to decompose than H2O. In water, each hydrogen nucleus is bound to the central oxygen atom by a pair of electrons that are shared between them; chemists call this shared electron pair a covalent chemical bond. In H2O, only two of the six outer-shell electrons of oxygen are used for this purpose, leaving four electrons which are organized into two non-bonding pairs. The four electron pairs surrounding the oxygen tend to arrange themselves as far from each other as possible in order to minimize repulsions between these clouds of negative charge. This would ordinarly result in a tetrahedral geometry in which the angle between electron pairs (and therefore the H-O-H bond angle) is 109.5°. However, because the two non-bonding pairs remain closer to the oxygen atom, these exert a stronger repulsion against the two covalent bonding pairs, effectively pushing the two hydrogen atoms closer together. The result is a distorted tetrahedral arrangement in which the H—O—H angle is 104.5°.

Because molecules are smaller than light waves, they cannot be observed directly, and must be "visualized" by alternative means. Facinating!

What do you guys think?

http://www.chem1.com/acad/sci/aboutwater.html

I think you are supposed to put one of these in there...

Water sucks - gatorade is better! Foosball is the debil!

C'mon TM...Were trying to discuss deep subjects with the 285commuters here

Too deep for me. I hate chemistry. I worked as a chemist for 15 years before I realized it.

towermonkey wrote: Too deep for me. I hate chemistry. I worked as a chemist for 15 years before I realized it.

Like I said in another thread, I'm tired of obnoxious.

towermonkey wrote: Too deep for me. I hate chemistry. I worked as a chemist for 15 years before I realized it.

LGT wanted to get some foreign policy discussion in tonight I guess...so


I heard a declaration made after a meeting of around 2,000 delegates the other day that said they wanted foreign troops to stop carrying out night raids -- one of the most hated military tactics in Afghanistan -- And one of our coolest, and that they opposed the idea of a permanent American military presence in the country. What!? After all we did for them?

The four-day meeting in the capital city Kabul, known as a loya jirga, or grand assembly, is not a lawmaking body, but its ingratful participants have discussed some of the most sensitive subjects in Afghanistan: the scope of a U.S. military presence after 2014, and the idea of peace talks with the Taliban. Not happening!

This is Bullcrap! We ain't never leaving, why shoud we? No towel head is gonna tell us what to do

The Liberals GOP Twin wrote: Today...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama said Monday there are differences of opinion between the United States and Iraq over Syria but Baghdad isn't appeasing Iran.

At a joint news conference in Washington after Obama met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Obama said the two leaders had discussed Syria and "share the view that, when the Syrian people are being killed or are unable to express themselves, that's a problem."

Obama said while the United States wants Syrian President Bashar Assad out of power, he recognizes Iraq, which borders Syria, is "in a tough neighborhood."

"But we believe that international pressure, the approach we've taken along with partners around the world, to impose tough sanctions and to call on Assad to step down, a position that is increasingly mirrored by the Arab League states, is the right position to take," Obama said.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/12/ ... z1gNSABXRL

I think we should keep our nose of of their business. Right?

Let the league of Arab states deal with them. We should not have gotten involved in Libya either. We should also pull our troops out of Africa also.