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Needless to say, what’s happening in Syria is a nightmare for those who have been forced by circumstance to bear witness to the intractable violence. The plight of the hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing the country is unfathomable and the situation facing those who remain is even worse. For military and political strategists in Washington, Syria’s civil war represents a different kind of nightmare. The Russia-Iran nexus is just about the worst possible outcome for the US, whose status as global hegemon was already fading in the face of an ascendant China. Put simply, the partnership between Washington’s two...

USN, Lockheed: Foreign LCS Sales Could Lower Costs By John Reed Monday, January 3rd, 2011 3:50 pm Now that the U.S. Navy has decided to buy both classes of Littoral Combat Ship, the sea service and Lockheed Martin have begun to eye international sales as a way of further reducing the costs of the once-troubled program. “Since the LCS program began, we’ve believed this was a ship of a size and of the cost that many international navies would be interested in,” said Paul Lemmo, vice president of Lockheed’s mission systems and sensors division during a Dec. 29 teleconference. He...

WASHINGTON, March 18, 2009 – The Iraqi government is using the Defense Department’s Foreign Military Sales program to rebuild and strengthen Iraqi security forces, a colonel involved in the effort said. Air Force Col. Lawrence Avery Jr., deputy director of the security assistance office for Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq, described the fielding to bloggers and online journalists during a “DoD Live” bloggers roundtable March 16. “First, we concentrated on equipping what I would call a very light infantry, … basically a soldier with a body armor, a helmet, a weapon, a Humvee and a radio,” Avery said. “On the...

Pain Sufferers Find Yoga and Diet Can Comfort ImmuneSupport.com 02-14-2005 By Carrie White, Tribune Scottsdale, Arizona rheumatologist Paul Howard doesn’t believe pharmaceuticals, by themselves, are the best way for people with arthritis to get better. Rather, Howard sees treatment for the disease — joint inflammation affecting nearly 70 million Americans — as involving a combination of exercise, supplementation, diet and, if needed, weight loss. His patients bear out his approach. Peggy McKee, 76, of Scottsdale first visited Howard’s office three years ago with an arthritis flare-up shortly after the death of her husband and a daughter. McKee, who suffers from...

Dale Guyer, M.D., Patient Case Study: Treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Thyroid & Adrenal Dysfunction ImmuneSupport.com 10-01-2004 Medical Commentary Note and Update Patient: Johnson, Samantha By Dale Guyer, M.D. (Based on rough draft from Patrick Perry/Saturday Evening Post) Many people walk around feeling tired, run-down and exhausted most of the time, often relying on various stimulants to make it through the day. One thing that is certain, is that these individuals do not indeed truly suffer a caffeine deficiency. In essence, there is something dysfunctional or out of balance with their internal biochemistry. Samantha's case is in many ways a...

I just posted a question a few moments ago regarding FMS, and wondered if anyone else here suffered with it. I went back to see I had 7 replies and 80 something plus views, clicked on it, and recieved a message it had been pulled due to 'commercial spam'. Now, I am VERY new here, and really love this place, and I sincerely apologize - but I do not know what I did wrong. I know we are able to post our opinions and questions - which is why I went to opinions/vanity. I mentioned collecting research for my website,...