John Adams

Happy Independence Day! 

'John Adams'

Welcome to celebrate nation’s independence. Declaration of Independence that the famous words with local leaders or family members. Assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle. A decent respect to mankind requires that they declare the causes impel them to the separation.

Heavy weight words, sometimes difficult to appreciate the magnitude of meaning when they’re being read at the family barbecue uncles who wearing a Kiss the Chef apron. Instead, I recommend re-watching the moment of independence from HBO’s 2008 miniseries, John Adams. The original colonies ponder separation from Great Britain; political fire-breathing is the celebration. As Adams (Paul Giamatti) tells Thomas Jefferson (Stephen Dillane) in an earlier scene, “We’re about to take a leap in the dark.”

 

Each colony’s rep rises in course of revolution, and their faces sense of, “Dear God, are we really going through with this?” the Declaration is publicly announced, primary fathers — Jefferson, Adams, and Benjamin Franklin (Tom Wilkinson) — ponder in silence. “What did we just do?” you can almost hear them thinking.

The United States not inevitable and loyalties of many early Americans were still complicated. Declaration, protection, Providence, words that’s mutually pledges to lives, fortunes and sacred honor.”

Thank to Founding Fathers on Independence Day.

Obama expected to announce major to Afghan

Obama expected to announce major Afghan drawdown

U.S. troops examine confiscated weapons and ammunition

during a raid in Sabari, in eastern Afghanistan, on Sunday.

The insurgency is still strong in that region.

Pentagon and other administration officials say about 10,000 troops will probably come home this year, a bigger number than Gen. David Petraeus wanted.

          Pentagon and other administration officials say is expected to bring home about 10,000 personnel by the end of the year that president Obama plans to announce a troop reduction in Afghanistan.

          In a speech to be delivered of media, the president is expected to declare that successes in disrupting Al Qaeda's ability to stage attacks against the United States allow him to begin reducing troop levels, said the officials, who cautioned that Obama was still "finalizing" his decision.

          In 2009 the president coupled his decision to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan with a pledge to begin removing some of those forces this summer. U.S. officials and outside experts familiar with recent deliberations said Obama was leaning toward withdrawing all the additional troops by the end of 2012 or early 2013. That would leave close to 70,000 U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

          But the killing of Osama bin Laden last month in Pakistan, budget pressures and the urging of some White House aides to make faster reductions have pushed Obama toward a steeper reduction, said officials familiar with the internal debate.

          Obama is planning to give leeway to military commanders about the pacing of the withdrawals and the types of forces to be pulled out, officials said.

          Those officials contend that the Taliban will agree to a deal only if the U.S. military continues to put pressure on the militants.

          The schedule also would leave a relatively large U.S. military footprint in place until after next November's presidential election, an important consideration for Obama, who promised in his initial run for the presidency to win the war in Afghanistan.

 
          A spokesman for Petraeus declined to comment. The general has been nominated by Obama to head the CIA and will be replaced as the top general in Afghanistan by Marine Lt. Gen. John R. Allen.

This is a crime against humanity

NATO condemns fiery speech by Libyan leader

          "NATO will be defeated," Gadhafi yelled in a hoarse, agitated voice to the crowd. "They will pull out in defeat."

          NATO accused Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Saturday of using mosques and children's parks as shields, saying the longtime ruler who lashed out against alliance airstrikes is the one "brutally attacking the Libyan people."

          In Brussels on Saturday, NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu dismissed Gadhafi's speech as "outrageous."

          "We are saving countless lives every day across the country," she said. "We are conducting operations with utmost care and precision to avoid civilian casualties. Civilian casualties figures mentioned by the Libyan regime are pure propaganda."

          NATO has been ramping up the pressure on Gadhafi's more than four-decade-old regime. Though most airstrikes happen under cover of darkness, daytime raids have grown more frequent.

          "It has become clear to us that NATO has moved on to deliberately hitting civilian buildings. ... This is a crime against humanity," he told reporters in the capital.

          NATO attacked the Libyan capital at midday Friday, pounding a target in the south of the city and sending a thick cloud of black smoke rising high into the air.

          A coalition including France, Britain and the United States launched the first strikes against Gadhafi's forces under a United Nations resolution to protect civilians on March 19.