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The world was expecting news from the US for quite a while,
but when the official declaration of war came out the
reaction didn?t seem that expected. On March 19th, 2003 the
first US troops entered the territory of Iraq with definite
task: to occupy the territory of dictatorship of Saddam and
destroy his regime. The announcement caused many emotions
like anger, frustration, fear, disdain, happiness,
excitement, agreement. A great variety of motivating
emotions showed up and flooded the society. Countries also
differed in reaction on the statement, some supported, some
declined as unacceptable and some remained neutral, though
it may seem that it is impossible in such kind of
circumstances. Though the intentions of the US were clear,
there were a lot of accusations in personal gain campaign
and disregard for the opinion of the world. The real
question is: was the war a mistake or a right move towards
freedom and development.

To evaluate the situation objectively we have to put aside
all the principles we were brought on. We are a nation that
longed for liberty since it was born out of blood of our
ancestors and inheritance of the Natives. Let?s look at the
picture as neutral people that are not involved in the
campaign. The war in Iraq showed of what society is afraid
most of all. The same day people flooded the streets with
protests against poverty, inflation, nuclear attack,
disorder in the country etc. This was the war, highlighted
in every news sequence in the world, but the fact is that no
one can be 100% sure that the information we receive is
exact and trustworthy, even with all this freedom and
possibilities given. Us army with battalions from other
countries exterminated the regime of Saddam and the
nightmare for Iraqi people is over. The number of victims
that were tortured, killed, assassinated or destroyed in
another way is close to a hundred thousands. And now when
the action is over we are to ask: was a campaign successful
or was it a tremendous mistake? Analyzing information
provided by pentagon, the costs of the two wars, in Iraq and
in Afghanistan amounts to $518bln dollars. That is enough to
fully fund global anti-hunger efforts for more than 13 years
and provide every child in the world with basic immunization
for more than a century. "War is an expensive proposition.
Whether you're for the war or against the war, that's a
fact," said Robert Bixby, the executive director of the
Concord Coalition, a bipartisan organisation that advocates
balanced federal budgets. He is absolutely right in his
statement.

One more important thing is to see if Iraqi people realize
what a radical change they have in their history. The aim of
the US is reached, for troops came not to take lives, to
conquer land, to own oil, but to bring piece and safety into
the homes of Iraqi people. After the hardships of the war
are forgotten, Iraqi people will either hate the US for the
rest of their day or bless the day when they stepped onto
their land.

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The Army defines seven values that soldiers should strive to
emulate in their daily lives. These core values establish a
standard of conduct; they form the foundation of personal
behavior that defines the person, as well as the
expectations soldiers have of one another. These values are
Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity,
and Personal Courage.

Here's the thing. The Army didn?t invent the values. There
are many more than seven values that identify desirable
human conduct and behavior (and plenty that define
undesirable behavior as well), and they've been around for a
long time. So, that said, it should come as no surprise that
the seven Army values are not just for the military - they
apply to each and every citizen?this makes perfect sense, as
all soldiers are citizens first.

We all have positions in life?stations, if you will?and it
matters not what your station in life happens to be?some or
all of these seven values are tested as a matter of course,
each day of one?s life. The values are as applicable to the
student as they are to the professor; as important to the
patient as they are to the doctor; as challenging to the
child as they are to the adult; and as attainable by the
penniless as they are by the millionaire. In short, the
seven values are for everyone. What are the values, and how
are they applicable to everyone?

Loyalty - Bear true faith and allegiance to the U.S.
constitution, the Army, and other soldiers. Be loyal to the
nation and its heritage.

For the citizen, this means showing your faith in our
nation, your elected and appointed leaders and your fellow
citizens. People want to know they can trust you. And you
want the same reassurances from others.

Duty - Fulfill your obligations. Accept responsibility for
your actions and those entrusted to your care. Find
opportunities to improve oneself for the good of the unit.

For the citizen, you?ve got a job to do and people depend on
you to get it done. If someone needs help, give it to them.
If you need help, seek it from your peers. Be consistent
in action and deed.

Respect - Treat people as they should be treated. How we
consider others reflects upon each of us, both personally
and as a professional organization.

Act courteously toward friends, acquaintances and strangers
alike. If you disagree with an opinion or point of view,
challenge the position, but avoid the personal attack.
Remember that your actions speak volumes about yourself and
your business or organization.

Selfless Service - Put the welfare of the nation, the Army,
and your subordinates before your own. Selfless service
leads to organizational teamwork and encompasses discipline,
self-control and faith in the system.

Take care of your children, your parents, your siblings, and
co-workers. Go the ?extra mile? for your customers and
clients, even if gains you nothing more than some personal
satisfaction. Volunteer to take on the tough job, or the
mundane job that others avoid.

Honor - Live up to all the Army values.

Live up to the values of your business, your community, your
church, your family. Act accordingly, and others will
recognize you as an individual of principled character.
Don't fall into the trap of, "but I just did what others did
before me". Given the choice, take the 'high road'.
Distinguish yourself from those who would be satisfied to do
less.

Integrity - Do what is right, legally and morally.

Ask yourself, ?Is this the right thing to do? How does it
reflect on who I am?? If your inner voice is sounding the
alarm, it?s doing so for a good reason. Avoid shortcuts,
cheats, or otherwise doing less than what is expected.
Don?t compromise yourself, your friends, family or business
for some short-term satisfaction. Integrity offers
long-term rewards that can't be acquired any other way.

Personal Courage - Face fear, danger, or adversity with
physical and moral courage.

Is a boss asking you to do something questionable? Watched
the local bully pick on someone repeatedly? Been in a group
that disparages a certain race or ethnicity? It may be
safer to go along with the crowd, or do nothing at all. It
takes inner strength to stand up to peer pressure, bullies,
social challenges, and moral dilemmas. It?s easy to be a
follower?anyone can do that. True leadership requires all
of one?s audacity, nerve and 'guts' to negotiate the
difficult roads that lie before us.

Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity,
and Personal Courage. These are values for everyone. No,
they're not always easy to live up. Our standards are
challenged all the time. We make mistakes. Hopefully, we
learn from them, and over time, these values become a part
of who we are.

The best news is that if we emulate these values singularly,
we become a better people collectively. And that is why the
values are so important. They set us apart from those who
choose not to live up to them.

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When and if it all ends it won't be anyone's fault but our
own. This is because we, you and me and the rest of us
humans, are the most powerful things on this planet. We,
right now, control everything that goes on here. We have a
global economic crisis. We have thousands of innocent people
dying every day. This is all instigated by a small group of
people. An incredibly small group of people. We have a new
man as president of the U.S.. People hope that things he
will change things. Things will not change, in a genuine
way, because this man is either insignificant or part of the
small group. If the world ends poorly it will be because the
real power was asleep. We will have slept through the whole
thing. If this slumber continues we will one day wake to
find that the world as we, thought we knew it, is gone. This
will all be our fault.

As long as we remain asleep, regardless of our innate power,
we are powerless, ineffective people. We are powerless only
because we do not understand what we are. As a race of
beings we have little self awareness. We do not know what we
are. We have believed the stories we've been told. These
stories were told to us specifically to keep us from
realizing and exercising our true innate power. Is it in
your mind that congress is powerful? How many people are
there in congress? How many citizens are there? How could
such a thing, as a small group of congressman, be powerful?
Well, you say, "They are in the seat of power, they hold
powerful positions...". Who has the power over these
positions? Why do you think politicians spend so much of
their time trying to when our favor? Congress has no power.
The president has no power. Let the president, or any one
else, point out the cause of our problems and see how long
they last. Let a politician speak out about the real cause
of our problems and see what happens. If they aren't
ignored, which they usually are, they are removed. We the
people do not have a standing army. Neither does congress,
or the president. This world that you are allowed to think
of as yours, is not yours. It is the property of a few
people who control the world through the banking/monetary
system. If you hear anyone speaking about what we need to do
to change things in this country, or the world, and they
make no mention of this, they are either asleep or lying.
There is no middle ground. You either know or you don't. The
only way to not know is to let yourself go to sleep. Every
problem we are faced with today is easily solvable. If you
cannot see this then you are in the group of "The people who
killed the world". The people who will kill the world will
not do it out of meanness. They are not evil. They are
asleep.

If you want to leave this group there is a very easy way to
do it. I recently wrote an article titled "Outside the
monetary box". I included a story about the hundredth
monkey. I thought that the story was self explanatory but
from the responses, while being positive and friendly, made
it clear that I was not finished. That story and my entire
site speak to the solution. I won't rewrite anything, you
can easily read it all if you choose. What I will do is
explain exactly how things will change. In the hundredth
monkey story we find that when a certain percentage of
monkeys, or humans, know a thing, it becomes part of the
collective mind. Or race consciousness. What ever you want
to call it, it doesn't matter. That's just the way it is. It
does no good to debate it. Debate is tiring and there is far
to much documented evidence to support it. It's not like
economics or political science, or even evolution. It's not
a game. It's just the way things happen. So the question is,
why do we not see the way of change. Why do we not see the
cause of all the troubles we endure? Why do we not see these
solutions, that I keep saying are so easy? Because we are
being hypnotized. We are also being smothered in toxins so
the brain has to fight, this chemical onslaught, for it's
life. We live in a toxic environment and are constantly
bombarded with lies. Well you say, "It's not that bad...",
yes it really is that bad. In fact it's so bad that most
people cannot even look at the world without making up, or
accepting, some fictional story to draw comfort from. These
are used like little blankets, pulled up over our heads. We
snuggle down in these stories...and go to sleep. If the
entire picture of what was going on became clear to the
brain all at once it would probably retreat into a coma.
Most people are semi-comatose now from dealing with a make
believe world and what they suspect might be the underlying
truth. OK, so I'll tell everyone how it will change.

As I wrote in the last article our problems come from the
monetary system. All of them including hunger, war and
disease. That's all disease mental and physical. There is no
profit in curing disease. The problem with me writing a
story about life with no money is that it is not possible
for most people to imagine how it would work. I have a
friend who is in the finance business. He is very concerned
with money. I started talking to him about a world without
money and he thought, like everyone else, that it would be
impossible. The no money idea was in his brain for a split
second before the judgment was rendered. This is normal.
This is how the brain works and it's what makes it possible
for a few people to control your life. I mean this
literally, right down to your physical movements. Every
decision you think you make has already been decided. If you
try to get out of this corral see what happens. Back to the
story about my friend. I said, "well lets just think if we
can figure out a way that it could be possible". The first
things we'd need to do is make allowance for our physical
survival. We would need shelter and food. Some persons would
have to grow food and make shelters. If we got that done we
could survive. The raw material for this is already
provided. The earth will grow anything we want for as long
as we want, provided we don't kill it. There is enough
material "already made" to provide everyone with a shelter.
We started to talk about infrastructure and that type of
stuff and he reminded me that some people wouldn't want to
do anything. That they would just sit around and it wouldn't
work. Here is where I introduced the idea that all people
have something that they would like to do. I know someone
who loves, and I mean loves, to pour concrete. He feels good
when he's pouring concrete. I know there are hundreds of
thousands of people who love to grow things. Given the
opportunity they would do little else. Scientists would
still want to find things out. Inventors would invent. Only
those who wanted to heal people would become Doctors.
Quackery goes when money goes. There are people who love to
build things. People who loves to drive trucks, ask them
what they want and they'll tell you, without hesitation, "I
want a truck". You can keep going with this forever. That's
the point of the story.

It wasn't long, maybe a couple of minutes, and my friend
went from, "it could never work", to churning out ideas I
hadn't even thought of yet. So it has nothing to do with
won't work. The way things change, with us as people, is
that when a certain number see something, know it as a
reality, it becomes a reality. With the monkeys I don't
remember what the magic number was, I guess it was a
hundred. Anyway when it was reached monkeys on other islands
were all of a sudden doing the same thing. For those of you
who don't know the story and what the monkeys were doing:
they were washing their potatoes in the ocean. They went
from not knowing about washing potatoes, to all knowing
about washing potatoes. The point is that we have to think
about it. We have to spend some time figuring out ways for a
moneyless society to exist. We have to get other people to
think about it. Not vote for it. Not petition the
government. Really there is no work involved. You see here
is another idea that needs to be overcome. That is-it's
hard. Nothing is hard. I'll say it again. Nothing is hard.
You know why you might think it's hard? It's all you ever
hear. My favorite commercial on TV is where the fireman go
into the halls of congress, solve the problem in ten seconds
and go back to work. I saw it when I couldn't find the mute
button. I usually don't allow commercials to run un-muted.
Have you ever sat and watched what goes on in congress? I'll
bet people would be amazed if they went and spent a few days
as a congressman.

So what else do we have to do? Nothing. We only have to be
willing to entertain ideas. I know how that feels to the
brain. It just sounds stupid. "People have been working at
fixing these problems forever", and haven't been able to and
I tell you that it can be fixed by doing relatively nothing?
Yes. This is another idea that needs to be disposed of: that
people have been working at fixing things. They haven't.
It's simply not true. All the problems you see, all the
problems of the world, are there by design. You can never do
anything to fix it by reshaping it. It's not yours to
reshape. It's not your design. You can never get your hands
on it. You'll never get close enough to see it. What I'm
doing is making a place, creating a situation, for you to
design a different world. Design it in your head. Write it
down when something you like comes to you. Talk to your
friends about it. Get them to come up with ideas of how it
might work. Get people thinking about it. Playing with the
idea. Put an end to any thought that says, it's hard, it
can't happen, it's impossible and so on. This is all a
result of brainwashing. One more idea that needs to be put
away is that something, or someone, will come along and save
us. This has been promulgated by the designers. It is a lie.

I hope that I've made myself clear. That you see clearly
that when a race mind saturation point is reached everything
will just-change-like magic. It will really seem magical,
although it's not. All you have to do is come up with ways
for it to work. Get as many others as you can to do the
same. Maybe you don't feel comfortable talking to people
about it, that's OK. If you spend a period of time each day
concentrating on it that will be helpful. That could be your
part. The only requirement for this change to occur is that
enough of us play a part in it. I really would appreciate it
if we could hurry this up. This is purely selfish on my
part. You see I am not an article writer. It's not what I
would do if I could do anything I wanted. The only reason I
do it is to get this whole ball rolling. My back hurts from
sitting here. I hated English in school. Flunked all my
classes and type like a bear-with sore paws. So, if you
won't do it for yourself, do it for me. I need to get
outside. Golf, play....run around.

Recovered from a 35 year heroin and alcohol addiction, Doug
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Why do so many business presentations end in failure?

Well, it's not surprising when you see just how little
people prepare for their big day. To be fair, people often
make a big effort with their content. They have to, because
otherwise they would not have been invited to speak.

Knowing your material inside out is vital for your
confidence when the spotlight is shining down on you, but as
so many subject matter experts do not realise, there are
many other factors that come into the equation of successful
speeches and presentations.

A common issue in speaking comes down to the selection of
the venue, a matter that few speakers have any control over.
If it's a famous venue like the Royal Albert Hall or the
Sydney Opera House, you can have a good idea of what to
expect. They are also open to the public so you can check
them out before the event.

However, if the venue is a large disused aeroplane hanger in
the middle of Oxfordshire managed by the army, there's less
opportunity for access and practice before the event starts.

This brings me on to knowing your audience. If your
audience is a battalion of NATO's finest ground troops
decked out in battle dress, you should approach the
assignment differently than if you were addressing your
local Chamber of Commerce. What are the expectations of
your audience and what is in it for them? Choose your
material carefully - look for humorous opportunities to
connect with them.

An interesting factor to be aware of as a speaker is that
your audience, even though they may never have met you, want
you to be excellent. Indeed, they are praying that you will
deliver something special. The good will which is extended
out to the speaker is phenomenal. They want you to be great
because they are investing their valuable time in you. They
have all seen and heard a lifetime's procession of bad
speaker and they are willing you to come along to inform and
entertain them royally.

If you know that you'll be working at the Royal Albert Hall,
Sydney Opera House or in my last big event, a disused
aeroplane hanger in the middle of Oxfordshire, try to
visualize yourself delivering the speech. I had great fun
with this ? contemplating this capacious cavern looking out
into a sea of camouflage jackets. As I discussed the
assignment with friends and colleagues, the images became
closer and more focused. I could see faces, haircuts and
even badges on berets. On the day, my visualizations were
surprisingly accurate and it made me feel at ease. It was
like being surrounded by old friends.

When you're working with a big audience, it's essential to
get off to a fantastic start ? and that means planning your
opening lines with military precision. Delivering that
opening with confidence creates a great atmosphere for you
and the audience to work in. That's why it's best to start
with what I would describe as a set piece. It could be a
quotation, a startling statistic, or if you're really
confident, the opening few lines of a song. If you fluff
the opening, you'll feel the latent energy drain from the
room.

There are so many factors that contribute to success, these
are just a few of them and I'll pick up on many other points
in subsequent articles.

Vince Stevenson is one of England's greatest speaking
enthusiasts, having competed for and won many prestigious
competitions. Vince is involved with speaking at many
levels and has just finished his year as District President
of the South-Eastern District of the Association of Speakers
Clubs having been involved in its educational development
for many years. Vince is a founder and lead trainer at the
College of Public Speaking, a business dedicated to
improving effective communication skills in industry. He is
also an in demand after-dinner speaker.

The College of Public Speaking assists the Corporate Sector
improve its communication skills. Utilising the tried and
trusted research of Albert Mehrebian, we use cutting edge
business scenarios to develop speakers capable of performing
on the international stage.

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On Independence Day, 1863, the last thing on the minds of
most Americans was celebrating freedom. Just outside a small
town called Gettysburg, in Adams County, Pennsylvania,
almost 50,000 men were casualties of the bloodiest battle of
the Civil War, the battle that was soon recognized as the
turning point of the war.

Confederate General Robert E. Lee had succeeded in defeating
Union General Joseph Hooker''s forces at Chancellorsville,
Virginia, in May of 1863. Lee and his Army of Northern
Virginia had managed to repel an army twice their size.
Emboldened by the victory, Lee decided to continue his march
north. His goal was Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; if he could
make it to Harrisburg, he hoped to continue on to
Philadelphia.

Throughout the month of June, Lee''s army marched north
toward Pennsylvania. The graciousness for which Lee was
known was evident during this campaign; he instructed his
troops to treat the civilians on the road well, not seizing
supplies such as food and horses, but rather paying for
them. Several towns such as York, Pennsylvania were made to
pay indemnity rather than supply the Confederates.

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met Union General George Meade''s forces just outside of
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and the battle of Gettysburg began
in earnest.

For three days vicious fighting ensued on the hillsides of
Gettysburg. Over 165,000 men would converge, and before the
fighting ended, the ground would run red with blood. The
battle was fierce, and the casualties proved it. But the
casualties that resulted would not be in vain, at least for
the Union; the formidable power of the Army of Northern
Virginia would be stricken a fatal blow, one that they, and
the South, would never truly recover from.

To this point, Lee''s Army of Northern Virginia had proved
itself a foe to be reckoned with; more than once they had
turned back troops that outnumbered them significantly. And
on the first day of fighting, it seemed that Lee would again
be victorious.

By the second day, Lee''s advantage disappeared. Meade''s Army
of the Potomac held their ground, outnumbering the
Confederate troops by 20,000. When July 3, the third day of
fighting, was over, more than a third of Lee''s army would be
felled.

It was a much needed victory for the North. Hailed as a
Waterloo in the Northern papers, Gettysburg seemed to prove
that the Union was more than a match for the Army of
Northern Virginia, hailed universally as the most
accomplished army of either the Union or the Confederacy.

The defeat was more than stunning for Lee; it shook the
confidence of a man admired by Southerners and Northerners
alike to the core. Still recovering from the recent death of
his beloved General Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, whom Lee
referred to as his "right arm," Lee seemed more than
dejected by the loss at Gettysburg; he was stricken. He knew
now how important Jackson had been to the Confederacy, and
how crippled the Army of Northern Virginia was without
Jackson.

"It''s my fault," Lee was heard to say after the battle of
Gettysburg. He blamed himself for the loss, and he was not
entirely mistaken; his decision on the third day of battle
to pitch a massive frontal assault on the center of the
Union line, known as Pickett''s Charge, resulted in horrific
casualties that paralyzed the Confederate troops.

Lee''s conviction that his orders had resulted in the heavy
casualties - casualties the Confederate troops, already
outnumbered, could hardly afford - drove him to send a
letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson
Davis, a resignation that was rejected.

Lee''s official resignation may have been denied, but his own
resignation was obvious; the Army of Northern Virginia never
again mounted an offensive attack on the U.S. Forces, nor
did they ever attempt any capture of Northern territory on
the scale of the Gettysburg campaign. The glorious
reputation of the Army of Northern Virginia as invincible
was tarnished permanently, and the Union''s ultimate victory
was only a matter of time.

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