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After picking up a second draw in four days, the Fire head back from Denver with their heads held high after collecting a good road point. The last match before the World Cup break will offer a considerable challenge as league-leading Seattle Sounders, a team in good spirits after a 4-0 drubbing of RSL last weekend, come to Toyota Park Saturday night (LIVE on My50 at 7:30pm CT). Here are some things to keep an eye on from a tactical perspective…
Limiting the involvement of Chad Barrett – stopping the supply to the former Fire striker
In the absence of Clint Dempsey, former Fire striker Chad Barrett has stepped up and performed extremely well for the Sounders. Despite his size and the fact the club have Kenny Cooper in their ranks, coach Sigi Schmid has deployed Barrett as a target striker in recent matches to great effect.
Barrett seems to have modeled his new found role after San Jose Earthquakes striker Steven Lenhart, often using his head or chest to cushion the ball in the direction of his fellow attackers such as Obi Martins and Lamar Nagle. Barrett has also chipped in with two goals in his last two matches for the Sounders.
Barrett is deceptively good in the air too, and with players like Brad Evans and Marco Pappa putting in crosses, the Fire need to be aware of where Barrett is on the field at all times. Against RSL last week, Barrett often found space by peeling off and making runs to the back post undetected. He was almost found a number of occasions and but for some better crosses/through balls, he might have a lot more than one goal.
Similar to players like Marco Pappa and Justin Mapp, the Fire fan base is openly divided about Barrett's contributions as a Fire player. One thing's for sure, he would like nothing more than contributing to the Fire's downfall on Saturday night.
Limiting the Sounders set piece opportunities – not allowing Pineda and Pappa to put in dangerous deliveries
Though the Fire have improved greatly at defending set pieces, the Sounders will give them a stern test on Saturday evening.
With the twin threats of Gonzalo Pineda and Marco Pappa, Seattle posses two of the best dead ball takers in MLS. The Fire will also need to deal with players like Brad Evans, Zack Scott and Chad Marshall, defenders who are very good in the air.
On set pieces, the Sounders usually have two routines. The first is to whip the ball into the box and look for someone like Marshall or Barrett to get a head on it. The second is to float the ball into the box and look to attack the second ball after a Sounders player heads it back across the box in the direction of where the free kick came from.
The Fire gave up 13 fouls in Colorado and were very aggressive against Robbie Keane last Saturday at Toyota Park. The Men in Red have made a number of mental mistakes on set pieces this season so limiting the number of fouls in the Fire's defensive third will be critical on Saturday night.
Targeting Seattle's central defensive pairing – keeping the ball on the ground and using our attacking pace
With what the Sounders central defenders have in experience and aerial ability, they certainly lack in pace – something the Fire should be looking to target on Saturday night.
Marshall, Scott and Djimi Traore are all very accomplished defenders but aren't always comfortable in 1v1 situations, especially against an attacker with pace. With this in mind, I wouldn't be surprised if Frank Yallop goes with a lot of pace and trickery when choosing his attacking players for this match.
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An attacking midfield trio of Benji Joya, Harry Shipp and Grant Ward with Quincy Amarikwa playing ahead of them would be very difficult for the Seattle defense. All four players are very good in 1v1 situations and Ward and Amarikwa aren't afraid to take players on.
On Saturday night, the Fire should be focusing on attacking Seattle centrally and if the players mentioned can pick up the ball in the space between Osvaldo Alonso and the Sounders central defenders, it could result in the breakthrough.
Prediction: The Fire head into the World Cup break with another point – 1-1 with a goal from Benji Joya.
Stephen Piggott is a contributor to Chicago-Fire.com. Follow him on Twitter @irish_steve.
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This week, after a frustrating match in Columbus, it was revealed that the Fire are so decimated by injuries the assistant coaches had to fill in a practice scrimmage last week to make up numbers. Granted, even past their playing shape, the coaches C.J. Brown, Clint Mathis, and Brian McBride would win most 3v3 tourneys in this city today, but it shows just how handcuffed Frank Yallop's roster can get when the injury bug hits.
Yallop said he won't use injuries as an excuse, which is great, that's what every coach says, but I don't like it. I think that injury is a great excuse. It's not an excuse for playing poorly, because every excuse for playing poorly sucks. Rather, injuries can be excuses for other things. For roster shake ups, for weird substitutions, for tactical changes, for second chances, and so on.
QUESTION: Would Rookie of the Year candidate Harry Shipp have gotten this much tick to prove himself if Alex and Dilly Duka weren't hurt to start the season?
Injuries are totally natural and can be a blessing when they force a team to break from what's comfortable, but basically they're unpredictable and infuriating. I mean, every team and player has them, but no team or player has them exactly the same. So it's the way teams, coaches and players deal with their inevitability that makes injuries what they are as well as an interesting excuse.
Once they hit, do you go to the market to find replacements or call on young players? Do you stack the squad with depth at the beginning of the season, or hope to ride out the injuries when they come? What about the players with previous injury issues - do you monitor their minutes? Alter their training regimen?
So far, I've found Yallop's approach to injuries fascinating and impressive. The work he did to improve the squad this year is a real strength. Remember that after the frustrating results vs. Philadelphia last season, we were talking about the Patrick Nyarko/Chris Rolfe striking partnership.
This Fire team's depth should be able to deal with an injury bug and the kinds of personnel changes a full season requires. That's why it was nice to see Dilly Duka get a run out on Saturday, even if he's short of match fitness, and Grant Ward get a chance to show why his name caused so much excitement during preseason.
All year, Yallop has rewarded players for playing well, simple as that. So you know that any injury also means an opportunity for someone else. When preseason starters like Gonzalo Segares and Alex were hit by injuries, they were replaced by rookies Greg Cochrane and Shipp, who've proved themselves to varying degrees.
On Saturday the Fire were without Alex, Bakary Soumare, Patrick Nyarko, Mike Magee, and Lovel Palmer, for reasons as diverse as calf soreness to kidney stones. Good luck preparing for those scenarios in preseason video sessions.
The other interesting thing about injuries is that they're a totally natural thing. Their existence is the proof that what we watch and turn over as pastime is actually an excruciating tug of war between physical performance and physical possibility. Somewhere in between there is the place where muscles and ligaments break down, where a body suffers. Injury bugs are a reminder that we're watching athletes push themselves to their limits.
Ben Schuman-Stoler is a contributor to Chicago-Fire.com. Follow him on Twitter @bsto.
It's part of the magic of footy mythology that even with 22 players on the field, every game seems to center around the actions of a few trolls or the one great Prince. The other 20 or so characters stay in the background. But what makes the mythology live and move through time is that inevitably the seemingly inconsequential side characters develop their own story.
In Chicago, right now, that story is Quincy Amarikwa. For five years, his role in the fight scene was as a spear-holding extra, stabbing at people now and then as the camera panned by overhead. But now, the guy is hot. He's wearing face paint and screaming at people from his horse. I mean he's not only, finally, getting a run of starts, but he's already matched his top goals number in April. He's got not one but two hashtags of his own, he's running an internet marketing consultant business, he's teaching Sparky how to do laundry, and he's even risen to Fantasy fame.
After another goal in the Battle of the Franks in Montreal, people all over the league are taking notice. Not that Amarikwa is hiding. That's not his style. Saturday's matchup against former manager Frank Klopas brought a lot of cute nostalgic quotes, but Amarikwa was the only one who cut through the platitudes, saying, "Obviously it was nice to show him why I should have played more last year."
It's something that Amarikwa is used to, this approach of proving yourself. In a recent interview, he explained his approach as a substitute: You got five minutes to prove it, so prove it. Maybe that's why his substitute appearances were always marked by an almost impossible level of energy, physicality, hustle, and pace. He might only have five minutes, but he would bust those five minutes apart.
You can see as much in highlights from his past appearances. Turning guys, taking people on, ripping shots - no matter who the great Prince was in a particular game, Amarikwa demanded your attention. He was jumping in front of the camera, demanding his own scene. In San Jose, Colorado, and Toronto, fans loved the guy because he scared opponents - he's direct, pesky, tireless, sharp elbowed, and jacked. In his long haired days he looked like a Samoan rugby player. With his low center of gravity, giant thighs, and changes of direction, he now resembles an NFL fullback.
The problem was goals. Amarikwa was never a prolific scorer. Scoring 4 goals in 5 seasons as a striker isn't enough to get yourself a starting job.
And so, for five years, his MLS job description read something like this: "Impact substitute, sparkplug; i.e. ability to change game and create chances - not necessarily the one to take those chances."
That is, until last year, when Amarikwa was already on his way to dropping the spear and grabbing his own horse. The two bikes against Montreal (HE BIKES WHEN HE WANTS) may have been overshadowed by the excruciating miss in Toronto in September, but he continued to impress. His scoring rate per 90 minutes shot upwards.
Instead of contributing intangibles, he was contributing goals. The flying side volley against RSL helped turn the Fire's season around, and looking back now, it feels like an apt little analogy for his career so far. Because at first glance you watch it and you say, ok, a nice athletic goal late in a game, those are important. Good work. But then you watch the replay and you realize just how quick, how airborne, how technical the finish was. And you say to yourself, wait a minute, wow, that's a real goal scorer's goal.
This year, Amarikwa has started the season with three goals and an assist in five starts. He's the hottest player in the squad. And with manager Frank Yallop rewarding players' good form with minutes, Amarikwa is currently keeping DP Juan Luis Anangono on the bench.
It looks like Amarikwa found the efficacy he was lacking. He's transformed his old five minute blitz - all fight, opportunism, and "eff you" - into a 90 minute attack. It's the step we all wanted, and his mouthwatering partnership with Mike Magee is only just beginning.
What it means is that now, suddenly, the former side character Amarikwa isn't only creeping into the Prince's stories. He's developing a myth of his own.
Ben Schuman-Stoler is a contributor to Chicago-Fire.com. Follow him on Twitter @bsto.
We're not far off from finding out the finalists for the 2013 MLS Most Valuable Player award and the case has more than been made for Mike Magee to take that honor.
Still, MLSsoccer.com's John Bolster recommends the Fire forward for another "not yet awarded" award, that being the league's Most Improved Player.
There's a decent chance if you were coming to Toyota Park from the south, west or even sometimes the north prior to 2011, you played a game called 71st Street Train Roulette.
You know what I'm talking about. 71st Street would provide great access to Toyota Park if only one of those long freight trains wasn't crawling through at the time. If you got past the train tracks, it was a cool final breeze to the stadium.
If you got stopped by the train (especially close to kickoff) it was gut wrenching to have to sit and watch as it slowly passed by or even stop on the tracks as the game began in earnest inside Toyota Park.
At the end of 2011 access to the stadium from north-bound 71st Street was shutdown in order to build an underpass that would eliminate the need for 71st Street Train Roulette. Of course this didn't make things easier for those coming from any of the above mentioned directions as you simply couldn't gain access to the stadium.
It was a two-year headache that made entering and exiting from Toyota Park difficult.
All for the greater good though as the project was completed this past week and a ceremony held Saturday morning featuring Illinois Governor Pat Quinn to open the 71st Street Bridge.
It's been a long wait and we're glad it's over…
Orlando took one step closer to becoming an MLS club Tuesday night as the Orange County Board of Commissioners voted to approve funds for a new multi-purpose, soccer stadium in the town known for mouse ears and making dreams come true.
The club will now enter final negotiations with Major League Soccer to become the league's 21st franchise, with hopes for an official announcement in the next few months.
If it happens that soon, much speculation indicates that Phil Rawlins and Orlando City could enter MLS as early as 2015 along with confirmed expansion New York City FC.
Owned by Stoke City chairman Phil Rawlins, the club has been the cream of the crop in USL-Pro since the franchise to central Florida from Austin in late 2010.
Orlando City won its second USL-Pro championship earlier this year (the first came in 2011) and has also twice won the Commissioner's Cup (USL's form of the Supporter's Shield) in 2011 and 2012.
Of course Chicago Fire fans will remember the Lions best for the two sides meeting in the U.S. Open Cup quarterfinals in June at Toyota Park. An overall media swell surrounded Orlando City's Cinderella run to the final eight, only to see the Fire come out 5-1 winners in the match.
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There were shots off the post, a disallowed goal, more Sean Johnson saves, the dramatic contexts of playoff contention and the last regular season home game of the season - Saturday's win had a handful of talking points, but it had really only one truly interesting scene: Mike Magee's game winning penalty.
Because despite the atmosphere and everything that was at stake, the game, in fact was pretty flat. Maybe it was the rain-soaked field, maybe it was a bit of nerves but Fire fans had to be uncomfortable when they saw the first 10 minutes with little of the urgency, high pressure, and high defensive line that pushed the team to those two huge away wins in D.C. and Dallas. Toronto was finding gaps all over the field to exploit and if it wasn't for such bad finishing by Robert Earnshaw, they would've been in front.
The Fire grew into the game, however, and were in control when Magee scored the winning penalty. Then, as we've seen for the past month or so, the Fire managed the remainder of the and took all the points.
So maybe it's good that it wasn't a spectacle of high drama. Maybe it was just a professional victory -- a cold blooded three point snatch.
But then there was Magee's PK.
Just a few weeks ago, Magee hit the crossbar with what would've been a game winning PK against Montreal. It cost the Fire two crucial points. "Tonight's on me," he said after the game. "It won't be the last one I miss but I'm confident taking them and I'll bury the next one."
It's more or less the approach you expect from someone leading the league in goals and there aren't many better opportunities to pad your stats than from the penalty spot.
And yet, and YET, Saturday's PK was terrifying. I didn't like the way Magee looked, I didn't like his set up. He kept wiping his hands, and he started his run-up exactly at the whistle. You can often tell if a player's going to score their PK based on their face, their calm, their approach, and their cool. We all know Magee is cool in front of goal, but wouldn't the Montreal miss be on his mind? There he was, right in front of Section 8, back in his home city, a stadium chanting MVP - it was a moment, just a second or two, where some people might have thought about the whole chaos of the season. All the missed chances, all the posts they hit, all the points they dropped, all the mistakes and antagonism and pressure.
It happened so fast. Magee didn't let the moment fester. He knew what he was going to do. He knows where the goal is. He wipes his hands, he tugs his shorts down a bit, he looks at the ref waiting for the whistle. When it comes he leaps off the line like a 5k start, skips a bit to the left of the ball, and approaching it that way, executes the deftest of chips right into where the goalie's chest would've been if he hadn't dove down to his right, where he thought Magee would go.
What I love about the way he took it is that he seemed to beat the rhythm of the game. I wanted a dramatic pause. I wanted to consider the entire season in the moment, and I wanted him to look straight at the keeper with fire in his eyes, like Rivaldo in 2002. But then, that's what makes him such a good finisher, isn't it? It's the way he seems to catch defenders and goalies unaware. For some goals he's quicker than you think he can be, and for others he seems to wait an eternity before calmly putting it away. The PK on Saturday was a combination of both. It had the quickness to take a few people by surprise (and short circuit any nerves), and the calmness to chip a Pirlo-esque panenka in front of thousands of people, in the most important game of the season.
After the game, Magee admitted he had some nervousness: "Normally I get up there and don't think twice about missing, and this time the last one off the back of the post was on my mind, so I figured I couldn't hit it off the post if I shot it up the middle."
Even when admitting nerves, he sounds like the doubt in his mind didn't really make him fear not scoring, it just pushed him to score differently.
And so now the Fire go to New York with nerves and doubts, but like Magee, they'll have to use those doubts to push forward. They've learned from their mistakes against Montreal (and Columbus, and etc. etc.) but for three games in a row they've managed games and have a chance to finish the season the way Magee finished his PK: maybe a little afraid of the posts, maybe not exactly with the suave calmness of a secure playoff spot, but with a chance to kill it off, take the points, and head into the playoffs.
The Fire won back-to-back away games and scored six goals. They sit in a playoff position and control their own fate with two games remaining. Juan Luis Anangono is heating up. Mike Magee is so hot he's scoring goals by accident. Sean Johnson is playing like, and being recognized as, one of the four or five best American goalies. Jeff Larentowicz is owning midfields. Jalil Anibaba and Austin Berry are two of only three MLS players who've played every single minute so far this season and their defensive relationship is finally solidifying. There's real depth on the outside and through the middle (where captain Logan Pause and summer standout Daniel Paladini are working to get past Alex and Arevalo Rios).
That's the general view right now. The squad is playing up to their potential and the depth is supporting them. The competition for spots is pushing everyone harder, and the depth is allowing Frank Klopas to cover for injuries, international duty (Rios, Lindpere), or to go with the hotter player (Anangono over Chris Rolfe).
In other words, things are shaping up nicely. The general feeling is a good one, momentum is building, the Twitter trolls have returned to their caves, and it's hard to fend off enticing thoughts like, you know those lower-seeded teams that barrel into the playoffs and scare everyone because they're playing with momentum and confidence? What if the Fire can be that team?
All season long, the Fire's major problem was consistency. They were infuriatingly inconsistent from game to game and, indeed, from half to half. Maybe it was a focus thing, maybe it was a changing personnel thing, who knows. But now the Fire are managing games better. They're attacking straight from the beginning. They're pressuring the ball all over the field. They're getting crucial two-goal advantages and defending well enough to hold on to them.
We saw all that last week in D.C., where a super high defensive line pushed the Fire team way up the field to pressure United players into mistakes that led to chances and goals. We saw the same thing in Dallas on Saturday night. Alex, especially, was way up the field in the first half, never letting the Dallas players play the ball comfortable in their own half. (Magee, Anangono, Patrick Nyarko, and Dilly Duka deserve credit too.) How many shots did the Fire have at the top of the Dallas box in the first 30 minutes? It was harassment.
So just like in DC, a high defensive line and concentrated pressure led to a 2-0 first half lead. But just like in DC, we saw where it could be dangerous. We saw the team pay the price of so much early pressure, with Nyarko tweaking a hamstring and the rest of the team almost running out of gas late in the second half. We also saw how pushing too eagerly can be scary:
But I like this high pressure because it fits the moment, with the Fire desperately needing these results to make the playoffs. There are just two games left and the Fire have to prove their potentially newfound consistency beyond the past two away wins. They have to show the urgency and the commitment and the work rate into the next two games, too. Klopas's high risk and high pressure tactic fits.
It's a great moment: After all the work and all the struggle, suddenly the players' quality shines through. Suddenly everybody trusts each other. Goals and points happen. Anibaba scores a stunner. Other teams hit the posts.
I don't know about predicting anything against Toronto and New York. But if we keep seeing the Fire play as they have these past two games, they'll get to play a few more.
Bet you didn't see that title coming two weeks ago did you?
While much of MLS sat idle this weekend, teams in the thick of the Eastern Conference playoff race nearly played a full slate with perhaps the Fire coming away as the biggest winners from the weekend's results.
A look at where the race stands heading into the final two weeks of the season...
x - 1) New York Red Bulls
Current Points: 53 (15-9-8)
Games Remaining: 2 (1 home / 1 away)
Last 5 Games: DDWWW (11pts)
2013 Home/Away Record: 10-2-4 / 5-7-4
Maximum Possible Pts: 59
Average Opponents Pts: 47.0
Remaining Schedule: 10/20 @ HOU, 10/27 vs. CHI
Rundown: New York sat idle this weekend, letting the rest of the Eastern Conference catch up to them on games played. Already qualified for the playoffs, Red Bull will be watching the Cascadia clash between Seattle and Portland closely Sunday night as it will have significant implications on the Supporters Shield race.
Red Bull will certainly be in the mix for their first true silverware the last two weeks of the season but with so many teams still in contention for the hardware, Fire fans shouldn't expect New York to put out a weaker lineup on the last day of the season.
A win this week vs. Houston would at the very least lock up a top two finish in the East for New York while a loss would make things very interesting…
x - 2) Sporting KC
Current Points: 52 (15-10-7)
Games Remaining: 2 (1 home / 1 away)
Last 5: DWLWW (10pts)
2013 Home/Away Record: 8-5-3 / 7-5-4
Maximum Possible Pts: 58
Average Opponents Pts: 31
Remaining Schedule: 10/18 vs. D.C., 10/23 vs. OLI**, 10/26 @ PHI
Rundown: Sporting KC could have controlled their own destiny for the top spot in the East if they would have won out but Wednesday's draw at Houston means they've relinquished that opportunity to New York.
Still, Sporting welcomes D.C. United this weekend and will no doubt be in the equation for both that top spot and potentially the Supporters Shield race on the final day of the season.
By virtue of the draw between Philadelphia and D.C. United Saturday, they also locked down a playoff berth. A win Saturday vs. D.C. and Sporting will lock in a top two finish in the East.
3) Houston Dynamo
Current Points: 48 (13-10-9)
Games Remaining: 1 (1 home / 1 away)
Last 5 Games: DWWWL (10pts)
2013 Home/Away Record: 9-3-4 / 4-6-4
Maximum Possible Points: 56
Average Opponents Pts: 34.5
Remaining Schedule: 10/20 vs. NY, 10/24 @ AU**, 10/27 @ D.C.
Rundown: The midweek draw vs. Sporting KC cooled off the Dynamo's hot streak just a bit, leaving them exposed to a potential drop in the standings at the weekend. Fortunately for Houston, Montreal fell to New England and the Dynamo are still in with a small chance for a top of the East finish.
With three games in eight days to end the season, the Dynamo have a huge week ahead of them beginning Saturday vs. New York.
How the qualify this week: A win over New York combined with a Philadelphia loss or draw to Montreal or a win over New York combined with a Philadelphia draw/win and a Chicago loss or draw to Toronto FC.
4) Montreal Impact
Current Points: 46 (13-11-7)
Games Remaining: 3 (1 home/ 2 away)
Last 5 Games: LLDLL (1pts)
2013 Home/Away Record: 9-4-3 / 4-7-4
Maximum Possible Pts: 56
Average Opponents Pts: 39
Remaining Schedule: 10/16 @ LA, 10/19 vs. PHI, 10/26 @ TFC
Rundown: Oh how the mighty have fallen. Long holders of the Eastern Conference top spot the first half of the season, Montreal are now winless in their last five following Saturday's 1-0 defeat to New England.
Montreal still hold a game in hand over the rest of the East but make that up with a tough midweek match Wednesday at LA. In that game the Impact will be down two starters in Matteo Ferrari and Davy Arnaud due to yellow card accumulation while Landon Donovan returns to the Galaxy from U.S. Men's National Team duty.
A loss in that match and Montreal will officially be in the dog fight for one of the knockout playoff spots and will have to recover quickly as they'll host fellow contender Philadelphia three days later.
How they qualify this week: Two wins vs. LA and Philadelphia is the simplest way but a combined four points with the win coming against Philadelphia along with either a New England loss/draw to Columbus or a Fire loss to Toronto FC.
5) Chicago Fire
Current Points: 46 (13-12-7)
Games Remaining: 2 (1 home / 1 away)
Last 5 Games: WWDLW (10pts)
2013 Home / Away Record: 9-4-3 / 4-7-4
Maximum Possible Pts: 52
Average Opponents Pts: 39.5
Remaining Schedule: 10/19 vs. TFC, 10/27 @ NY
Rundown: Following the disappointing 2-2 draw to Montreal on September 28, naysayers said the Fire should give up on the season and "play the kids" with only home game remaining out of their final four.
Two weeks later, they've won two straight MLS games for the first time since early July and both of them came on the road. Naysayers…
Now above the red line and tied on points with Montreal (and Philadelphia), the Fire are actually in a position where they could clinch a playoff berth this weekend and still have the possibility to finish in the East's top three spots, something that would have been unthinkable back in mid-May.
With two games left, the Fire control their own playoff destiny and after two confidence boosting victories, have a very winnable game in Saturday's home finale vs. Toronto FC.
How they qualify this week: A Chicago win over Toronto FC combined with a Philadelphia loss vs. Montreal and a New England loss or draw vs. Columbus.
With the Chicago and Philadelphia even on points, how would this work you ask? If the Fire won and Union lost, couldn't they still catch the Fire on points? Yes, but they would only tie Chicago and the Fire would already have a two-game edge in the first tie breaker which is total wins.
With both Montreal/Philadelphia and New England/Columbus ending before the Fire/TFC game, Saturday could be a very special night at Toyota Park. Get your tickets!
6) Philadelphia Union
Current Points: 46 (12-10-10)
Games Remaining: 2 (1 home / 1 away)
Last 5 Games: DWWLL (7pts)
2013 Home/Away Record: 7-4-5 / 5-6-5
Maximum Possible Points: 52
Average Opponents Pts: 49
Remaining Schedule: 10/19 @ MTL, 10/26 vs. SKC
Rundown: For two weeks in a row, Philadelphia have needed a very late goal to stay in the hunt for a playoff spot. On Saturday though Jack McInerney's strike was only good enough to equalize with lowly D.C. United, meaning the Union missed out on a huge opportunity to gain crucial points ahead of what will be two tough matches at Montreal and vs. Sporting KC to end the season.
How they qualify this week: Even if Philadelphia beats Montreal (and the Impact have lost to LA at midweek) and the Fire and Revolution both lose to Toronto and Columbus respectively, Philly would still need to get a point in the final week against Sporting KC.
7) New England Revolution
Current Points: 45 (12-11-9)
Games Remaining: 2 (1 home / 1 away)
Last 5 Games: WDDWL (8pts)
2013 Home/Away Record: 7-5-4 / 5-7-4
Maximum Possible Points: 51
Average Opponents Pts: 41
Remaining Schedule: 10/19 vs. CLB, 10/27 @ CLB
Rundown: New England bounced back well from a disappointing 2-2 draw last week at New York, earning a valuable 1-0 away win in Montreal but still find themselves in a difficult spot after the Fire win in Dallas and Philly's last gasp draw in D.C.
An odd home-and-home series with Columbus (who are now all but out of the playoff race) will help determine their playoff fate but even if they win both matches to close the season, they'll need help in the form of two teams above them dropping points. With Montreal, Chicago and Philadelphia all just one point ahead and the Impact and Union facing each other this week, New England still has plenty to play for.
8) Columbus Crew
Current Points: 41 (12-15-5)
Games Remaining: 2 (1 home / 1 away)
Last 5 Games: LWWWL (9pts)
2013 Home / Away Record: 7-6-3 / 5-9-2
Maximum Possible Points: 47
Average Opponents Pts: 42
Remaining Schedule: 10/19 @ NE, 10/27 vs. NE
Rundown: The Revolution and Fire wins as well as the Union draw pretty much put to bed the Crew's hopes for the postseason. It's not that they're mathematically out, it's just that it's damn near improbable that all the results that would need to go Columbus' way would.
It's not even worth getting into with two weeks left but if they can play a little spoiler and win at New England this weekend and are still in the hunt on the final day, I'll explain it next week.
After getting the job done in DC last Friday night, the Fire head south to take on a FC Dallas side needing a miracle to make the MLS Cup playoffs Saturday night (7pm CT My50/TWC Wisconsin). Dallas are in free fall and despite the Fire's record in Texas, the Men in Red should be settling for nothing less than three points. Here are some things to keep an eye on from a tactical perspective.
Perez away on Panama duty
Blas Perez has all the characteristics of an elite CONCACAF striker: finishing ability, gamesmanship and non-stop focus; similar to Carlos Ruiz. So perhaps it's a good thing that the Dallas's leading goal scorer is away for Panama's crucial World Cup qualifying match with Mexico this weekend.
Perez has 11 goals on the year, with his closest teammate being Kenny Cooper at four. In Perez's absence, it's hard to see Dallas switching way from their lone striker formation and Cooper would seem the likely candidate to slot in after ending his nearly five-month goal scoring drought last weekend vs. RSL.
Cooper is a powerful forward that has historically done well against the Fire, tallying six goals in 12 career matches. With a goal last weekend under his belt and Dallas fighting for their playoff lives, he won't be one to take lightly.
Focusing on Jackson – the Brazilian is instrumental in the Hoops' attack
Jackson has impressed me in Dallas's most recent matches against Columbus and RSL. He normally operates on the right wing, trying to get the ball inside to Perez or a midfield runner. In the last match against RSL, Jackson drifted inside more often.
This was in part due to the fact that RSL had a man sent off early after a disgraceful tackle on the Brazilian. He also showed that he can be a threat in the box, forcing Nick Rimando into a brilliant 1v1 save after an attempted flick over the keeper with the outside of his foot.
In last week's match against DC, the Fire played a very open style of play in the first half, attacking in numbers. If you only looked at the score line, you would think that this tactic was a success but it could've been a lot different if it wasn't for Sean Johnson. He bailed his team out with some brilliant saves after DC caught the Fire out with too many players forward.
It is understandable that the Fire will play in a similar fashion against Dallas due to the need for three points but allowing a player like Jackson time and space on a counter attack can be very dangerous.
Singling out Kellyn Acosta – targeting the Homegrown wingback
In their most recent home loss to Columbus, FC Dallas were exposed on the wings, most notably on the left where Dominic Oduro torched Zach Loyd. On the right, FC Dallas Homegrown player Kellyn Acosta also looked vulnerable. His distribution out of the back was poor; with the 18-year-old trying to play one-touch passes too often.
Columbus clearly targeted Acosta, with players such as Federico Higuain running at the defender whenever possible. A tactic that I would like to see on Saturday night is a constant switching of the Fire wide players so that Acosta is never comfortable.
If Fire wingers Nyarko, Duka, Alex and Co. can get into 1v1 or 2v1 situations with Acosta, it could pay dividends for the Men in Red.
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Everyone talks about how to keep young people from leaving the state for jobs elsewhere, Canton town Supervisor David T. Button said. The governors proposal which would give complete tax breaks to businesses that locate on or near SUNY campuses and other designated zones could help accomplish that goal, he said.
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Rolston joined USA Hockey after serving as an assistant coach at four different NCAA Division I hockey programs between 1990 and 2004, winning National Championships in 1992 and 1994 with Lake Superior State University. Rolston was an assistant coach at Boston College from 2002-04 and also served as the top assistant at Harvard University from 1999-2002 and as an assistant coach at Clarkson University (1996-99) and Lake Superior State University (1990-95).
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Go back to kernel.org and select F this should be the source
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The latest stable version of the Linux kernel is: 2.4.18 2002-02-25 19:44 UTC "F" V VI Changelog
Ok, I am still kind of new to Linux. And I have recently done some experimenting on my old "Mandrake 8.1" box.
I downloaded the full stock Kernel source (tar file) from "kernel.org" (kernel 2.4.18). This was my first attempt to install a kernel on a comercial distro (I don't count my previous Gentoo installs), so I might have missed some important steps.
Anywho, I can boot and use "X" fine and all. But when I tried installing my Nvidia drivers I get the following error:
#error Modules should never use kernel-headers system headers
#error but headers from an appropriate kernel-source
According to Nvidia the Answer to this error is:
"You need to install the source for the Linux kernel. In most situations you can fix this problem by installing the kernel-source package for your distribution."
Ok, so how do I install source manually from the kernel build I just did?
Thanks ahead of time to any advice anyone can give.
Go back to kernel.org and select F this should be the source
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Sorry about the late reply.
I tried unzipping to /usr/src, but it did not work.
Funny thing though, I know that your linux source is in /usr/src. But according to the "Read Me" file in the unzipped 2.4.18 kernel it recommends that you DO NOT uzipped the kernel to your /usr/src directory? Huh, anyways I don't get this myself, but I still get the same error no matter what.
I am not sure but perhaps its partly because I am using Mandrake on this test machine. And I know it is pretty much like Red Hat linux, in the way they use "symbolic links" to refer to there kernel and some other files in there "/" directory (using almost your whole hard drive for "/home" directory). I did however replace all the symbolic links I encountered when I replaced my kernel though.
Anyways, any help you have would be greatly appreciated.
only root has write permissions to /usr/srcI tried unzipping to /usr/src, but it did not work.
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4.0k Jul 19 01:13 src
The recommendation to not extract your new kernel source directly into /usr/src is actallly quite warranted. When you tar -xzvf kernel-x.y.z.tar.gz it creates a directory called "linux" in the cwd.But according to the "Read Me" file in the unzipped 2.4.18 kernel it recommends that you DO NOT uzipped the kernel to your /usr/src directory? Huh, anyways I don't get this myself, but I still get the same error no matter what.
The practice of many distributions is to have the current kernel directory in /usr/src called "linux". So imagine what you would happen when you extract your new kernel source in /usr/src which makes a new "linux" dir effectively overwriting your current kernels directory.
What some distro's do, as do I, is always name the kernel source dir corresponding to it's release values. Create a link to it called linux.
$ ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.4.19 /usr/src/linux
Even if the latter is the case, it is still best to extract your kernel to a temp directory, and only mv it to /usr/src after you have renamed the kernel directory.
If you want help on the actual kernel compiling process I'd be happy to help, but you'll have to post the exact commands you are using to compile it.This was my first attempt to install a kernel on a comercial distro (I don't count my previous Gentoo installs), so I might have missed some important steps.
I'll be releasing a OMP tutorial on kernel compiling the next time I see Aragorn on irc as well, so feel free to reference that when it is up.
Thanks for the post Aaron! I appreciate your help.
And yes I would be interested to know more about kernel compiling, thanks for the tip on your upcoming tutorial.
About my latest project, I did download and untar the kernel to a home directory. I didn't use a temp dir because it appears that in Mandrake my "/" directory is mounted to a smaller partition (which is full) and "/home" is the remainder of my HDD. This seems to be setup automatically with the installation program.
Therefore I used "symbolic links" just as you mentioned (since I couldn't even mv my untarred "linux" directory over to /usr/src do to lack of space). I also had to create a symbolic link for the "bzImage" in my "/boot" directory (as had previously been the case with the original kernel).
The commands I did were just the basic build steps:
-(I untarred)
-make mrproper
-make xconfig
-make dep
-make $$ bzImage
Note: I did not make modules since I did not select any in my original kernel configuration.
Then the steps I previously mentioned. My kernel works fine, soundcard and all are great. But when I try to install those darn Nvidia modules with the "make install" command (after "make clean" first). I constantly get the same errors about kernel headers, and kernel source.
Anyways, any ideas you may have would be appreciated.
What are you doing to install the Nvidia drivers? Are you following the instructions on the nvidia site?
Do you have the kernel files and GLX files? You only need run make, not make install, when installing the NVIDIA_kernel and NVIDIA_GLX files.
I've never seen just a plain old make in the kernel compilation process, nor have I see make bzImage with the $$'s before. Any significance to those? What instructions are you going by that told you to do it that way?
Sorry about the kernel compile steps I mentioned. They were incorrect, I was responding from work and I thought I had them memorized, but I guess not. The actual steps I followed were:
-make mrproper
-make xconfig
-make dep
-make bzImage
I just did the "make bzImage" as listed in the kernel readme file. everything worked fine like I said.
As for the Nvidia drivers. Yes, I have the kernel and GLX (tarred files for both). The commands I used were from Nvidia, and have worked on all my privious linux distros.
(after untarring each directory, and "cd" to kernel dir first)
"make install" (just using "make" produces the same errors)
I believe that you are supposed to use the complete "make install" command with Nvidia drivers. I was told once on Nvidia's forum page , that since you are not doing a "make config" or anything like that, and because Nvidia drivers are designed directly for installation, and are closed source, that the "make install" was the full procedure to install the drivers using Nvidia's "source kit". But thats just what I heard.
Anyways, thanks again for any help you can give.
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A Congressional Budget Office analysis suggesting the Pentagon budget will be $123 billion higher than expected over the next five years dismisses many of the proposals the department has made to control costs, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little told reporters July 12.
The department has committed to reducing the budget by $487 billion over the next 10 years. The CBO report makes clear that if Congress blocks proposals to achieve cost savings in the 2013 budget – particularly efforts to address skyrocketing personnel costs – the Pentagon will risk violating the strict spending caps that Congress imposed on the department in the Budget Control Act, Little said.
CBO officials applied their own forecast to many of the DOD proposals, according to Little.
As an example, he said, CBO officials assumed Congress would deny the department's request to raise TRICARE fees for certain retirees. The fee increase would mean an additional $13 billion in savings over the next five years.
The budget office also believes Congress will authorize higher military pay raises than DOD currently proposes, Little said.
CBO also assumes DOD will not meet the aggressive targets it has set to control growth in weapons acquisitions costs. The office assumes future acquisitions programs will perform as in the past. "Their analysis makes clear that we can't let that happen, and that we instead have to improve the performance of our acquisitions programs," Little said. "That's precisely what we're doing."
All of the proposals DOD made "were designed to help us meet the spending caps of the Budget Control Act while preserving our ability to invest in maintaining a ready and well-equipped force that remains the strongest on the planet," Little said.
The department has made the tough decisions and based those decisions on sound strategic grounds. "The CBO report underscores the point the secretary has been making: To responsibly square fiscal discipline with national security, you have to make tough decisions informed by a strategy, as we've done," he said.
If Congress does not approve the DOD proposals – or changes other proposals — the department must look to other options for the savings required by the Budget Control Act. "That means cuts to training, weapons modernization and other programs that are essential to avoiding a hollow force," he said.
Little welcomed the CBO report and the discussion it has provoked. "CBO's report makes it clear why we need to continue to press ahead on all fronts with our efforts to achieve cost savings," he said. "And we need the close partnership of Congress to do so."


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Emerging on the scene in 2008 with The Grey Space, an album created during high school, at a time where they linked up with Spit Syndicate and Joyride to form the extended One Day crew. The album was released on Elefant Traks, earning an ARIA nomination and tours with The Herd, Muph & Plutonic and Hermitude – all before the duo turned 21.
Hot on the heels of their debut followed the second album Inside Story in 2009, solidifying their reputation for eloquent lyricism and soulful production, and striking a major chord with a growing legion of fans
Horrorshow have enjoyed an organic rise—they're not anchored by a passing style or sub-cultural fad, consequently their fanbase is loyal and passionate, selling out shows all over Australia. They've sold out every headline show they've ever done in Sydney. They've blitzed all the major Australian festivals, loved by purist hip hop heads while proving their appeal across genres.
In 2010 they tested the waters internationally, supporting Brother Ali and Urthboy in Germany as well as Hilltop Hoods in London. 2011 saw them cement their place amongst the festival favourites playing to over 50,000 people on the Groovin' The Moo Festival and Bliss n Eso's Running on Air Tour. In 2012 they supported Hilltop Hoods for a second time on their Speaking In Tongues Tour performing to massive crowds across Europe and Australia. They rounded out the year by playing a special acoustic show at the world-famous Spielgeltent at Brisbane Festival and collaborated alongside label-mates for the acclaimed Dr Seuss Meets Elefant Traks at Sydney's Opera House.
Horrorshow premiered new single, Unfair Lottery in May 2013. It was hailed by critics for being "close to an instant classic—thoughtful, soulful, catchy" (Matt Shea, The Vine). The accompanying single launches in Sydney and Melbourne sold-out in under a week. Their much anticipated third album King Amongst Many was released on August 2nd and stormed to #2 on the ARIA Album Chart, #1 on the iTunes album chart. It was the highest placed local release and highest ever debut for Elefant Traks.
The record was featured as 'album of the week' on national broadcaster triple j, Sydney's FBi Radio and Melbourne's PBS-FM. The album has since been shortlisted for the prestigious Australian Music Prize and nominated for an Aria Award and j award. Horrorshow's King Amongst Many Tour saw them play to sold-out audiences across the country. They joinined Bliss n Eso on their 'Circus In The Sky Tour in April 2014 playing to approximately 50,000 people.
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What to do in Syria? Western military intervention looks fraught with difficulties, but the situation on the ground is a humanitarian nightmare and is producing greater instability by the week. A recent trip to Turkey and Russia has persuaded me that there might be a path forward. The pressures on Bashar Assad's regime are real and mounting; it is running out of cash and now faces real military pressures from Turkey. These pressures could be heightened and combined with smart diplomacy, and they could push Assad out of power. But that would mean trying to work with the Russian government rather than attacking it.
The U.S. has been bashing Russia for shielding Assad, coddling an ally at the cost of human lives and arming the Syrian military. Some of this is true, some false, and much is exaggeration. But all is unhelpful if the goal is to oust Assad. Unless the U.S. intends to ask Iran for help, Russia is the only country with any influence with the Syrian regime.
Zakaria doesn't seem to understand that radicalization of a country can take place anytime. So many experts are spouting democracy as a solution when it isn't for these people. Just because he offers that as a solution for Syria doesn't mean it will work. According to an Israeli article I read recently, democracy has made things worse in a country that hasn't grown into it. Just look at the Palestinian experiment.......... they elected a terrorist group to be their leaders!! Zakaria is just a screwed up in his opinions as this US administration is lying about the exaggerations about the Russia involvement. It is the pot calling the kettle black. Let them have their civil war..... it will probably get radicalized sooner or later.
Dear Fareed,
Whats your point? You went to Turkey and Russia and now you have the answer to Syrian issues. I thought your boss learned from Tienanmen squire 23 years ago that you can't find solution through CNN. When is the last time CNN visited Walter Reed . Non violent saves lives also topple regimes.
Let us just make sure it does not widen to include the US.
Mr Zakaria, You are absolutely correct. We ignored Russia way more than they deserve to be ignored. Even if we are successful in finding a solution in Syria without Russia help will hurt our relationship in long run with Russia and China. We need to work with Russia and China in finding a solution or leave them to the region or the people of Syria. Eventually they will overcome brutal Asaad. Asaad will never be able to put this history behind him no matter how many innocent lives he take.
I have been following his crisis very closely for many months. The terror tactics the Al Assad regime has been using are Stalinistic in nature, they were taught by the Assad regime by the Russians. In fact, in a very real way the entire Syriam at,y is an extension of the Red Army... All Russian equipment and ammunition, and for the most part Russian trained. Russia is directly culpable for the literally psychopathic torturing and murdering of thousands of men woman and children, that's right, they are directly responsible for YORTURING AMD MURDURING CHILDREN, if you don't think so, then why are they vetoing U.N. intervention? The United Stated has a policy of not negotiating with terrorists; well, in this matter, Vlad Putin is absolutely acting as a terrorist and the U.S.A. must not negotiate with him; rather, we must take a courageous uncompromising stance against him. The U.S. will be energy independent within 10 years, we do not need to kiss Russia's ass, they need us more than we need them and that shall increasingly be the case. Again, Syria is a pawn of Russia, Russia is directly responsible for the atrocities being committed. Russia must be consequenced. The U.S.A. and our allies must show strength to Russia and see too it that their utterly reprehensible actions are consequenced. This will set a precedent and ultimately save lives.
Hooley did you puke all this crap? You have only demonstrated what following CNN closely for months made to your brain! Hooley did you do it?
"Hooliey" sounds like an obscenity in Russian by the way. Hooley do you use such a nickname?
Personally, I appreciate reading your analysis.
I have always felt uneasy about any alliance with the current Russian government.
People, in memory of Rodney King, can we ...get along??? Just NUKE trouble makers, leave everyone else alone.
An interesting fruitful idea... However, the most difficult part is identifying the troublemakers first.
The problem with Russia-bashing is that our top diplomats are ideologically driven morons. Susan "2-bit brain" Rice in the UN does little but froth and threaten, alienating any neutral country and creating ill-will for the US. Hillary Clinton is not exactly a bright light, and her immortal non-diplomatic comment "...our bond with Israel is unshakable." didn't exactly sound impartial to Arab minds.
Back in Dubya's days at least they had no pretense about what (and for whom) the US stood for.
I agree.
If you followed the conflict from the first demonstrations, and the Assad regime crackdown thereon, it is obvious that this is not a sectarian conflict, as Alawite, Christian, Sunni, Kurds, and Shia are not siding with their sectarian interests, but rather taking a stand for freedom. Basically, they will never submit to tyranny—to being shot, detained, tortured and bombarded merely for speaking their truth. That is what is happening.
Free Syria is about freedom. Stop parroting the Assadist regime's lies that this is about sectarianism, or a super-power proxy war, and stand up for freedom, like the heroes of Free Syria are doing.
Do you still believe in Santa, the tooth fairy?
I normally like Fareed Zakaria's articles, I think he is a good ,am who means well; however, I must say that this article is an OUTRAGE! Rissia is directly responsible for this whole crisis. They are behind the Assad regime first coming power and they are behind the terror tactics of torturing and murdering non-violent, innocent protesters, including TORTURING AND MIRDURING CHILDREN. The U.S.A must honor the lives of those innocent Syrian protesters by assuring that Russia loses its port in Suria and loses major influence in Syria when the time comes, and it will, when Bashar has been executed and Syria forges a new Democracy. The Islamic brotherhood is not nearly as bad as people think, they at least have a strong sense of morality and they would be much better, even from a Western point of view, than the current regime, which is literally evil, and a pawn of Russia and Syria, whose governments are also more or less evil. The United States must lead with courage and have a courageous, uncompromising stance towards Russia. We must show strength to Russia, not offer cowardly appeasement. When Russia loses its port and influence in Syria, it will set a precedent which will ultimately save lives.
Hooley you sound like raving moron... I would be concerned if you liked anything about me. But I do not think there would be any reason to worry. I am Russian, you know: for sure you would like me dead. That is OK: I do not like you neither.
Well, I am muslim first then Russian next.
The only thing is you cannot ask me why I cannot live in Russia anymore.
Well, it must have hurt: so somebody went out of his/her way to post this crap here using my name! I do not see it that often here. So it shows that my posting was not in vain and somebody was paying attention! It feels good!
One hopes that after Syria has experienced sectarian warfare Alawite/Shiite versus Sunni, after support given Hezbollah by the Ba'ath Party, the al-Assad family, and the Iranian Ayatollahs against the Maronite Christians of Lebanon, after decades of hostilitiy to the Palestinian Jews (who became Israelis in self-defense), there would be some moderating of this endless violence. People have to learn at some point.
Its truly amazing how foolish we as a people have become. In my country, there's a funny thing that can happen. If an hungry person steals a dough nut, he's gonna go to jail for 15 years. A politician steals a billion dollars and he may actually walk free or tops get 3 years in jail. Bankers in your countries are robbing you dry, and yet they are walking free, and actually gets bailed out too... those same people are sponsoring wars through your military across the world in the name of democracy, killing and destroying families.. and you guys are here talking about sunni and shia age old wars. who are arming the parties? drone strikes in countries suspected of harboring terrorists, killing innocent people and yet clinton is talking about blood on who's hands? look guys, make your leaders responsible, stop them from spending all the money on weapons and use some to take care of your obviously suffering society. believe me, no body is interesting in harming america. its your war machine that is destroying everyone's lives; and yours as well. most people just want to live their lives on their own terms. you are been lied to everyday and obviously you have still not gotten smart enough wake up you dumb fuks!!!
The US should stop trying to be the world's hall monitor and start cooperating with other countries on resolutions to these humanitarian issues. What happened in iraq, with us going in alone, should never happen again. It is not right for the US to shoulder everything- the costs, the blame, the loss of human life.
agree 100% ..... for the very reasons you said. also it would help for us to remove the deeply entrenched career politicians from washington that seem to get us involved in global crap because of some corporate interests ...by way of term limits...remove lobbyists ..IF we did this maybe we could focus on our own country- and people for a change.
The problem of Syria is that USA do not like Assad and it wants to remove Assad.It is sad that so many people are dieing only to fulfill the desire of US people.
because Assad is Dictator and a criminal against humanity .
the US isnt involved, at all...and it should stay that way. I like how people blame us for everything....take some responibility for your own actions for once...leave us out of it!!!
Its time that the world takes care of its self...... Its not up to the US to topple anyone..... Russia and China (and the World) are alway critical of the US and its actions.....time to see how THEY do on the world stage....or will they leave it to us because no one else can take the garanteed firestorm of criticism that will always follow.
I and preety sure 95% of americans are bloody tired of being dragged into every conflict on the globe, either by our own self serving leaders or a world that sits on its hands waiting for 'someone else' to step in because their re afraid of being wrong.
They will leave it to you: because they do not have the ambition to police the world. There is nothing outside that makes you do it: it is all inside your head.
already many around the world are wondering why we are sitting idle 'letting this happen'.
the US is alway damned we do. and damned if we dont.... all in our heads? I wish......
Yes Matt, that is what your "free press" tells you.
I don't know Syria from Lebanon, but I'm familiar with American politics. If the conflict in Syria is anywhere as toxic as US partisan politics, I say stay clear, I wouldn't touch that third rail with an army of 10-foot Poles! In defense of Mr. Zakaria, I must say that his essays are usually intelligent and reasonable.
Just because Zakaria sounds reasonable doesn't mean we need to get involved. The UN is meddling is something it shouldn't. I agree with the Russians on this one. The Syrian issues is their problem. It is what Cilvil wars are about. The people want change and the leadership doesn't. I am seeing a pattern here and it is the UN meddling in sovereign countries problems. Are we really going to have a new world order? If the UN keeps this up, I bet we will.
Fareed, you are super brilliant. But I believe it is none of our business who wins this civil war in Syria (Russia and China also believes this) It is only the West who wishes to pick a side.
We should give weapons and supplies to a bunch of Muslims. I mean worked out last time didn't it?
You are so right, muslims already have guns but just like their pikes they are toooo smallll.
Lets give them big ones.
You know what, we have ever increasing umemployment in this country, resulting in a continuation of an unstable economy and threatening to lower our hard-earned standard of living that we as Americans have come to expect for ourselves and our children and we are concerning ourselves with Syria?!!! Stay the hell out of it! Bring our soldiers home and put all this ridiculous military funding into massive civilian projects to build up our nfrastructure. We need jobs on American soil for American people!
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Go back to your mullah or imam and tell him you are a miserable failure.
Maybe your next assignment should be as a suicide bomber.
India has become too big to govern or create any value for western countries or even for its own population. We have invested a lot of resources in India over the past two decades and given a lot of aid to prop it up. There has been no investment on this return. Instead India has squandered all the resources in building nuclear weapons while poverty remains rampant in the country. We need to revisit our relationship with India. American taxpayers will not tolerate this anymore. We need to take care of our own populace going forward. We cannot be exporting jobs to India or giving it financial or technical handouts.
The thesis is that smaller independent states will generate tremendous economic demand for western nations.
We subscribe to the school of thought that these G2/8/20 etc, IMF, World Bank, superpowers and UN et al have lived their utility and should be undone. Syria is the latest example of why. Syrians are being massacred while everyone is watching. Helpless...powerless...pathetic.
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