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Why does the United States still keep substantial numbers of soldiers in Europe?
If I recall correctly, the US maintains about 30,000 men in Germany alone and thousands more in different European countries. I understand the need to project power and to rapidly deploy to any theatre of conflict, but isn't positioning an entire…
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Why is Palestine not a state yet?
Why hasn't a country named Palestine been created yet?
Why does Israel from time to time build and destroy settlements in those areas?
What is the fundamental problem between Israel and Palestine?
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Why did the former SSR countries like Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia face no trouble from Russia joining NATO and EU?
Why did the former SSR countries like Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia face no trouble from Russia to join NATO and EU, while countries like Georgia and Ukraine were/are facing Russian military invasions?
user4514
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Why is imposing vaccination / immunization so hard to achieve?
This has been in my mind for a while, so I am breaking the ice on the politics site.
I am living in Romania (Eastern European country within the European Union), so this question might be too localized, although I have heard about similar problems…
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What alternatives to a two-state solution have members of the Israeli Right proposed?
Liberal political blogger Josh Marshall just wrote a blog post discussing the recent U.N. resolution condemning Israeli settlements, but he starts off by discussing the viability of long-term solutions to the Israel-Palestine problem:
There is no…
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Does Gibbard–Satterthwaite theorem apply to all voting systems?
People often say "It's been mathematically proven that no perfect voting system is possible" and cite Arrow's Impossibility Theorem, but Arrow's theorem specifically only applies to ranked/preferential systems. In Dr. Arrow's words, cardinal…
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Voter registration fraud: how is citizenship checked?
This question is motivated by the recent discussions about "voter fraud" and "rigged election" in the media. I am not asking about the extent of actual voter fraud, but about how easy it would be to commit fraud.
There are many potential types of…
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How come Gerrymandering is still legal?
I just came across a post on tumblr including some congressional district borders.
How come state courts do not outright throw this out through the window for not following the compactness rule? I understand the rule might be somewhat fuzzy, but…
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Why does Daesh not attack or even threaten to attack Israel?
How come Daesh/ISIS does not attack Israel, who are supposed to be their worst enemy?
Precision: I'm not asking the reason for the other way around, why isn't Israel attacking IS I'm asking why isn't IS threatening a country like Israel which is…
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When does the US president have to be 35 year old?
The Constitution only says that one needs to have "attained to the Age of thirty five Years" to be "eligible to the Office of President".
So, do you need to have your 35th birthday:
On or before the first primary/caucus?
On or before the nomination…
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How many people are in favor of legalizing marijuana, but have no intention of ever smoking it?
I know someone (an American) who supports legalization of marijuana, but he has no intention of ever smoking it. (He mildly disapproves of it, but doesn't think its consequences are severe enough to be worth jailing people for it. And he believes…
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Why doesn't Canada build housing to control the price of rent, given the country faces skyrocketing rent prices?
Public housing in Singapore is subsidised, built and managed by the
Government of Singapore thorugh the Housing and Development Board
(HDB). The majority of the residential housing developments in
Singapore are publicly governed and developed, and…
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What alternatives do supporters of ceasefire consider for Israel rather than eliminating Hamas?
153 countries have voted for the ceasefire, beside the governments, many people around the world demonstrate against the war and asks Israel to bring an end to the war. My question is that, what compensation do these proponents of ceasefire consider…
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Why are statements from the "Gaza Health Ministry" taken without a grain of salt?
Western media is constantly reporting casualty figures from the Gaza ministry of health. However the ministry is fully controlled by Hamas and cannot be considered impartial. So why are the casualty numbers taken at face value rather than being…
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Why do you need to get court records transcribed to find out what was said?
It is in the news that it is very expensive for victims to access transcriptions of court proceedings of which they were present. For example one rape survivor said she was quoted £7,500 for the transcript of her trial. An attempted murder victim…
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