Is Pakistan an Asset in the War on Terror?

I actually agree with both sides of the article. The yes side makes great points about peace. Both Pakistan and India want peace and are trying to move towards it. The United States should help with that-if these two nations are able to work things out, that trend might move on to other countries.
I also agree with the no side because of Osama bin Laden. According to the article, he's hiding somewhere in Pakistan. If he's really there, someone has to know. He can't go out and iron his own clothes, do his grocery shopping, etc. Someone must be doing it for him, and that person knows where he is or at least a general area. Someone should really tell where he's hiding. It would bring a killer to justice and would be key in ending terrorism.

Crito Questions

1. The Apology takes place in the court room and the dialogue is between Meletus and Socrates.  there are some people of the court that are present.  Crito takes place in the prison and the dialogue is between Crito and Socrates.  The significance of the details is that in one scene, there are many people and he has to convince them of what he says which they reject.  In the other, it's only Crito and Socrates which makes it personal and dramatic.

2. No. He seemed to be a very avid believer in his ways and I think most people are like that throughout their whole like, not just when they are young or old.

3. He truly believed in what he believed.  It was his life and the people of Athens couldn't take his beliefs away from him.  He was a martyr for his own philosophy more than the city of Athens.

4. His escape would give them even more of an confirmation to convict him.  They would say he escaped which would be a bad thing to do; it would give them more of a reason to execute him.  He would've broken two laws.  It would also go against his theory of not backing down from one's beliefs.

5. He argues that no matter what they do, he can't do it back, and it makes sense; he would be acting just like them.  He'd be at their level, not above them. 

Apology Questions

1. Socrates faces two charges.  One is impiety and the other charge is corrupting the young.

2. To defend himself, he first states that the charges against him were very old-made when the accusers were only children and were swayed very easily.  He says that he speaks in the way he wants and should be able to.  He has to defend against two classes of accusers, the older ones and newer ones.

3. He doesn't secure his own acquittal because, I believe, he wants to be proven innocent by the others.  If he's not, then that's the way it goes.

4. Yes, throughout his life, he had been living how he had preached.  He wanted to speak how he wanted and live how he wanted.  He lived it through his life and up until his death.  His voice for the wise and not the many was how he lived.

5. Yes there can be.  If someone is willing to live out their beliefs and die for them, I think it can be good, in a way.  People will always look at them as someone who lived out their beliefs and that can be good.

6. I think he believes himself to be very wise since he was calling himself the voice of the wise.  He called himself that because he was very educated and could speak for those who were also very educated and wise.  I believe he sees himself at the same level or a little higher than the others.

7. For Socrates, maybe yes.  he knew or felt that he was going to be found guilty.  He believed that he should die for them.  For myself, I don't think I'd die on the spot for them.  If I was in a situation like Cassie during Columbine, I'd say yes.  If I didn't I would've died not saying what I truly believed.