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The elephant was the presence of Canadian troops in Afghanistan , where they are under fire from Taliban insurgents , and the charges that Pakistan is serving as a safe haven and supply base for those same insurgents . Deficiencies are generally limited to high pH , sandy soils when plants are under drought stress . That is , they are under both ethical and epistemic obligations to argue for the truth of what they take themselves to believe when they are faced with religious others who appear to believe something different and to act differently based upon such difference in belief . A large proportion of them were Sikhs seeking political asylum ( Sikhs were under suspicion by the government of India for anti-national activities during this period ) . They knew they were under suspicion , and , being hitherto of excellent name , it made them very unhappy , for it must be confessed that they believed what they did to be uncanny if not absolutely wicked ; nevertheless , in spite of this they throve , and kept their strength when all their neighbours were pinched . " Young Black and Latino men living in America 's ghettos and barrios are under siege from , and at war with , the police , " Chambliss writes . Now these gains are under siege by the recession and its aftermath . It is ironic that intellectual property rights are under siege in this new idea economy .