AlexandreAnother  +  948909 Wed, 21 Oct 09 01:20 PM Perhaps China should have omitted the military parade? It conflicts with its peaceful rise. But wait, that would be a lack of transparency of its military. How else to be more transparent? Why not a reality show, on the plains of Iraq of course! Shouldn't it be "Why not a reality show, on the plains of Iraq of course?" instead? AlexandreAnother Joined on Mon, Jul 28 2008 New Member 49 Countries, Asia, China

	Cool Breeze  +  948927 Wed, 21 Oct 09 01:51 PM The author thinks of the sentence as more of a suggestion than a question and has therefore opted not to use a question mark. That sometimes happens with why questions. CB Cool Breeze Joined on Fri, Apr 7 2006 Senior Member 3,979 "I hope you'll all live to be 150 years old - and the last voice you hear is mine!" Frank Sinatra on stage in Oslo, Norway, 28 September 1991 Punctuation, Question Marks, Sentences