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...appears to be insisting that before there is haggling over the precise contents of an incentive package to coax North Korea to retreat from its nuclear-weapons status, it wants an end to what it calls the "hostile policy" of the U.S. - in other words, it wants Washington to abandon policies aimed at "regime change...
Even Isaacson admits that "Direct talks with Iran will not persuade it to abandon its nuclear dreams right away." Then why should we engage in negotiations that will only embolden the Iranian regime and give it credibility in the Western world? Isolation of that rogue nation with sanctions is the only way to proceed until either its immoderate leadership is changed or it is willing to stop developing its nascent nuclear program, the avowed objective of which is to destroy Israel and dominate the Middle East. NELSON MARANS Silver Spring...
...bankers here. 2. “Waiting for Godot.” Putting up this famously inscrutable play on campus would give us all even more of an excuse to bandy about words like “existentialism” and “Ubermensch” with reckless abandon, and that’s just dangerous. 1. “Moulin Rouge.” No. (I know that Moulin Rouge isn’t a play per se, and my apologies to all those who really like the movie, but I really do have nightmares about some form...
...sales in stores throughout the nation that are advertised to (you guessed it!) everyone. So rather than just an expression of religious beliefs, Christmas has become a distinctly American tradition. Obviously then, the pipe dream of continued cultural purity surrounding Christmas is one that many would do well to abandon...
...Postelection Pivoting "Searching for a Strategy" [Nov. 20] reported that some Republicans are afraid "the White House is about to abandon the neoconservative project to bring democracy to the Middle East." But what right does the President have to decide which system other countries should live under? Democracy has to be desired, demanded and understood by the people. Look at the histories of prominent democracies; most involve civil wars, revolutions or painful, bloody transitions. In Iraq the concept of democracy is strange and new, so it is inevitable that democratization will be a long, drawn-out process with many pitfalls...