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...mourning in America. Russell Kussman Los Angeles Kklein quoted a senior administration official who referred to the failure of Bush's Iraq policy as "a Mick Jagger moment ... You can't always get what you want." Now we will find out if the President recognizes that he has to abandon his six-year Under My Thumb approach to dealing with Congress. Jay P. Maille Pleasanton, California, U.S. Covering the Results I was flabbergasted that your cover in the wake of the Democratic election triumph was a Venn diagram with the headline "Why the Center Is the New Place...
...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...
...Commander Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama sent armed troops to surround the police barracks in Suva. For several days beforehand, his soldiers had been patrolling the streets of the capital, Suva, as the Commander repeated his "non-negotiable" demands that Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase resign and that his government abandon moves to exonerate perpetrators of the attempted coup...
...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 along...
...years, the U.S. and its allies have cajoled, threatened and sanctioned North Korea in an unsuccessful bid to persuade its rogue leader, Kim Jong Il, to abandon his nuclear-weapons program. Now, the U.S. hopes, it's hitting Kim where it really hurts. Following a U.N. Security Council resolution banning the export of luxury goods to North Korea, last week the U.S. published a list of some 60 forbidden fruits, including iPods, Segway scooters, cognac, leather handbags, silk underwear, plasma TVs, baby grand pianos, jetskis, snowmobiles and eau de toilette. It's not just an attempt to personally aggravate...