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...civilizing one, as if they aimed to do no more than bring afternoon tea or the metric system to those in less fortunate lands.) Stripped of all its justifications, imperialism means rule by someone else. In the 21st century, it is implausible to expect an occupied people will accept such a fate happily...
...France still struggles to accept the regime of torture implemented by its soldiers in Algeria in a vain attempt to suppress the nationalist rebellion in the late 1950s. The French political class has been in denial for decades; they'd prefer to pretend it didn't happen. Not so the soldiers. The general in charge of counterinsurgency in Algiers, Paul Aussaresses, recently stirred the pot in a memoir in which he explained that torture was essential to achieving France's goals in Algeria. You sent me to suppress the rebellion, he argued. This was the only...
...Briefing the President After reading about the recently declassified Presidential Daily Brief of Aug. 6, 2001, entitled "Bin Laden Determined To Strike in US" [April 19], I found it difficult to accept Bush's view that the memo contained no indication of a terrorist threat or a time and place of attack. The brief stated that there were "patterns of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks" and that "a group of bin Laden supporters was in the US planning attacks with explosives." How much more detailed did the memo have...
...majority of voters in Taiwan, regardless of political belief, is not who governs but whether the election process and the vote held on March 20 were legal, objective and fair. If many of us who oppose President Chen Shui-ban could believe that his election was honest, we would accept our defeat, determined to come back again in another four years. But we think the election was tainted with fraud, misconduct and irregularities, not to mention the failed assassination attempt on the President. Many Taiwanese are angry and vexed that we were stripped of our right to an honest...
After reading about the recently declassified Presidential Daily Brief of Aug. 6, 2001, titled "Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US" [April 19], I found it difficult to accept Bush's view that the memo contained no indication of a terrorist threat or a time and place of attack. The brief stated that there were "patterns of suspicious activity in this country consistent with preparations for hijackings or other types of attacks" and that "a group of Bin Ladin supporters was in the US planning attacks with explosives." How much more detailed did the memo have to be? BEN ADAMS...