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Those who know him best say that if McCain has regrets about the race he ran or his choice of Sarah Palin to be his running mate, they do not show. He tells his staff over and over again, "Don't look back in anger." Several of his former advisers say he is still sore at many of his fellow Republicans who mocked his selection of Palin or who McCain believes did not work overtime to help him. His friends blame the media and the economy for McCain's loss, while former aides grumble about Palin and the general embarrassment...
...until George W. Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq in 2003 did the peace movement come near the level of anger that defined the Vietnam War. Sheehan held vigil outside President Bush's Texas ranch, demanding an audience with the man who ordered the war in Iraq that killed her 24-year-old son. Michael Moore's 2004 documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 created a firestorm of antiwar and anti-Bush sentiment, while thousands of civilian protesters have staged "die-ins" in Washington and across the country to give a vivid picture of the costs of the Iraq war. As that conflict...
There were good reasons for this. After eight years of fear-mongering and war-hawking, many of us were ready for something—anything—different. But it was more than simply anger and exasperation that drove us to the polls. Barack Obama gave us a reason to vote for him, rather than just another lame excuse to vote against them. We were taken by his formidable intellect and his youthful energy. We were interested in his story, inspired by his eloquence, and impressed with his honesty. Older generations who had endured the stinging insults of racism found...
...deal that it had been expected to sign with Fatah later this month. Indeed, Palestinian public opinion has turned so sharply against Abbas over this issue that Hamas may be tempted to hold off on reconciling with its rivals while its political position is strengthened by the tide of anger over the Geneva intervention. (See pictures of heartbreak in the Middle East...
...When people say it's a video game - just like playing Xbox - I really take offense at that," he says. "You have to have an air sense and all that aeronautical decision-making down pat." While he has never had to fire a missile in anger, he knows that is likely to change once he begins his new assignment. "I'm going to be there to help the men and women on the ground who are risking their lives," he says. "It lets them see who's around the corner...