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...lead in advocating military action. In this respect he is very peculiar among today's Europeans, most of whom (with their political leaders) inhabit a postreligious world of moral relativities. Blair's "preachiness" sticks in the gullet of even many Britons who otherwise admire him. As his aides assert, however, Blair's religious beliefs make him a natural interlocutor for an American President for whom "moral clarity" is the lodestone of policy...
TURKEY Ankara is worried that postwar instability in Iraq would provoke Iraqi Kurds to assert their independence, thereby inciting Turkish Kurds to follow suit. Still, Turkey has strong historical ties with the U.S. and counts on Washington's backing for further IMF assistance. The pro-Islamic government would probably allow the U.S. to use some air bases and would support special forces en route to Iraq but not the transit of large numbers of ground troops...
...have known, I too am Jewish and sang in the Jewish a cappella group Mizmor Shir. It is thus with a more personal touch that I find his parallel to be misinformed and unhelpful. Yiddish is undoubtedly recognized as an official language, spoken primarily by Jews for centuries. To assert that Ebonics is as widely accepted as an official language among African-Americans is a leap that one should be wary to make, regardless of what Vaux has to say in defense of its validity. The debate over Ebonics remains decidedly that—the assertion that Ebonics holds strong...
Iraqi officials say they believe Washington suggested the choice of al-Sajoud palace that day to U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspections Commission (UNMOVIC) chief Hans Blix for a different reason. Iraqi officials assert that the Americans directed inspectors to the compound because they thought Saddam was in the area and they wanted to see how accurately U.S. intelligence was tracking his movements. However the site was chosen, Baghdad believes Washington may have wound up with useful information. Since the Tuesday-morning destination was a secret, inspectors were surprised to be greeted within 10 minutes of their arrival by none other...
...projection of everything the tormented Charlie would like to be: a Hollywood smoothie, entirely uncursed by doubt, depression or dismay at the ratchety workings of the world. And see Adaptation as, at its best, a schizoid, almost bipolar comedy in which a basically glum guy struggles to assert his withered gleeful side...