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...Defense of George W. Bush Michael Kinsley's essay on Bush's failures fails to take into account legitimate concerns over growing terrorism before the Bush Administration [Jan. 12]. He dismisses the 1993 World Trade Center attack and the 2000 U.S.S. Cole bombing - which killed 17 U.S. sailors - to create the image of a fear-mongering President. Kinsley scolds Bush for not keeping his promises, but Kinsley must realize that these circumstances call for extreme measures. Raza Syed Hoda, ITHACA...
Democracy in Action In your article about democracy in Asia, you stated that "a fundamental function [of government is to] protect citizens from harm" [Jan. 12]. This is just what the Israeli government is doing. After repeatedly warning Hamas that it would attack if Hamas continued to rain rockets on Israel, Israel attacked. The Palestinian people governed by Hamas are suffering terribly, but the Hamas leaders refuse to stop the attacks. They care more about trying to destroy Israel than helping their own people. Why is the Indian government blamed for not protecting its people when Israel is condemned...
...Jakes offered a warning as well as a blessing: "You cannot change what you will not confront," he said. "This is a moment of confrontation in this country ... The problems are mighty and the solutions are not simple, and everywhere you turn there will be a critic waiting to attack every decision that you make. But you are all fired up, sir, and you are ready to go. And this nation goes with you. God goes with you." (See pictures of how Barack Obama prepared his speech...
...made many enemies over his career - from Chechen warlords and the Russian military to neo-fascists and nationalist organizations. He had worked closely with Novaya Gazeta investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya before she was murdered in 2006 and had recently begun to look into the circumstances behind the November attack on journalist Mikhail Beketov, a beating that left Beketov in a coma for two weeks and resulted in the amputation of a leg and some fingers...
...Perhaps it should. While the death toll was low compared with other recent attacks, the bomber - Shamsullah Rehman, according to the Taliban spokesman who took credit for the blast - was able to penetrate the very center of Kabul. He detonated his Toyota Corolla in front of the German embassy and across the street from a U.S. military base on one of the most well-guarded roads in the capital. The attack took place less than two months after a similar bombing in front of the U.S. embassy that killed four, and just over a year after an audacious commando-style...