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...does not normally expect a Republican American President to confirm the wisdom of a Chinese communist, but if ever proof were needed of Mao Zedong's maxim that "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun," the war in Afghanistan waged by George W. Bush's Administration has just supplied it. To the shock, it might be added, of those Americans who, but the day before yesterday, still did not appreciate how awe-inspiring their country's military had become. At the end of October, as the forces of the Northern Alliance seemed to shirk a fight...
...various warlords and armies who filled the void left by the retreating Taliban. Even if the international community sends a peacekeeping force to Kabul, the country faces an uphill battle to shed a political culture based on Mao's dictum that "political power grows out of the barrel...
...budget is in the hands of Swift, we call on her to exercise the careful deliberation that the Legislature lacked. We implore her to make the difficult cuts wisely, being sure that worthwhile programs do not end up suffering while needless ones go untouched as the result of pork barrel legislative priorities. One such example is the attempt by lawmakers to quietly gut the budgets of the Office of the Inspector General and the State Ethics Commission and blame it on the recession. Swift should be able to see through these self-interested maneuvers, and work to fashion a budget...
That doesn't mean that Amtrak, a creature of pork-barrel politics, is the right entity to revive rail travel. Burdened by the conflicting missions of providing comprehensive nationwide service and making a profit, Amtrak has failed at both. Now many experts are concluding that Amtrak as we know it will probably have to be scrapped--perhaps to be replaced by semiprivatized, regional passenger-train networks...
...pain. Chief among those countries is Russia, the world's second-largest producer. If Russia (along with Norway and Mexico) doesn't cooperate, OPEC has hinted there will be no production cuts. That could mean a price war that would drive crude oil down to around $10 a barrel - well below the $25 average that OPEC favors. So far, Russia has agreed only to a 50,000-barrel...