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...Iraq venture made over the years by the President, Vice President and secretary of defense. That kind of overly optimistic talk, McCain said, "has contributed enormously to the frustration that Americans feel today because they were led to believe this could be some kind of day at the beach, which many of us fully understood from the beginning would be a very, very difficult undertaking...
...civilians with its rockets. Israel is a democratic nation-state with the right of self-defense. Comparing the two is akin to saying the U.S. and al-Qaeda are on the same moral plane. The U.S. does not negotiate with terrorists, and neither should Israel. Matt Lakemacher Round Lake Beach, Illinois...
Corrupt politicians are as much a part of Brazilian life as exquisitely skilled soccer stars, carnival queens and scantily clad beach babes. One post-war politician in Sao Paulo state won three terms as mayor and governor with the dubious endorsement that "he steals, but he gets things done." Former president Fernando Collor de Mello was impeached in 1992 over a corruption scandal, and in 2001 it was revealed that fraudsters had bled an astonishing $2 billion from two government agencies established to help the country's poor...
...island of Lampedusa, the southernmost dot on Italy's map, is prized above all for the crystal clarity of its turquoise waters. But this same stretch of Mediterranean is rapidly acquiring a much darker notoriety. Once again this summer, as both Italian and foreign sun-lovers soak up their beach holidays, boatloads of would-be immigrants from North Africa have been aiming for Lampedusa's coastline in a desperate attempt to reach European shores. And with tragic predictablity, the lovely waters have turned lethal. Officials fear that as many as 60 people perished in the open sea near the rocky...
...contact and rubbing on the boat." One bright spot is the cooperation and solidarity he finds from anonymous volunteers, who are increasingly flying down to the Canaries to help, and even the impromptu aid of local vacationers. Lemus recalled when one recent boat washed ashore near a popular beach, several locals rushed over to help the immigrants, "warming them up with their bodies, giving them cover from the sun. It's happened several times, and it's beautiful...