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...fighter and being a leader. During the last Democratic debate, I wondered what would have happened if Clinton had been President during a critical situation like the Cuban missile crisis. Would we have had nuclear warfare because she would have tried to show how tough she is? I'd bet Obama would have acted as J.F.K. did, carefully considering his options and finding a way for the Soviets to save face and back away, thereby getting the U.S. what it wanted while preventing a nuclear holocaust. Clinton has not shown she understands that the presidency demands leadership above...
...LINE: Risky bet. That snub in the S.C. primary may have shot his chance at this ticket...
...fighter and being a leader. During the last Democratic debate, I wondered what would have happened if Clinton had been President during a critical situation like the Cuban missile crisis. Would we have had nuclear warfare because she would have tried to show how tough she is? I'd bet Obama would have acted as J.F.K. did, carefully considering his options and finding a way for the Soviets to save face and back away, thereby getting the U.S. what it wanted while preventing a nuclear holocaust. Clinton has not shown she understands that the presidency demands leadership above...
...including me,” Rosen added. “I think the essential thing is to generate an Iraq which is not an aggressor state, which is not falling apart.” ON THE BOOKS Lost somewhere in Allison’s Kennedy School office is a betting book that documents just how confident Belfer Center experts were that Americans would discover biological or chemical weapons in Iraq. “People always misremember their own views,” Allison said. This is why the man who once worked next to Colin Powell likes to make...
...science professor at Birzeit University, says Israel has "tens of thousands" of Palestinian informers on its payroll. Some keep tabs on who prays at mosques, while others burrow into militant cells, planting bugs and betraying planned actions to their controllers. "Every small part of Palestinian life is under Shin Bet control," says Abdul Jawad. "You need their permission to travel from one town to another, to study, to drive a car, even to sell your goods, and you can only get these permits if you collaborate...