Word: bitter
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...thought deeply about what he wants to get across. ''Arafat carried out what I consider to be atrocities,'' he says. ''But I've said more than once in the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict, we make peace, or we negotiate meaningful steps toward peace, with enemies. Sometimes bitter enemies.'' Peace is not yet a fact between the Israelis and the Palestinians. But Rabin and Arafat are Men of the Year because they have taken those meaningful steps from which it will be difficult to turn back. The idea of peace, once planted, is a powerful incentive to two peoples...
North Korea and South Korea once viewed their encounters in international sporting competitions as proxy warfare. And therein lies the symbolic importance of their decision, announced Tuesday, to field a joint team for the 2006 Asian Games and the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. The once-bitter enemies had already marched together in opening ceremonies at the two previous Olympiads in Sydney and Athens. But fielding a joint team is a major affirmation of the principle that the separate states of North Korea and South Korea nonetheless constitute a single nation. It is also a victory for Seoul, which has been...
Ignoring its bitter experience trying to save democracy in Vietnam, the U.S. again finds itself bogged down - this time in Afghanistan and Iraq. It seems the U.S. doesn't learn from history. Whereas the basic objective that led American troops into Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq remains noble - projecting America's commitment to democratic ideals - subsequent developments have proved the Washington strategists wrong. Once the immediate, specific objective has been achieved, it is time to get out, leaving it to Afghans and Iraqis to sort out their internal problems. Afghans without the Taliban and Iraqis without Saddam Hussein can rebuild their...
...Ignoring its bitter experience trying to save democracy in Vietnam, the U.S. again finds itself bogged down?this time in Afghanistan and Iraq. It seems the U.S. doesn't learn from history. Whereas the basic objective that led American troops into Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq remains noble?projecting America's commitment to democratic ideals?subsequent developments have proved the Washington strategists wrong. Once the immediate, specific objective has been achieved, it is time to get out, leaving it to Afghans and Iraqis to sort out their internal problems. Afghans without the Taliban and Iraqis without Saddam Hussein can rebuild their...
Let’s give Lamont a test run. I’ll even invite Meisel to have coffee with me in the café. Since he’s from the Quad, I’d imagine he prefers his coffee bitter...