Word: blowback
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...Italy and elsewhere, that leaves space for populists like Bossi to harvest new supporters by leading the charge for a fast pullout. These days Berlusconi is more vulnerable to recalcitrant allies in the face of near daily blowback from a private-life scandal that began in April when his estranged wife accused him of "frequenting underage females...
...There has not been blowback. In fact, almost everyone I talk to says, I absolutely understand where you are going, and we understand what we are trying to do. Sometimes people say, But what if...? I just go back and I say, We put instances in the directive where in certain cases if you have...
...trouble is that the law was passed by Congress and, if Obama decided to go around the legislature, he would face political blowback. The current law allows gays to serve, so long as they keep their sexual orientation secret. The legislation means that a majority of the 535 members of Congress is going to have to vote to undo the ban - and that will have its political fallout. Obama is plainly taking his cue from the 1993 fiasco, which hurt Clinton's relationship with conservative members of Congress, both Democratic and Republican, and with many in uniform...
That's one reason failure in Afghanistan is not an option. An Afghan businessman adds another. He lived through the resistance to the Soviets in the 1980s, only to see the U.S. abandon Afghanistan when they left. Another betrayal, he thinks, could produce the same blowback that helped lead to 9/11. "If Afghanistan is sold out again," he says, "you would be basically giving 60% of the nation into the hands of the people who want to destroy the West. And I can tell you that these young Afghans are ingenious, they are creative and they know...
...were tougher, and more far reaching, than anything Obama had pushed for, and both White House advisers and the investment-banking community claimed that Dodd's provisions could have the perverse incentive of causing firms that really need help to refuse it. "I was sort of surprised by the blowback on it when nobody offered a counter idea," Dodd says, noting that his amendment passed by a voice vote, with no opposition. As evidence of how much distrust there is of Dodd these days, some commentators reacted to the provisions by claiming the Senator was just doing the bidding...