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There's certainly room for straight talk and firmness in U.S. diplomacy. Bush's clarity could inspire sounder policy. To keep the tough talk constructive, though, Bush will need perfect pitch. Some may dismiss his verbal "realism" as the bluster of a green President who wants to puff up his toughness and resolve. Others may see the candor as a sign of overt hostility?and simply stop listening. Bashing Russia fuels anti-American forces in Russian society. Isolating North Korea doesn't reduce its threatening missiles. The Aegis could hurt rather than help Taiwan's security. How, asks Brookings Institution...
...never a high priority for Ronald Reagan. He offered a different model for dealing with the Russians. The '80s model went by the name of peace through strength. But it was more than that. It was judicious but unapologetic unilateralism. It was willingness--in the face of threats and bluster from foreign adversaries and nervous apprehension from domestic critics--to do what the U.S. needed to do for its own security. Regardless...
...sure, the Libyan leader has been known to temper his bluster with conciliation, particularly in the last few years. Libya has already agreed to pay $33 million in compensation to families of the 171 people killed when a French airliner was shot down over Niger in 1989; six Libyan officers, including Gaddafi's brother-in-law, received life sentences in absentia from a French court in 1999 for that attack. An investigative judge, Jean-Louis Brugui?re, was given the go-ahead late last year to pursue Gaddafi for "complicity in voluntary homicide," complicating France's advocacy...
...rallies followed all week. About 140 people lined up outside Gillis' house with KTRU bumper stickers covering their mouths. Rice's Student Association, in a moment of grandeur, condemned the shutdown and invoked a "clear line of authority from the Student Association Senate to KTRU." To all this bluster, the administration expressed, they said, "no strong reaction...
...island. Each is given a different weapon--assault rifle, machete, crossbow--and ordered to kill until only one is left standing. Bloodshed--lots of it--ensues. Education Minister NOBUTAKA MACHIMURA had urged the filmmakers to tone down the brutality, while members of parliament sought to ban the film. The bluster led to long lines outside theaters two days before its premiere. As Japan has seen a rash of violent youth crimes recently, the film hits close to home: the day Royale opened, a 17-year-old boy wielding a baseball bat injured eight. The film's director, KINJI FUKASAKU...