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...after the 9/11 attacks the U.S. had persevered in flushing the Taliban out of power in Afghanistan rather than starting a war in Iraq, there would have been more international resolve to stop the likes of North Korea from developing a nuclear bomb. But now the Muslim world believes the West has declared war on Islam, and rogue nations have learned that the possession of nuclear bombs can serve as a deterrent to the U.S. At least during the cold war we had two superpowers in opposition whose fear of each other made for peace for everyone, but today danger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 11/20/2006 | See Source »

...There are now about 42,000 Western troops (slightly more than half American) deployed in Afghanistan. They often summon the U.S. Air Force to bomb enemy positions, indicating just how resilient these mountain fighters can be. Nearly 300 Americans have been killed in and around Afghanistan, about 10% of the U.S. death toll in Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Iraq Debate Could Help Afghanistan | 11/20/2006 | See Source »

...bubbles to public-domain clip art images.The first strip targeted the official title of the American military operation in Afghanistan, with a clip-art businessman shouting a phrase that is now well-known to the strip’s fans: “Yes! Operation: Enduring Our Freedom To Bomb The Living Fuck Out Of You is in the house!!!” Still produced with a direct simplicity, GYWO features roughly a dozen clip-art illustrations of nameless office workers.But after five years of merciless lampooning and, recently, nationwide Democratic victories, Rees is anticipating the end of GYWO...

Author: By Richard S. Beck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Revolutionary Stripper | 11/16/2006 | See Source »

...used to create weapons. That's a position the Israelis strongly back, and it's the reason they tend to paint the current moment - when Iran is conducting enrichment experiments but is assumed to be as much as a decade away from having the capacity to assemble a bomb - as a life-threatening emergency not only to Israel, but ultimately to the entire West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush's Iraq-Iran-Israel Dilemma | 11/16/2006 | See Source »

...Rashid Ali Shah Vroomshoop, the Netherlands If after the 9/11 attacks the U.S. had persevered in flushing the Taliban out of power in Afghanistan rather than starting a war in Iraq, there would have been more international resolve to stop the likes of North Korea from developing a nuclear bomb. But now the Muslim world believes the West has declared war on Islam, and rogue nations have learned that the possession of nuclear bombs can serve as a deterrent to the U.S. The world is a divided and unsafe place. At least during the cold war we had two superpowers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Global Wine Glut | 11/14/2006 | See Source »

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