Word: calloused
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...face it, an American life is worth more than a Bosnian life, at least to our government. It may sound callous, but would any patriotic American really want the U.S. Government to care more about, say, Zimbabweans than U.S. Nationals? The only thing that can justify putting our servicemen in such grave danger is the national interest, and that clearly is not involved here...
...much as I loathed John Demjanjuk, I resented him more, with his impassive silence, his callous, almost bored, demeanor as he faced his accusers, his careless and demonstrably false alibi," Ryan wrote...
...callous as Saddam, the losses of a few planes and missile batteries, a factory and a total of 50 casualties are pinpricks. But they were enough to unsettle America's allies. France, Britain, Russia, Syria, Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia all expressed concern...
...During the campaign, he denounced as "callous" President Bush's policy of returning refugees to Haiti. Last week, fearing that his statement would produce a new flood of boat people heading for the U.S., Clinton switched again and embraced the Bush approach, at least for the moment...
...conversions, which revived the lingering impression of Clinton as a "pander bear" who would say anything to get elected. His aides backed away from a promise to trim the White House staff 25%; plans to present an economic blueprint on Jan. 21 were postponed six weeks. After condemning as "callous" the Bush policy of turning back boatloads of Haitians, including those with valid asylum claims, Clinton had to reverse himself when he found out that as many as 10,000 Haitians were preparing to brave dangerous seas once he was sworn in. Last week he embraced the Bush policy...