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...didn't Casey and Khalilzad do so? Their refusal to utter the "w" word reflects the broader lack of candor that still characterizes our debate about what to do in Iraq. The White House now says it intends to stop using the phrase "staying the course," and Democratic leaders talk about the need for a "new strategy," but neither is willing to publicly commit to a definitive plan - also known by the more politically perjorative phrase "timetable" - for getting U.S. troops out. In the Washington Post today, Richard Holbrooke argues for Bush to "disengage" from Iraq and seek a political...
There is a method to this anguish. Self-deprecation and empathy are powerful political tools. Obama's candor is reminiscent of John McCain, who once said of his first marriage, "People wouldn't think so highly of me if they knew more about that." Obama's empathy is reminiscent of Bill Clinton, although the Senator's compassion tends to be less damp than Clinton's: it's more about understanding your argument than feeling your pain. Both those qualities have been integral to Obama's charm from the start. His Harvard Law School classmate Michael Froman told me Obama...
...appreciate the many thousand little wonderful things about his personality. His mild temper, sharp wit, indescribable humor, as well as an almost passionate earnestness, all gradually laid solid foundation to countless cherished friendships around campus. In the eyes of many, there hardly exists a better paradigm of kindness and candor than Hui, and often his presence suffices to deliver a magic bliss by setting cheerful tones to nearly all occasions. I cannot picture the scene of the accident, as Hui’s image has been and ought to be the antithesis and antidote against pain and suffering, not their...
...three days of fighting last week. At this point, Palestinians seem to think they are closer to seeing civil war than to realizing their dream of a viable, independent state. "We are used to blaming our mistakes on others," says Hamas spokesman Ghazi Hamad in a moment of candor. "But we have all been attacked by the bacteria of stupidity...
...Such candor can be dangerous in China. In the past 18 months, journalists, religious figures, public advocacy lawyers and others, including an activist attempting to set up a Green political party, have been detained or jailed for speaking out. But Wen, a Dalian native who was inspired to take up the cause as a teenager after watching antiwhaling actions by Greenpeace on TV, argues that most local environmental groups are too timid to stir much public interest. "To get publicity in the Chinese media, you need the sort of provocative actions that Greenpeace used to do," he says. "Most groups...