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...international community must now focus on the future of Iraq because, although we opposed the war, America now has a real opportunity—or rather, responsibility—to improve the lives of the Iraqi people. And President Bush and his civilian administrator, J. Paul Bremer, are squandering that opportunity in the face of growing hostility from Iraqi civilians to Western administration of the country. The March 8 signing of an interim constitution makes Iraq on paper one of the most liberal states in the Middle East, granting a number of economic and social rights most Arabs can only...
...Three subsequent presidential elections seemed to substantiate those hopes. The victor of the 1992 contest, Kim Young Sam, was a lifelong civilian politician, not a military surrogate. The 1997 election went to Kim Dae Jung, a lifelong dissident politician. And the 2002 election led to the inauguration of Roh, a human-rights lawyer and outspoken critic of the "old style" of South Korean cronyism...
...this wasn’t basketball calling for them. This wasn’t for a lucrative salary, or even fame. They gave up the gentle lull of civilian life because they had a vision...
...ambushed along the way by hundreds of Waziri tribesmen. It was a complete rout. The tribesmen killed about 22 government troops, and are holding hostage at least another 16. And many of the government troops escaped by running to different houses and pleading for mercy, asking to be given civilian clothes and then slipping away. Basically, they deserted...
...Haiti, with few respected leaders and democratic institutions, will not be easy to turn around. The rebel hero Philippe has long been under investigation for ties to drug trafficking. (He denies any involvement.) Some of his ex-military allies are linked to atrocities, including civilian massacres. The constitutionally mandated interim President, Supreme Court Chief Boniface Alexandre, is barely recognizable to most Haitians, though he won applause for appointing an untainted national police chief last week. Alexandre's main task, to hold a special presidential election, is vexed by the fact that Haiti's parliament shut down in January and Aristide...