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...shipments were violently seized. In 1995, when Serb militants attacked Srebrenica, a safe zone for refugees, U.N. blue helmets did not engage militarily to protect the refugees. Instead, the U.N. mission’s lack of communications and an unclear mandate allowed the Serbs to carry out the largest civilian massacre in Europe since World War II. For the U.N., the general rule seems to be inaction in preventing and ending human rights atrocities. Inaction marks the U.N. even when its own economic and social humanitarian projects become unenforceable as a result of local tyrants...
There are 22 Harvard cadets in the Army, 18 in the Navy and seven in the Air Force, although first-year numbers are still fluctuating. Their lives are similar to Harvard’s civilian students—they live and eat in the dorms, they take Harvard classes, they’re involved with sports teams, Harvard Model Congress and other activities that will be of little service in a war zone. But come 6:30 a.m. on Monday mornings, their college lives sharply diverge from their classmates’. For a week, FM marched alongside Harvard?...
...More and more civilian institutions are recruiting heavily from the military. A doctor coming out of the army is looked at very, very favorably,” he says...
...myself have been strongly critical of Israel’s policies with regard to the settlements, with regard to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s foolish policy of destroying Palestinian Authority Chair Yasser Arafat’s compound and with regard to sending rockets into densely populated civilian areas as part of its otherwise legitimate efforts to target on-going terrorists. I favor a Palestinian state and strongly support the peace process. Nobody has ever accused me of being anti-Semitic. Nor to my knowledge has anyone ever accused other critics of Israel of bigotry. University President Lawrence...
...Because the JDAM could so effectively cripple Iraq's military, senior Pentagon officials believe the U.S. could topple Saddam with a maximum of 250,000 troops, less than half the number it massed to drive his forces from Kuwait in 1991. The weapon's precision should minimize damage to civilian structures, making post-Saddam Iraq easier to rebuild...