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What the Crimson could have approached as an extra week to prepare for its Nov. 10 clash with undefeated, co-Ivy League leader Penn (6-0, 4-0), quickly developed into one of the season’s most important games for Harvard. Columbia followed up a 27-20 victory over Dartmouth by cruising to a 28-14 defeat of Yale last Saturday, leaving the Crimson focused on the Lions—and only the Lions...
These writers allege that violence is fundamentally written into the ideology of Islam, and thus a clash of civilizations is inevitable between Islam and the West. From Douthat, we learn that this ideology comes from the Prophet of Islam himself, “a Prophet who makes war—in self-defense, arguably, but with a glad heart, a war-like spirit...a spirit that divides the world into the House of Islam and the House of Unbelief, and declares irrevocable enmity between them.” Where, in all that we know about the life of the Prophet...
...This is about a culture clash, more than anything. The FBI is about gathering evidence for a criminal prosecution that will stand up in court, while the CIA is about gathering information about foreign intelligence any way they can, using all techniques at their disposal. Their cultures are so different, which makes it tough to share information...
...Israeli children waiting at a bus stop or eating in a pizzeria. This is not to say that the extreme right in Israel is justified in its views or that figures like Ze’evi are benign. Some of his statements are, in fact, deeply horrific. However, the clash of diverse, even extreme opinions is vital in a democratic state. Although one can question the validity or effectiveness of Israel’s assassination tactics in general (and I often do) it is dangerous to conflate all assassinations as equally justifiable...
...This is the second clash in as many weeks between Arafat and militant Palestinian organizations. Two weeks ago his police killed three Islamist protestors in Gaza at a demonstration against the U.S. bombing of Afghanistan. Now they're rounding up PFLP members. But these are many of the same people alongside whom Arafat's security forces have fought over the past year. How is this affecting the cohesion of his administration...