Word: coercion
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...rebuild Europe in the aftermath of World War II [Aug. 15-22]. The Marshall Plan helped restore Europe after a devastating war by relieving, as Marshall put it, "hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos." The Condi (and Bush) doctrine attempts to restore Iraq by forcing democracy down Iraqis' throats, using coercion and military occupation. Notwithstanding Rice's and the Administration's claim that the insurgency is coming under control, the body count keeps rising daily, with no end in sight for the quagmire in Iraq. Ralph Kress La Mesa, California...
...with Marshall is like comparing a bad apple with a good one. The Marshall Plan helped restore Europe after a devastating war by relieving, as Marshall put it, "hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos." The Condi (and Bush) doctrine attempts to restore Iraq by forcing democracy down Iraqis' throats, using coercion and military occupation. Notwithstanding Rice's and the Administration's claim that the insurgency is coming under control, the body count keeps rising daily, with no end in sight for the quagmire in Iraq. Ralph Kress La Mesa, California, U.S. Your article said Rice's becoming the "running mate...
...room for guarded optimism. Seoul's electricity offer is indeed a big carrot. And Pyongyang should realize that if it keeps saying no to big incentives, even those countries that presently fear confrontation will have an increasingly hard time telling American hard-liners why they refuse to contemplate coercion against the North...
...have been aware that they were about to be blown up. "In a majority of cases, you find hands chained to the steering column, so these were not volunteers," says al-Juboori, the Interior Ministry spokesman. But U.S. investigators who have looked into scores of cases believe coercion is rare. Navy Commander Fred Gaghan, head of the Combined Explosives Exploitation Cell, which has investigated more than 60 bombings in the past five months, has not found any evidence of fetters. "They don't need them, because they have plenty of volunteers who will do it willingly," he says...
...Case for Press Freedom TIME inc. has asked the U.S. supreme Court to review lower-court decisions and rule that TIME's White House correspondent Matthew Cooper not be jailed for refusing to disclose confidential sources [May 23]. I commend you for standing up to government interference and coercion. Each day our rights as Americans are slowly being eroded while, for the most part, people sit by and let it happen. Please don't give up and don't give in. There are many people who support TIME and Cooper. Daniel Silva Newark, New Jersey...