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...grim scenes of all-out war in the West Bank seemed to have a particularly depressing impact in Washington and Crawford, Texas. After months on the sidelines, the Bush Administration recently tiptoed into the peacemaking fray--to contain the combat between the Israelis and Palestinians but also to try to assuage Arab resistance to a U.S. military campaign against Iraq. Palestinian and Israeli sources told TIME that both Sharon and Arafat called Secretary of State Colin Powell as Israel mobilized its forces last Friday. When Bush woke up Friday morning in Crawford, he was informed of the Israeli assault during...
...about the battle in the Shah-i-Kot Valley in southeastern Afghanistan, I could not help wondering about American military "intelligence" [THE WAR, March 18]. Underestimating the enemy's numbers and not fully appreciating their will to fight, as well as relying upon local forces to carry out the combat, were aspects of the Vietnam conflict. Going after one or two injured or killed men has been tried in numerous wars, and the result is usually the same--more casualties. I'm not saying that it is right to leave bodies behind, but this obsession with retrieving American casualties...
...Christopher Morris' photos of General Tommy Franks' Central Command in Tampa, Fla. [NATION, March 18], left a lot of you wondering about the attire of the top brass. "Isn't it ludicrous for Franks and his staff to be wearing combat boots and fatigues while sitting around their air-conditioned offices?" asked a Floridian. "Are they expecting to be rushed to the front?" An Arizonan noted, "The camouflage uniforms and combat boots 7,700 miles from the front lines smack of comic opera and macho imagery. Franks and his men appear ready to pick up arms and meet the enemy...
...most lethal attack this year of the 10-year insurgency that has claimed more than 120,000 lives, 20 soldiers were left dead as well as one member of a civilian self-defense group. The assailants were thought to be members of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), avenging the recent arrest of 150 suspected gspc supporters...
When he got to Harvard, the situation only worsened. To combat his misery, he was drinking frequently, experimenting with drugs and making friendships and romantic attachments that he now considers unhealthy. “Back then, I called it fun, but now I call it sin,” he reflects with a laugh. “I began to realize that I needed Jesus to intervene and to point out to me how bad my life was and how much easier and better it could be if I accepted him as my Lord and Savior...