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...Israel defeated all comers in traditional battle. But it is now fighting an asymmetrical war against small cells who hide among civilians in Gaza and southern Lebanon. It is hard to wage such a war without alienating those you want on your side. Insurgents commit an atrocity--and wait for the ruling power to overreact, kill civilians and give the cycle of hatred another twist...
...suspended captain of the Harvard football team, will appear in court on July 19 for a pretrial hearing following his June 5 arrest on charges that he assaulted his ex-girlfriend.Thomas faces charges of assault and battery, breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony, and destruction of property stemming from the incident in Currier House.A 2-page narrative of the June 5 events, included in a Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) report filed recently with the Middlesex County District Attorney’s office, offered new details on the circumstances surrounding Thomas’ arrest, which The Crimson first...
Thomas faces charges of assault and battery, breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony, and destruction of property stemming from the incident in Currier House...
...allies. Iraq may turn out to be a peaceful and thriving democracy, but Bush himself concedes he doesn't foresee that happening before he leaves the stage 30 months from now. If Bush hopes to salvage a more popular, less contested legacy, he needs to commit himself to something big and attainable beyond Iraq--a strategic rapprochement with Iran, perhaps, or a Marshall Plan for African development--and bring allies on board for the ride. Of course, the longing for a foreign policy legacy is common to all lame-duck Presidents; more often than not, such quests have ended...
Among Presidents with transformational ambitions, lasting success was limited to the team of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman. Roosevelt used the opportunity provided by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor to commit the U.S. to multilateralism. In the words of Yale historian John Gaddis, Roosevelt expanded American hegemony by scrapping both isolation and unilateralism: "He never neglected, as Wilson did, the need to keep proclaimed interests from extending beyond actual capabilities." He linked Wilsonian ideals to a realist vision, combining the attractive power of his Four Freedoms with the idea of four policemen (later five, with the addition...