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...suppose. But it?s undeniably pro-troops - the ones who went to Iraq at the country?s call, and are now speaking out, demanding veterans? rights, a simple appreciation of their service and its awful cost. Some might say that to criticize the country you fought for is conduct unbecoming an officer. Huze disagrees: "[If] I didn?t speak out about it, that would be unbecoming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dixie Chicks and the Good Soldiers | 9/17/2006 | See Source »

...will have to get involved in that nation's internal affairs. Pakistan continues to be the cesspool of terrorism, and only direct intervention by the West is going to eradicate that threat. Suresh Sheth Houston I'm appalled by ungrateful young Muslims living in foreign lands. Host countries should conduct a survey of Muslim noncitizens. If any complain they are not happy, the host country should ship them back to their native country free of charge. Jeannie V. Didal Davao City, the Philippines From what I have been told, most non-European and nonwhite minorities in the West experience derogatory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Daily Hell of Baghdad | 9/16/2006 | See Source »

...conduct to which Ney has pleaded guilty is similar to the alleged conduct of Senator Conrad Burns and his staff," points out Melanie Sloan, Executive Director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a non-profit watchdog group. "Abramoff has said that Burns and his staff used Signatures [Abramoff's restaurant] like their cafeteria. And Burns took a number of legislative actions on Abramoff's behalf, even as members of his staff went on trip to the 2001 Super Bowl on private jet and visited Sun Cruise gambling ships, which were partly owned by Abramoff. "Abramoff himself said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who's the Next Target in the Abramoff Probe? | 9/15/2006 | See Source »

...especially its movie studio, Paramount Pictures. The unexpected decision to fire Freston, a longtime Redstone friend and lieutenant, comes just two weeks after the chairman surprised the entertainment industry and Main Street by kicking Tom Cruise's production company off the Paramount lot after 14 years, ostensibly for conduct unbecoming high-priced talent whose box-office receipts weren't as boffo as before. Reif Cohen, citing Freston's stellar record at the helm of MTV, predicted that moviemakers won't like news of his dismissal any more than investors did, and she could be right. ?Tom Freston is a friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Redstone Tightens His Grip | 9/5/2006 | See Source »

...naming retired General Joseph Ralston, the former nato Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, as a special anti-p.k.k. coordinator. Ralston has close contacts with the Turkish military and will set up a "tripartite" group between Turkey, Iraq and the U.S. designed to ensure that "the p.k.k. cannot conduct terrorist activities," according to a U.S. State Department spokesman. Ralston is expected to travel to the region later this month. Exactly what shape the initiative will take is not yet clear, although some kind of military response by Turkish forces seems likely. Even before last week's bombings, pressure was building...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Targets, Old Conflicts | 9/3/2006 | See Source »

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