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...least as expressed by the leaders of the current Administration. What are the wellsprings of current sour European attitudes to the U.S., and how deep are they? How long will they last? How serious are their implications for the ability of the great democracies to work together to confront some of the most pressing issues facing the world? It's easy to dismiss Europe's current, curdled view of things American as something that will change over time. After all, it has done so before. Sure, the argument goes, the Bush Administration has alienated Europe - over Iraq and Guant...
That doesn't make war inevitable. But at some point the U.S. and its allies may have to confront the ultimate choice. The Bush Administration has said it won't tolerate Iran having a nuclear weapon. Once it does, the regime will have the capacity to carry out Ahmadinejad's threats to eliminate Israel. And in practical terms, the U.S. would have to consider military action long before Iran had an actual bomb. In military circles, there is a debate about where--and when--to draw that line. U.S. intelligence chief John Negroponte told TIME in April that Iran...
...Several other recurring threads also keep the show full of soap opera-like drama. Raised in a deeply religious setting, Lonelyboy43 evidently has a number of repressed conflicts with his father that he has yet to confront. Fan postings reveal a great deal of empathy for him in his struggles: "Ur dad is such a controll freak!!!" writes sk8rdooode16. "Don't let him run ur life 4u. Have faith in urself...
...many students at Harvard have chosen to engage. Hundreds protested the invasion of Iraq in 2003, because the lives of thousands of Iraqis and young Americans were worth it to them. Some hurled themselves into election campaigns. Others campaigned to call attention to genocide in distant Darfur or to confront injustices closer to home...
...training before they are allowed to come face-to-face with a terrorist," followed by supervised fieldwork before they can direct an interrogation. Detainees are also questioned by subject-matter experts - analysts who may have been following a terrorist's bloody career for years before getting the opportunity to confront their target in person...