Word: contemptable
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...public pronouncements, Iran has expressed only contempt for the goals of the U.S.-led coalition. Yet few diplomats, including top U.S. specialists, doubt that Tehran is determined to remain a bystander in the conflict. "I would be flabbergasted if Iran made a 180 degrees turn, violated the U.N. resolutions and sacrificed its neutrality," says a European envoy in Riyadh. Says a senior British diplomat in London: "Iran has nothing to gain by getting involved in the war against the allies. Among other things, its military is in terrible shape as a result of the Iran-Iraq...
...have sought, with anthems and flags and bells, with care packages and valentines and yellow ribbons, to find ways of expressing solidarity with those most at risk and for their loved ones. There is a measure of atonement in this by a country that treated Vietnam veterans with unjustified contempt. "When these guys come back, we're going to make sure they come back to a hero's welcome," says Doug Swardstrom, a prowar investment counselor in Los Angeles. "We're going to organize the biggest parade they've ever seen...
Yesterday, as we all know, the first allied bombs fell on Iraq and occupied Kuwait. This is a matter of deep regret for all people who cherish human life. One person is responsible for the destruction that will be unleashed in the coming weeks: Saddam Hussein. His barbarous contempt for basic human rights and the norms of international conduct have brought--and will continue to bring--sorrow to countless families in Kuwait and other allied nations...
Bush said "all reasonable efforts" to resolve the Persian Gulf by diplomacy had failed and that Iraqi President "Saddam Hussein met every overture of peace with contempt...
...central irony. While Gorbachev seems to be relying more and more on the army, KGB and other conservatives to buttress his presidential powers and save what remains of perestroika, the right seems convinced that it can do very well without Gorbachev. Many of its members regard him with open contempt as a leader who has reduced the Soviet Union, once a proud superpower, to literal beggary, making it dependent on food and other economic aid from the West...