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Anti-war protesters may contend that the Bush administration is only pushing for regime change out of narrow economic self-interest. But if they are upset with countries whose foreign policy in Iraq is being determined by petroleum investments, the protesters should direct their ire toward Europe and Asia. Hussein has used lucrative oil contracts with Russian, French and Chinese businesses as effective diplomatic weapons in his attempt to stave off a U.S.-led invasion...
Sonsie is not for wan women or frail society ladies of delicate constitutions. This is a frantic nest of raucousness, but also a colorful pageant of the elegant and the dodgy, offering a dining experience which demands that you contend with outlandish decor, menu exotica and a congested and tortuous layout...
...have a great deal of respect for the intelligence organizations [that contend Iraq still has active weapons of mass destruction programs], and contact with them. However, we are not confirming what they say . . . . It may be true. I'm not contesting it; I'm also not confirming it because we have to go by evidence...
...previous inspection regime had allowed for Iraq to keep inspectors out of Saddam's palaces. Not the new one. Now, a dictator whose rule is premised on the idea of fearsome, unlimited power has to contend with the spectacle of being forced to open his front door at any hour of the night and allow his home to be searched by an unprepossessing, bespectacled 74-year-old Swedish diplomat and his team of arms inspectors. Iraqis could start getting ideas...
...message. “Some people associate [Dzerzhinsky’s] name with the KGB, but others link it with efforts to combat the problems of homeless children and poverty,” he has asserted. By Luzhkov’s rationale, and extending the earlier analogy, one might contend that Goering’s benefaction to young painters is a more important part of his legacy than his establishment of the Gestapo, operation of death camps and complicity in the slaughter of millions of Jews. This would be absolute nonsense—just as it is nonsense to argue...