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...perspectives feel safe and are encouraged to express their reasoned and evidence-based ideas.” I intended this motion not as a new law but as an ethical pledge to think and talk about how to fulfill the university’s highest ideals in the context of difficult issues in difficult times. My colleagues voted massively (74-27) to “table” the motion—that is, to end discussion of it and to avoid a vote on it—for various reasons, some of which remain unclear because debate...
...sacrifice her scholarly precision in her blanket indictment of the War on Terror. Still, despite these shortcomings, “What Terrorists Want” is an insightful history of terrorism that offers a clear explanation of the motivations and goals of contemporary terrorists. Richardson provides a valuable context for the bombings and kidnappings that dominate the nightly news, ensuring that the actions of men like Osama bin Ladin appear more purposeful—though no less horrible.It will always be difficult to view the intentional murder of innocent civilians as rational, but “What Terrorists Want?...
...twist in the game, however, was that the subject words were taboo subjects themselves, in the context of resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...
...division between Bush and the Vice President over the new diplomacy. A senior Administration official acknowledges, however, that the President has increasingly overridden Cheney and offers a nuanced view of the relationship. "There's an almost temperamental or dispositional question here. You see it in the Israeli-Palestinian context. The President said, 'I understand there are risks, but I think that this is a shot worth taking.' The Vice President would probably emphasize the risks more, and I think that's just the person...
...very moving." But history judges leaders on their handling of the national interest, not on their emotional touch. After Annapolis, the two sides will pursue the tough final-status peace issues in small groups, with the U.S. playing referee. It is how the President performs in that context - out of the spotlight, in the weeds - that will determine how history judges his late-blooming passion for diplomacy...