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...Dissent: Defeat al Qaeda and Saddam
...retaliate for Palestinian suicide attacks with overwhelming, at times indiscriminate, force has infuriated Arab allies and fueled anti-American hatred among Muslims around the world. In spite of that, Bush has largely given Sharon a free pass - equating Israel's war against Palestinian terror with the U.S. struggle to defeat al-Qaeda. After the two leaders meet today in Washington, you'll likely see them shake hands and slap backs and hear renewed admiration for the other's resolve and grit. But behind the scenes, there's good reason to believe that Bush will attempt to strike a hard bargain...
...Ideally, the U.S. would like to exact two concessions from Sharon: a commitment to ease the Israeli army's occupation of the West Bank, and a tacit assurance that Israel will not retaliate against Iraq should Saddam Hussein, faced with imminent military defeat, lob Scuds into Israeli cities - as he did 39 times during the Gulf War. In so doing, the U.S. hopes to allay the prewar jitters of Arab leaders, who fear that an Israeli attack on Iraq could inflame their own populations, destabilize their regimes and perhaps draw them into a wider...
...something Reich said when he spoke in the Science Center days before his defeat kept flinging itself against my thoughts like a June bug against a window screen...
...Prior to defeat of BC, Harvard had a losing record and was unranked in the Northeast region. The victory moved Harvard up to fourth in the region behind UConn, Dartmouth and Hartford. Harvard lost 2-1 to Hartford earlier this season...