Word: defendable
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...says MishyHarman ’08, who spent three years in the IDF before coming to Harvard. “Blowing up houses sounds horrifying, and it is. But I say this out of a complete inner understanding that Israel has a right to exist and a right to defend itself.”Harman said that while he was in the army, the Israeli government had a policy of destroying the homes of individuals whom it had determined to be terrorists.“For most of my service I lived with a very deep internal conflict...
...honor in evangelical traditions - to the inhumane, sick and sinister evil that Obama has worked for as a legislator?" An open letter signed by Phyllis Schlafly, head of the conservative Eagle Forum, and 17 other less prominent figures, most from anti-abortion groups, contended "If Senator Obama cannot defend the most helpless citizens in our country, he has nothing to say to the AIDS crisis. You cannot fight one evil while justifying another." The din became sufficiently loud that Saddleback posted a response stressing Warren's disagreement with Obama on abortion but noting that "Obama was invited to share...
...armed groups for protection against their sectarian rivals. If the violence were to suddenly stop, the influence of those groups would plummet. And that would give the U.S. and Iraq's Arab neighbors the opportunity to flood the country with reconstruction aid and stand up an army ready to defend a government in Baghdad. By the time the U.S. left and the bad guys were ready to fight again, they would have lost their ability to dictate the terms of the battle...
...running mate, Adam Goldenberg ’08, at one point was forced to defend his membership in the Fox club...
...Bush's political isolation is not his fault. The central challenge in dealing with militant Islam has always been the tentative resolve of most Western nations to defend their interests and values. Europe just sits on the fence and snipes while watching the U.S. take a stand. Real friends would be there to help, advise, plan and even make sacrifices on behalf of a shared destiny. These fair-weather friends actually seem to want him to fail. What will they do if they get their wish? Garth Klatt Calgary, Canada...