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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...
...running mate, Adam Goldenberg ’08, at one point was forced to defend his membership in the Fox club...
...well in the new Russia. A Russia that is prosperous, in which there are goods in the stores and food on the table - that is a Russia that is in the interest of all the world. But a Russia where the powerful - whoever they are - feel free to defend their prerogatives in any way they choose is one that brings back bad memories. Russia's leaders should not be surprised if they discover that, outside its borders, those who have wished the country well as it has emerged from the long nightmare of communist rule remember the years of poison...
...also seems to revel in them, and it raises the question of when purity of belief can shade into intolerance. Borat is the funniest movie of the year, but it's reasonable to ask whether our culture has become so anti-p.c. that a racist comic can defend his rant, as Richards did, as "go[ing] into character...
...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...