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Absolutely. It almost takes that out of the equation. It puts us in the horrible position where in order to defend against cowardly deeds, you have to behave in what has always been seen as a cowardly way yourself. You're at some checkpoint, and you see a bunch of women in a vehicle, and then all of a sudden, some guy's there with a rifle shooting away, or he blows the whole vehicle up. So what do you do? What do you do? I was never one of those who were excited about going into Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Burden of Heroes | 10/15/2006 | See Source »

After we jousted over several other issues, Obama felt the need to step back and defend himself. "Look, when I spoke out against going to war in Iraq in 2002, Bush was at 60-65% in the polls. I was putting my viability as a U.S. Senate candidate at risk. It looks now like an easy thing to do, but it wasn't then." He's right about that: more than a few of his potential rivals for the presidency in 2008 voted, as a matter of political expediency, to give Bush the authority to use military force in Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fresh Face | 10/15/2006 | See Source »

...happen, but nature is not just and those things happen. TIME: Does that separate you, to some extent, from the Orthodox Jewish community? Kushner: I get a better reception from Mormons than I do from the Orthodox Jews. It's precisely because of that point. They feel obliged to defend God's omnipotence, irrespective of the fact that that holds God responsible for every retarded child, every flood and earthquake, every plague and everything else that happens in the world, and they have to twist themselves into all sorts of theological pretzels to explain why bad is good. TIME: What...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q & A: Rabbi Harold Kushner | 10/12/2006 | See Source »

...Because if some guy on the T sees you in your ironic bowtie, they will not get it, and they will certainly not stop to ponder your subtle lampoon of Nantucket and academia. They will instead think you are a douche bag, and I would not be able to defend...

Author: By Rebecca M. Harrington, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: On Bowties and Skinny Jeans | 10/11/2006 | See Source »

...could make a point of questioning The Crimson’s diversity. But there are plenty of people associated with the clubs within the paper. Did we under-solicit? Six club members refused. One club had a no-press policy. Another felt that 200 words was inadequate to defend the clubs, a defense he felt compelled to make. Others did not give reasons...

Author: By Piotr C. Brzezinski, Paul R. Katz, Matthew S. Meisel, and Ramya Parthasarathy | Title: The Final Stretch | 10/11/2006 | See Source »

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