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...more incredibly, concluded that the public would be turned off if it did. So Kerry tried to ignore the whole thing, making two costly errors at once: he allowed a political attack to go unanswered, and he signaled to Americans that he wouldn't lift a finger to defend himself. In an election year that at bottom is about who can best defend the homeland, Kerry's refusal to strike back hard and fast when his own hide was on the line was a startling misreading of what voters are looking for in a leader after 9/11. Realizing the gravity...
...very complicated and far away from home. But NATO has made a commitment. Why? Because if we do not fight threats far away from home, they land on our doorstep. We are in Afghanistan to prevent that country from becoming a safe haven for terrorists again. We used to defend our borders; now we have to project stability. That's what we're doing in Afghanistan, in Kosovo, in Bosnia. NATO has neither the means nor the ambition to be the world's gendarmes, but it will act if it sees that action is in the interests of the alliance...
...arguably the Ivies’ premier signal caller, his rise has coincided with the school’s new-wave offensive juggernaut. At times, his combination of skill and speed has been nearly impossible to defend...
...officials, who say such a shift could bolster the Taliban's revival in Afghanistan, scuttle the hunt for bin Laden and give terrorists freer access to nuclear material. In its final report, the independent U.S. commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks recommended that Washington pony up more aid to defend Musharraf against the extremists. The trouble is, further U.S. meddling risks inflaming public opinion even more. "It is the ego of the West that is responsible for all this fighting," says Mufti Abdul Noor, 31, a teacher at Islamabad's largest religious school. "We do not want to interfere...
...Republican Convention coverage has not helped. "We expect, as implied in the word bounce, that [Bush's] numbers will come down," says Kerry spokesman Joe Lockhart. Kerry returned to the campaign trail in Ohio immediately after the G.O.P. Convention ended and announced, "I will not have my commitment to defend this country questioned by those who refused to serve when they could have and who misled the nation into Iraq." He has two months to prove that his response hasn't come too late...