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...staff fails to perceive the difference between needless provocation of China (such as Bush’s use of the word “competitor”) and prudent, principled disagreement. By its logic, Taiwan needs no military whatsoever, since the United States is pledged to defend it. Why let the Taiwanese defend themselves if we can send American soldiers no older than the staff to die in their place...
Take the Lakers. Last year, Shaq and Kobe reached a peaceful coexistence and basically cruised to the championship. With the oft-criticized and surprisingly chaste A.C. Green starting at power forward, Phil Jackson saw room for improvement to keep pace with the rest of the league and defend the title...
...unstable jumble of nationalities that crowd the Balkan peninsula--not by propagating a compelling vision for the future but by broadcasting a kind of radiant hate that warmed some Serbian hearts and, by reflection, brought out the worst in some Croats, Muslims and others eager to defend themselves from his baleful ambitions. In four wars, he fought to expand his control beyond Serbia. In the end, he oversaw the rape of thousands, the murder of tens of thousands and the death of millions of hopes...
...President's ear. Only a week after Bush received Whitman's memo, he wrote a letter of his own to four industry-friendly Republican Senators, announcing the reversal of his CO2 pledge and declaring his opposition to Kyoto. Whitman was sandbagged--forced to explain Bush's position and defend her credibility. "My job," she said, "is to provide the President with my best take. He needs to make a decision based on all the factors. I am fully comfortable with his decision...
...1980s for trying to start an Albanian political party. Now 63, he considers the new government no improvement. "The Slavs say we are the problem, but they are the ones trying to destroy our nation," he says, referring to the ethnic-Macedonian majority. "We are just trying to defend ourselves...