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...economic and demographic factors look set to dramatically weaken the Arab regimes around Israel, but where Sharon sees this as improving the prospects for peace, others are more inclined to see it as raising the danger of war as the pressure of domestic social collapse prompts Arab regimes to deflect popular anger toward the old enemy next door. And in all of the Arab states around Israel, the only plausible alternative to the current authoritarian regimes is not liberal democracy, but fundamentalist Islam...
...future, he might not have a media darling like Shane Battier--one national writer called him the most-adored college player since Bill Bradley--to deflect away all possible negative attention...
Critics howled that Bush's reversal was a payoff to industries that had contributed at least $4.5 million to his campaign--an accusation that would have been easier to deflect had the White House been able to keep its story straight. But first it claimed the campaign had simply made "a mistake" when it included carbon dioxide as a pollutant in Bush's September speech. That didn't square with other recollections. "The argument that this was just a couple of words in a speech couldn't be farther from the truth," says Fred Krupp, who heads Environmental Defense...
...Similar to established dictatorships in the Arab world, Palestinian leaders recognize that to stay in power, they must deflect attention away from their own corruption by continuously rousing anger against a common enemy. Unfortunately, they have been quite successful at it, and, in the process, created a culture of hate. Until a leadership emerges that truly wants what's best for the people, resumption of the peace talks would be a fruitless effort...
These revelations raise two critical questions. First, is the Yemeni source reporting valid information, or is Yemen hyping the level of external involvement to deflect attention from its own civilian and government involvement? Subsequently, did the embassy and Central Intelligence Agency station recognize the danger and, if so, did they relay this information quickly to Washington and military planners? The embassy could ill afford to make inherently subjective security decisions on its own, without senior consultation; while providing a unique, direct perspective on Yemen-specific security issues, their closeness to the host country could actually inhibit objective analysis...