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...that the U.S. is waging a colonial war of aggression aimed at dishonoring Islam and weakening Iraq to benefit Israel and acquire oil. Bush war planners, says Gamal Abdel Gawad Soltan, a Cairo political scientist, didn't factor in "patriotism, people simply defending their country." Even those who would delight in Saddam's departure do not necessarily want their future dictated by foreign invaders. "I think there are certainly some out there fighting to defend their homeland," says a senior U.S. military official in the war zone. "They might not give a s____ about Saddam. They just know they...
What a blowhard thing to say. For most of us seeking to enjoy life, the above assertion poses a head-scratching, fist-banging dilemma. Relationships are often good, but they are always complicated. Sex is fun but necessarily serious. In the approaching season as we delight in the mutual exposure of sumptuous muscle and flesh, these confusing facts of life still give us pause. Why are sex, difference, power and violence so intimately related...
...leans across the table, the former public radio star can barely keep the delight out of his voice...
...Tuesday morning, whoops of delight went up around the camp as the Marines heard President Bush give Saddam Hussein 48 hours to capitulate. With that, the men began making final preparations. Most of them had already "sanitized" their packs, leaving behind photos and letters from home--anything that could be used against them if they were to be taken prisoner. Some, though, hid pictures of wives and girlfriends...
Where did they go? Mam Rostam, the Kurdish Peshmerga commander on the Chamchamal front, was almost levitating with delight. A 17-mile stretch of the Iraqi front line near this town in northeast Iraq had, on Thursday afternoon, evaporated. Some 3,000 Iraqi troops left in the space of an hour, taking with them everything except some mortars and small arms, and pulling back 11 miles...