Word: denialism
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...Bush Administration's instinct is to cast doubt on the sincerity of Saddam's offer, and cite his well-documented history of denial, deception, obstruction and defiance as reason to see it as nothing more than a fake-out. That may very well be true. Still, having demanded that Iraq accept immediate, unconditional and unfettered arms inspections, the Bush Administration can't easily afford to flatly reject a "yes" answer from Baghdad if it hopes to win international consent for a military campaign...
...empt it this time, in Iraq and elsewhere, or it will be too late to resist it at all. For Sept. 11 showed that, for the first time in history, the American homeland is actually vulnerable to a deadly foreign enemy. Only those in deep denial can forget that...
...review—initiated in December 2001—the Air Force found that the Law School did not meet the Solomon Amendment’s requirements and threatened to “forward this matter to the Office of the Secretary of Defense with a recommendation of funding denial,” according to the May 29 Air Force letter cited in Clark’s memo...
...notorious Unit 731 did more than just breed diabolical diseases. It also maintained a research center where Japanese scientists conducted cruel experiments on POWs and civilians, often slicing open living subjects to remove their hearts. Now, after decades of denial, Japan is coming to terms with the atrocities committed by Unit 731, grappling?both morally and legally?with a history of brutality that continues to poison the country's relations with its neighbors six decades later...
...victims disagreed. About 300 mostly gray-haired Chinese protested the decision outside a government building in Changde, where they raised banners reading, "Admit the Crime and Compensate!" Meanwhile, a subtle, long-awaited change seems finally to be under way in Japan. After decades of denial, ordinary Japanese are displaying a creeping contrition that is reflected in the courtroom, if not yet by the government. In April, a district court in Fukuoka ordered the Mitsui Mining Co., a subsidiary of one of Japan's biggest conglomerates, to pay $1.4 million apiece to 15 Chinese forced to work in the company...