Word: destructionism
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The ancient city of Tyre, sitting on a promontory built by Alexander the Great, is famed worldwide for its wealth of archeological treasures. Yet in the past week, Tyre, one-time home of the entrepreneurial Phoenician seafaring race, has become a casualty of the dark side of history, a place...
Despite calls by Washington for China to take a larger, more positive role in international diplomacy to match the country's economic stature, Beijing has typically been leery of using punitive measures to prod Kim into line. But this time Pyongyang may have gone too far. On Saturday, the United...
For all the mayhem and destruction, the crisis hasn't yet escalated into the kind of full-scale, multicountry war that rocked the Middle East in 1948 or 1956 or 1967 or 1973. But that's not exactly cause for comfort. The lethal exchange of firepower between Israel and Hizballah...
To understand why the Arab militants of Hamas and Hizballah are picking a fight with Israel now, you might start with an election. In January, Hamas, which is sworn to Israel's destruction, won the Palestinian general vote. The Hamas political leader in Gaza, Ismail Haniya, who fashions himself a...
Leaving aside election-year sensitivities, supporters point to the moral logic of their position. Leftover embryos are routinely thrown away; surely there is no sin in scientists' deriving potentially lifesaving treatment from them first. Opponents respond that there is nothing to stop scientists from doing that. The issue is federal...