Word: dilemma
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Although poor and minority communities are disproportionately affected, the limitation of voting rights is not a poor person’s issue or a black person’s problem—it is an American dilemma. Among the bundle of American rights, none is more fundamental than the right to choose one’s government. And when registered voters are routinely excluded from the electoral process, democracy is weakened...
...both leaders handle the bombing will be critical, Lebovic says. If both do it well - without appearing to take political advantage of the killings - it could be neutralized as a factor on election day. That still leaves the dilemma for Labor of regaining the public's attention as it tries to sell a swag of new policies, including its tax policy, released two days before the bombing and still a mystery to many voters. As long as this bombing, and national security generally, remains in the foreground, Labor will have a tough job, predicts Cameron. "Latham has a difficult package...
...dilemma facing most Muslims is that this war pits us against ourselves. For guidance, we need look no further than the lessons from the time of the Prophet Muhammad. In Mecca in the 7th century, the Prophet faced off against his own tribe, the Quraysh, for worshipping false idols. In much the same way, modern Muslims are pitted against people worshipping false idols of hatred, violence and intolerance. After he fled Mecca, the Prophet heard a chapter of the Koran called Al-Nisa (The Women), which said, "O ye who believe! Stand out firmly for justice as witnesses...
...were not calling the shots: any decision to storm the mosque would be Allawi's. The Prime Minister declared that any offensive into the shrine would be carried out by Iraqi forces (backed up, however, by U.S. troops and air power), yet even that possibility posed a no-win dilemma for the U.S. "If the Americans fail to take the shrine, they lose militarily," a Mahdi Army official told TIME. "And if they take the shrine, they lose politically." But Al-Sadr knew that as long as his men held the shrine, the advantage...
...battle for control of the Imam Ali shrine ends in Muqtada al-Sadr's retreat, the struggle for control of the country is far from over. Strike too hard, and the insurgency will only harden. Back down, and risk losing politically. Is there a way out of this dilemma...