Word: dilemmas
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...Zealots face the dilemma of justifying their unconditional advocacy of Israel to the majority of Americans who do not share it. For most American supporters of Israel (myself included), Israel deserves our backing only as long as it preserves the political liberty we embrace...
...claimed responsibility, immediate suspicion centered on the country's resurgent right- wing death squads. In the predominantly Roman Catholic country, angry accusations and outrage over the barbaric murders were certain to linger long after the battle had died. And for the U.S., they raised once again the moral dilemma of aiding a country where such acts have repeatedly gone unpunished...
...Baltic dilemma. The American government never accepted the Soviet annexation of the republics 49 years ago. To this day, the State Department recognizes "legations" of anti-Communist emigres as the "representatives of the last free and legal governments" of their captive homelands. American diplomats have long avoided traveling to the Baltic capitals of Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius, since going there requires Moscow's permission...
Hussein's change of policy posed a dilemma for Jordanians of Palestinian origin. Most of them wanted to vote, but by doing so some feared they might be adding fuel to the argument of right-wing Israelis that Jordan, rather than the West Bank, should be viewed as the true Palestinian homeland...
...read Steven J.S. Glick's editorial "C'mon, Change the Sheets," with a great deal of frustration. The author offers excellent suggestions for preserving the world's woodlands, but nevertheless, I am very concerned by the dilemma of those "dirty sheets...