Word: dissentation
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When the press runs a story the White House claims is harmful to security, the word disloyalty inevitably creeps into the conversation. The line between dissent and disloyalty, between harmful revelations and vital ones, is murky. Often we never really know. But I would argue that the judicious questioning of the conduct and morality of war is the furthest thing from disloyalty: it is an expression of deep patriotism and the essence of responsible citizenship...
...embraced Ahmadinejad's role of fire-breathing agitator. The two meet one evening a week, and intimates of Khamenei describe their interactions as those of a disciple with his leader. Khamenei praises the President regularly in his speeches and offers criticism in private. Ahmadinejad, for his part, has suppressed dissent and marginalized political opponents whom Khamenei considers a threat. Officials and outside analysts say Khamenei has never felt so in control. "Khamenei feels the President shares his values, so he sees the government as stronger and more stable than before," says Amir Mohebian, an analyst with close ties to prominent...
...This standoff is rooted in the past. For much of Taiwan's modern history, the island was essentially a one-party state ruled by the KMT, which brooked little dissent. Only in 1986 did then President Chiang Ching-kuo, Chiang Kai-shek's son, allow the presence of an opposition party, only a year later did he lift martial law and government control of the press, and only last year did the KMT properly elect its own party leader for the first time. The KMT is not accustomed to being out of power. Instead of working together with the administration...
...something that can be traced to any individual. That was very carefully checked with those who are fighting this war on terror. And it certainly doesn't do any harm for al-Qaeda to know that there was a mole inside of it. That creates and feeds internal dispute, dissent and suspicion, which often is poison...
...came back from a six-month deployment, I think it's about time we started looking at both sides of the coin. I am proud of my husband for defending the country and the Constitution, and I am even more proud to live in a country in which political dissent is not viewed as treason. The Dixie Chicks were foolish, however, if they didn't expect repercussions for alienating their core audience by insulting the President while performing in a foreign country. Country-music listeners are well within their rights to stop buying the Dixie Chicks' albums and boycott radio...