Word: dovishness
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Where will the peace movement go next? Another terrorist attack in the U.S. would make it harder to argue against the use of force. But a prolonged and nasty land war, especially one requiring the re-establishment of the draft, would be sure to make more people dovish. If it does, there will be a well-established antiwar movement ready to admit them...
...intifada, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon believes time and muscle is on Israel's side, and that the only way forward for the Jewish state is to tough it out, for decades if need be, in the belief that the resolve of its enemies will ultimately weaken. But the more dovish Labor party leaders such as Knesset speaker Avram Burg believe Sharon's strategic vision is the more dangerous to Israel's long-term prospects...
...those on the dovish flank of the Labor party ought to be well aware that there's little chance of the Palestinians being ground down by force. And the conflict is placing tremendous strain on the pro-Western Arab regimes who have kept the peace in the region for most of the past three decades. An Egyptian commentator warned last week that Sharon's path was jeopardizing "the entire network of political relations upon which the possibility of Israel's peaceful existence in the Middle East depends...
...hard to see why the Bush Administration asked Rumsfeld to do a second tour of duty in the job. For one thing, its hawkish Vice President may have wanted some company given that the more dovish Colin Powell had been tapped as Secretary of State. With potential policy battles looming over such sensitive issues as missile defense, Cheney may have felt he needed more support than could be offered by such comparatively lightweight Defense Secretary candidates as Dan Coats and Tom Ridge...
...Bush administration hawks: Taken out of the game To their credit, those in the Bush administration who had taken the toughest anti-China stand stood back and let the doves handle this one. The outcome may be a victory for diplomacy and the dovish policy of engagement with the leadership in Beijing, but those of hawkish inclination will still cite the midair collision and Beijing's initial reactions as further evidence of what they believe is China's hostile intent toward...