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Iraqi political leaders warn that Bremer's plan may embolden America's enemies even more--by marginalizing the country's most organized pro-Western forces and fueling suspicions that the U.S. plans to rule Iraq indefinitely. "If people feel that the U.S. is determined to go its own way, with no Iraqi partner who has a say, they will show less cooperation with the Americans," says Hoshyar Zebari, a senior official in the Kurdistan Democratic Party. "This plays into the hands of the extremists." But U.S. officials say they never intended to hand power over to these former opposition parties...
...they may refuse to cooperate with the council. "We wish them the best of luck," says Nabil al-Moussawi, a chief aide to I.N.C. leader Ahmed Chalabi. "But at this point my advice would be that we not be involved." Iraqi political leaders warn that Bremer's plan may embolden America's enemies even more - by marginalizing the country's most organized pro-Western forces and fueling suspicions that the U.S. plans to rule Iraq indefinitely. "If people feel that the U.S. is determined to go its own way, with no Iraqi partner who has a say, they will show...
...reformist President Mohammed Khatami in 1997. Crackdowns on reformists have periodically ignited street demonstrations, and a major confrontation has been looming over the threat by 127 legislators to resign after a hard-line council of clerics overturned reform legislation approved by parliament. But new threats from the U.S. will embolden the hard-liners, who have begun casting any internal challenges to the system as a threat to national security...
...Thomas, embraced much of the White House plan, some in the administration slammed him as "imperious" and "impossible," for not sticking behind Bush's full elimination of the dividend tax. One official called the House plan for a capital gains reduction a "rhetorical kick in the head," that would embolden Democrats to further charge that the breaks mainly benefit the wealthy...
...when Summers served. At this point, I was reconciled to the fact that me and Summers were going to go down in flames, and that it was all my fault. Weirdly, my attempts to telepathically make Ben and Kenyon go easy on us seemed only to embolden them. I just wanted to lose with dignity. I’m kind of ashamed to say it, but I was ready to give in to my own suckiness. Thing was, Larry wouldn’t let me. “We can beat these guys,” he said...