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...forces could carry out the mission and how an early strike could affect the rest of the battle plan. Racing against the clock and unable to confirm much of what it was hearing, the U.S. ran the risk of making a costly opening-night bombing mistake that could embolden Saddam and his forces. Franks said he needed a decision by 7:15 p.m. E.T. At 7:12 Bush asked the members of his team for their recommendations; all of them argued for a strike to decapitate the Baghdad regime. Bush didn't need much convincing. "Let's go," he said...
...only embolden the folks who oppose stem cell research,” said Kevin Casey, Harvard’s senior director of state and federal relations...
...This year Nissan crammed a 287-h.p. engine into its 350Z and outfitted it with luxuries like heated seats and a premium audio system. BMW's new Z4 is loaded with power and gadgetry and features a body crafted to evoke a flame, part of BMW's bid to embolden its designs...
State Department spokesman Richard Boucher repeated Powell's public assertion that he has no intention of leaving. "He serves at the pleasure of the President," Boucher said. A Powell exit could cause political problems for the Republicans. The loss of his moderating voice would embolden the hard-liners and hurt the party's efforts to broaden its base. And those who dream of a Powell presidential candidacy in 2008 have little cause for hope. Powell, the aide says, will "never run for President." --By Massimo Calabresi
...terrorism is not warfare in the conventional sense, where the object is to project power in order to destroy an enemy's military capability. Terrorism is more in the nature of violence-as-propaganda, using spectacular attacks to terrorize an enemy's support base as well as to embolden and inspire the terrorists' own supporters. Al-Qaeda's modus operandi over the past four years has been to conduct one or two spectacular attacks a year (which may require them to attempt a few more, on the assumption that some will be foiled). Theirs is a war of messages...