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...themselves are often not entirely baked. A case in point: Frum's "axis of evil" and its accompanying doctrine of pre-emption, which Bush announced at West Point last June and discarded in Korea this January. The revised doctrine: Caveat Pre-Emptors. We have the moral responsibility to pre-empt evildoers...unless they have the ability to empt back (as North Korea does). This is an embarrassment, and a rather dangerous one at that. There should be a lesson in it for the President. A diplomacy of quiet strength and careful words, and the rigorous parsing of nuances--the latter...
...purpose of the heated rhetoric was to convince Saddam that he is on the brink of war so he will have every incentive to meet inspection terms. At the same time, the U.S. hoped its tough tone would pre-empt any positive reaction to Iraq's appearance of cooperation, which might erode international readiness to take up arms against him. The White House is already worried the U.N. will accept a lower threshold of compliance than the U.S. The tough words also reflected the deep resistance lingering in some parts of the Administration to let inspections proceed...
...same time, the U.S. hoped its tough tone would pre-empt any positive reaction to Iraq's appearance of cooperation, which might erode international readiness to take up arms against him. The White House is already worried the U.N. will accept a lower threshold of compliance than the U.S. The tough words also reflected the deep resistance lingering in some parts of the Administration to let inspections proceed...
...tough to see why else Fourtou last week rejected Vodafone's €6.8 billion offer for Vivendi's stake in mobile-phone operator Cegetel. The sale could have eased Vivendi's crippling €19 billion debt. Just as importantly, to retain control of Cegetel Vivendi must now pre-empt Vodafone's bid for the shares held by BT and SBC, costing the cash-strapped company between €2.6 and €4 billion. Fourtou's gambit could pay off with a higher offer from Vodafone - a big gamble at a time when analysts think the company should cash in its chips...
...tale of a chronically undercapitalized and uncompetitive company driven to ruin by a flawed expansion policy and an ill-fated alliance with Swissair. And throughout, a passive and heavily politicized board of directors signed off on one strategic blunder after another. Langendries says he doesn't want to pre-empt the commission's official findings, which are due by the end of the year, but one conclusion is indisputable. "There were bizarre goings-on everywhere at Sabena," he says, "and not just with the Airbus." Bizarre may be too mild a term. Parallel to the commission's work, Belgian magistrate...