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...country that cannot prove to us that it has no highly dangerous weapons, no matter what the rest of the world thinks. Since we obviously would not accord that right to anyone else, it rests on an assumption that we are good by definition and those we attack are evil. I make no case for the miserable Iraqi leaders, but there have always been authoritarian governments with dangerous weapons and plans to get even more dangerous ones and that has not been a justification for starting...
...traffic backing up in the capital's sclerotic arteries. The hell with haggling, it's still less than $3. "Okay," I concede, "100 baht. And please, drive carefully." Wiset flicks a switch and the two-stroke engine explodes into life with a flatulent blast, filling the immediate vicinity with evil blue fumes...
...undeniable strength of Black Friday is the depth and intelligence with which Zaidi portrays the bombers themselves. In penetrating this closed world, Zaidi ridicules the shorthand caricature of terrorists so popular nowadays: that they are "evil," "fanatic" or "mad." Instead, we get to read about ordinary men who start out with earthly motivations and none-too-resolute convictions but who ultimately come to embrace terror. One such character is Badshah Khan, an underworld foot soldier recruited to the plot and swept up in righteous determination, dutiful loyalty and terrifying excitement. He scouts targets, assesses their vulnerability and helps plant...
...abortionist to murder her unborn son. All she did was eliminate the “product of conception” because she did not want to subject her inconvenient offspring to an impoverished life. The legacy of Roe vs. Wade makes her decision to murder her unborn son not evil, but downright virtuous...
...most spectacular hits of the day was provided by captain Jamie Hagerman when she cross-checked Dartmouth senior Amy Catlin—often referred to as the “evil twin” of Harvard’s Tracy Catlin—to prevent her from breaking...