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Making a Timely Exit...
Port Gentil is no ordinary town. That much is clear from the moment you touch down in the small coastal city in the West African nation of Gabon. Next to the airport exit, a gaggle of shrieking, minimally dressed women dance to loud rock on the terrace of a bar called Le Aero Club. "Come fly me!" one shouts down. Instead, I accept a taxi driver's offer of a ride into town - a 10-minute drive that costs $30. We drive past another bar, A Qui La Tour? - which roughly translates as "Whose round is it?" although the driver...
...Kerry, 40,000 more troops will probably do the job.) Maybe if Ian Shapiro had written “Containment: Rebuilding a Strategy Against Global Terror” a few years earlier, the United States wouldn’t be up to its elbows in dead soldiers without an exit strategy. “Containment” is both a forceful critique of current foreign policy and a prescriptive response to it. Shapiro, a Yale political science professor, argues in favor of renewing the policies of containment first put forth by George Kennan in his historic “Long...
Although the mild-mannered Siniora seemed destined for finance, Hariri's assassination, the Cedar Revolution it triggered and the exit of Syrian troops inevitably drew him into the regional struggles that have long made Lebanon a political battleground. Hizballah resigned from Siniora's government in November, accusing it of becoming a U.S. pawn that had reneged on promises to rule with Hizballah's agreement. The tipping point was the government's vote to proceed with the international tribunal over Hizballah's objections. "Our fear is that politicians will take advantage of the tribunal to get at us and others...
...crowd in the bleachers roars. It turns out it has nothing to do with my stylist's choices (BCBG sale rack dress, laptop bag by Targus), but rather the arrival of Al Gore. Enjoy your moment, Mr. Vice President. Rumor on the carpet is that Leo is about to exit his hybrid...