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...party to any agreement between Arafat and the Zionists. Arafat is committed to the strategy of negotiations. He endorsed [the Palestinian faction] Fatah's participating in the intifadeh for one single reason--he wanted to escape American pressure. From the moment Arafat signed the Oslo accords, he abandoned Fatah's revolutionary nature. Most Fatah leaders are interested these days in achieving financial gains and not in liberating Palestine. Fatah is becoming a fat cat, and fat cats don't play aggressively. They are only in favor of filling their stomachs with food...
...line of reasoning that makes a great deal of sense; and yet, there is a faction of the pro-choice movement--including myself--for whom such arguments ring somewhat false. It's a contradiction of sorts: I believe in a woman's right to choose, and therefore I support RU-486 for its ability to make that decision a safer and more accessible choice. But I'm not at all comfortable with the third point, this rhetoric that the pill is a panacea of sorts. The idea of making the abortions more morally morally because they have become somewhat less...
...course there'll be plenty of negotiation in the weeks that lie ahead. Even if Kostunica becomes president, Milosevic still controls the majority faction in parliament, and the opposition won't be able to form a government without his approval. He may in fact still be the most powerful politician in Serbia. But still, the psychological bridge he's crossed shouldn't be underestimated. From now on, what Serbia is facing is a political battle, not a physical...
...Bush: The choice of Cheney strengthens the argument that even though George W. himself may not be widely experienced or knowledgeable, he has the good judgment to select sound people to work with him. This is a solid, low-anxiety choice (no devious political calculations in the decision, no faction-pleasing, no cunning) that reflects well upon W.'s leadership quality...
...would dispute that Wahid is genuinely committed to democracy and free and fair markets. And nobody accuses him of being personally corrupt. But, says Muhaimin Iskandar, head of the National Awakening Party, Wahid's faction in the parliament, "from the beginning, management has been his problem...