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...just think that that’s the X-factor,” Fish said of the effect of a rowdy home crowd...
...population of Iraq consists mainly of Shi'ites, Sunnis and Kurds?three groups who detest each other. Perhaps the only unifying factor in Iraq is a hatred of the West. For 30 years, Iraqi citizens were suppressed by a brutal dictator who murdered them by the thousands and involved them in ruinous wars while plundering the country for his personal benefit. How can the coalition ever hope to "restore" democracy in Iraq, when it is doubtful that it ever existed there? The solution for the U.S. and its allies is to put a new dictator in charge and go home...
...partial factor in this has been injuries that have disrupted the workout regime of a number of key runners—as evident in a big way this weekend...
...arguing that Bush's foreign policy is strategic rather than tactical, Klein misses an important point. Bush seems to rely on one factor: force. If the President's foreign policy were a novel, it would be titled America Uber Alles: Might Makes Right. Bush treats our allies with the same contempt and coercion that he uses on our adversaries. His worst failing may be that to garner domestic support, he has bypassed patriotism and resurrected nationalism. Our government has gone back to the bumper-sticker mentality of MY COUNTRY, RIGHT OR WRONG. But being a bully is not a viable...
...finally, the Crimson has that X-factor healthy again. Wetzel was sidelined for much of the season with a lingering groin injury, and Fish said he “felt [that] we were past that window where we have a chance of getting him back...