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...reluctant. Years of knowingly useless negotiations, followed by hesitant international resolutions, have brought us to only the most tentative of steps--referral to a Security Council that lacks unity and resolve. Iran knows this and therefore defiantly and openly resumes its headlong march to nuclear status. If we fail to prevent an Iranian regime run by apocalyptic fanatics from going nuclear, we will have reached a point of no return. It is not just that Iran might be the source of a great conflagration but that we will have demonstrated to the world that for those similarly inclined there...
...West. The most realistic hope for Washington and its allies may lie in using diplomatic measures to delay Tehran's nuclear development long enough to allow for the emergence of a more moderate Iranian leadership that could be persuaded to abandon its nuclear dreams. But if those efforts fail, this U.S. President, or the next one, may confront a sobering choice: live with the reality of a nuclear Iran, or take the risk of attacking it. All of which leads to another, simple proposition: get ready for the world to become a more dangerous place...
Notification and consent laws also fail to meet the aim of involving families more closely and responsibly in reproductive decisions. Children of strong and supportive families are unlikely to exclude their parents from such a critical a decision, leaving those in troubled families most likely to be affected by these laws. Unstable households already face tremendous challenges; forcing a confrontation over abortion is hardly the best way to strengthen an insecure family...
...first glance, the headlines appear unconnected: The U.S. and its allies again fail to secure agreement on a U.N. Security Council ultimatum to Iran; democracy activists in Belarus take to the streets to denounce the electoral farce that returned the authoritarian Alexander Lukashenko to power; Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice holds a security summit in Australia with her counterparts from that country and Japan. Yet those headlines, together with the ones announcing closer economic ties and strategic ties during President Putin's visit to Beijing, hint at how Sino-Russian concerns over U.S. policy elsewhere may prolong the Iran deadlock...
...artful ambiguity that existed under the previous Fatah government of accepting a Jewish state within defined borders has been replaced by Hamas' clarity of purpose. Israel must be ready to respond to the militant challenge to its existence. Morris Sosnovitch Toronto Surely most Americans can't fail to see the hypocrisy in the U.S. reaction to the election of Hamas as the legitimate Palestinian government. The Bush Administration is always on a soapbox claiming it fights for democracy, but when a free and democratic election process results in the victory of a group the Administration doesn't like, suddenly...