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According to Chomsky—and I agree—divestment is a foolish idea. And Chomsky doesn’t just oppose divestment the same way some people oppose the designated hitter rule; he is the self-proclaimed “leading opponent” of divestment. So why did he attach his name to a petition that calls for divestment as one of its demands...
Then Harpest saw a couple of SBC ads telling customers that switching to the new local services offered by the likes of AT&T was as foolish as poking a fork into a toaster or sticking your tongue to a metal pole in freezing weather. Far from amused, Harpest thought the ad could "give kids bad ideas." But it gave him a good idea. He called AT&T, already his long-distance provider, to sign up for its local service, seeking only the convenience of a single bill. He was surprised to learn the switch would also save him about...
...speculative assessments of Hussein’s character underlie any plan for containing Iraq; deterrence, after all, can be effective only against those who are reliably rational. The history of Hussein’s rule, Levin’s optimistic assertions notwithstanding, indicates that the United States would be foolish indeed to stake the security of its population on assumptions of Hussein’s rationality. Containment of such a dictator neither eliminates the threat, nor even maintains the status quo—as time passes, Hussein’s arsenal grows, and American options dwindle...
...fact that JI is choosing easier strikes shows it's hurting from the crackdown by regional security agencies. But it would be foolish to underestimate JI's capabilities or goals. Although senior organizers and foot soldiers have been arrested, very few "colonels" have been captured. JI is becoming more dependent on al-Qaeda operatives from the Middle East (Saudi al-Qaeda lieutenant Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri was en route to Malaysia when he was recently nabbed in Yemen, and Yemeni national Syafullah, a senior al-Qaeda officer, is wanted for participating in the Bali bombings), which could lead...