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...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...
Right now, the Ivy League doesn’t allow its teams to participate in the Division I-AA playoffs. It is a rule that seems foolish, considering that virtually every other sport can go deep into the postseason...
...speak in uncertain terms, I am often pushed for a stance. “Wait, does that make you pro- life or pro-choice?” If I admit to knowing little about a topic there is a beat of silence, I feel foolish, and the conversation takes a turn...
...made Bradlee yet, but my dear wait, when I do it will last for 2 days and 2 nights without talking it out,” Roberts wrote to Cyril. “‘Ken’ [Kenneth B. Day, Class of 1922] is being sucked foolish by anyone and everybody he can lay hands on…I do him for it once in a while, for diversion. You know since you left I have been chaste not chased.” In other parts of the letter he refers to “faggoty parties?...