Word: foolishnesses
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...resist international pressure to take more decisive action to counter the economic crisis. Among those arguing forcefully against any new stimulus packages is the Taxpayers' Federation. Holznagel says that in the early 1990s his organization kept to itself doubts about the big spending on reunification - it was politically foolish to do otherwise. But now, he says, "the situation is completely different. The danger is always that money is spent neither appropriately nor efficiently...
...sticking point in NATO-Russia relations. NATO’s recent decision to go ahead with planned military exercises in Georgia this week will do nothing to help matters. The decision to hold the exercises in Georgia and to disregard the diplomatic implications of such an action is foolish, and it can lead to nothing but more unnecessary conflict...
...approach to relations with Russia. While NATO members should not give in to Russia’s every demand, deliberately angering Russia, as former President Bush did last April by supporting Georgia and Ukraine’s unrealistic bids for NATO membership, is, in many cases, unnecessary and foolish...
...Declaring its support for Georgia is a reasonable step for NATO, but demonstrating it in such a provocative manner—especially considering the current state of relations between NATO and Russia—is simply foolish. Since NATO is not prepared to—and should not—throw its full support behind Georgia in another war with Russia, then it should be careful that Russia doesn’t call its bluff...
...struck by the shortsightedness of the government's policy in forcing the Korengal Valley to stop producing timber. It seems extremely foolish to deny people access to jobs and money when the alternative for them is to join the enemy. The same applies to the opium trade. It would be better for Western governments to buy the crop above the black-market price for their pharmaceutical industries, even if it meant stockpiling or perhaps destroying some of the final product. The war cannot be won; the best that can be achieved is for the allies to hold the fort while...