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...disaster" and "a huge mistake," then yanked his troops, just as France and Germany were seeking to lower the temperature of the transatlantic dispute. The German opposition, which is now polling stronger than Schröder's weakened Social Democrats, is withering in its criticism. "Zapatero made a grave mistake when he immediately announced he would pull Spain's troops out of Iraq, sending a single message to Osama bin Laden: Terror pays," says Friedbert Pflüger, a member of the German Bundestag and foreign policy expert for the Christian Democrats. "With Aznar we had a heavyweight in Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Zen Of Zapatero | 9/19/2004 | See Source »

That left everyone bracing to see whether battle would resume. But the pause was an acknowledgment of how much was at risk for all sides. The uprising poses a grave challenge to the seven-week-old interim government, which has yet to establish popular legitimacy or law and order amid the chaos of post-Saddam Iraq. Allawi had set himself up as a tough guy ready to impose draconian measures to quell the country's relentless violence. Yet taking the fight all the way to the golden-domed Imam Ali shrine, where al-Sadr's men were dug in, could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Showdown With The Rebel | 8/23/2004 | See Source »

...Rudy Giuliani, to brand Kerry "an indecisive candidate who has demonstrated an inconsistent position on the war on terror" and one who has been reduced, moreover, to "armchair quarterbacking based on cues from Michael Moore." So much for terrorism being the one issue that was supposed to be too grave to be sullied or manipulated by politics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Al-Qaeda In America: Hijacking The Campaign | 8/16/2004 | See Source »

...like would or could honestly believe. Saddam's terror against his own people brought death to many thousands of Iraqis, and the longer he remained in power, the more deaths would have come about. Let me put it this way: "Blair was brave/ Wanting to save/ Thousands from the grave." This, naturally, also applies to President Bush. Juhani Lindgren Hameenlinna, Finland Formula for Boredom? Michael Schumacher's dominance of Formula One racing is yawn inducing [July 26]. I grew up a big fan of Formula One races and have enjoyed many years following the sport. Unfortunately, as more and more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 8/15/2004 | See Source »

...garden, the imposing grave of Richard and his wife Cosima is unmarked. Who else could be buried here, after all? After a day of failing to share the passion, I head back to my pension with a sense of disgust. The connection between Wagner’s son and the Nazis is particularly appalling, and makes me discount the whole musical phenomenon as folly, an incomprehensible collective mistake...

Author: By Alexander Bevilacqua, | Title: Breakfast in Bayreuth | 8/12/2004 | See Source »

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