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...rise in sectarian violence. There were other moments, like the delay in forming the government [after the Dec. 2005 elections]. We didn't have a government until June. That created a real angst in the community, as they watched this process play out. And it allowed the militias to grow without interference...
...Everyone was surprised by how long it took to form the government. And I think most people agree [the post-election political impasse] caused the militias to grow at the time...
...This Western attitude is sensible, and probably the only one possible. If the Russian people accept this murderous political culture, no outsiders can convince them to do otherwise. It can expire only when the Russians themselves grow sufficiently resolved to abolish it - if ever. The West may, however, have an urgent interest in ensuring that Russia's deadly political games are at least played on home turf, and don't spill over Russia's borders - lest the killers, believing they can get away with anything, anywhere, establish precedents of nuclear or any other terrorism on foreign soil...
Best way for a guy/girl to get your attention: Grow a beard and play the guitar...or conversely, be weird and witty...or both options at the same time...
...unintended side product of the war itself that let the outside in. RETURNING TO A NEW HARVARD Student veterans returned to a fundamentally different place. Harvard now saw itself as a leader of, rather than a retreat from, the real world. Government and military research continued to grow at the University. Class sizes were growing, and Conant’s meritocratic admissions policies continued to diversify the applicant pool (by 1952, 55 percent of the applicants would be from public school, according to Keller’s book). Meanwhile, wartime vets returning to finish their degrees were largely unbothered...