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...under-equipped and poorly commanded from the top. Few could understand why Olmert finally decided to launch a massive ground campaign - just 48 hours before the cease-fire took effect - inwhich over a dozen soldiers were killed and scores more wounded. Israel said it will start withdrawing troops from hard-fought positions inside southern Lebanon within the next 10 days, once U.N. forces arrive. Meanwhile, Olmert has reportedly approved negotiations to exchange the two captive Israel soldiers for Lebanese prisoners, a step, perhaps, that might have avoided this short and brutal war in the first place. --with reporting by Aaron...
...fighting force and its ability to exact a price from Israel has boosted its standing not only in Lebanon, but throughout the Arab world. Indeed, if international demands for a truce are heeded on the basis of the present battlefield reality, the outcome would look more like a hard-fought tie than a decisive victory for Israel. And that would be bad news both for the domestic political prospects of the current Israeli government and for the Bush administration's "new Middle East" agenda...
...penchant for late-game heroics made waves in March, engineering a dramatic run to an ECAC Tournament title and an NCAA Frozen Eight appearance, despite losing its standouts to the quadrennial Winter Olympics.With its season hanging in the balance, the Crimson dispatched visiting Clarkson in a trio of hard-fought, one-goal games to advance out of the conference tournament quarterfinals. Junior Jennifer Sifers clinched the series win with a double-overtime tally in the rubber match. “I thought it was a great series overall,” Harvard coach Katey Stone said...
...Your "wide array of experts and thinkers" was largely characterized by hand-wringing, worrywart American ?lites (save for Tommy Franks) who opined that Iraq is a disaster. Those who live in the Middle East and have a direct investment in democracy, however, see the value of the U.S.'s hard-fought quest to stabilize Iraq, defeat Islamic terrorism and bring liberty to oppressed peoples. Our Founding Fathers would be proud of the latter and disgusted by the former. Kelly Wood Bozeman, Montana...
...wide array of experts and thinkers" was largely characterized by hand-wringing, worrywart American élites (save for Tommy Franks) who opined that Iraq is a disaster. Those who live in the Middle East and have a direct investment in democracy, however, see the value of the U.S.'s hard-fought quest to stabilize Iraq, defeat Islamic terrorism and bring liberty to oppressed peoples. Our Founding Fathers would be proud of the latter and disgusted by the former. Kelly Wood Bozeman, Montana, U.S. I have one question for George W. Bush & Co. Why did they choose Iraq and not Saudi...