Word: harshness
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...territories would be permitted to shoot rioters attacking them with gasoline bombs. There was prescience in Chaim Weizmann's declaration in 1949: ''I am certain that the world will judge the Jewish state by what it will do with the Arabs.'' The world's judgment this year is sometimes harsh, at least on the question of what the Israelis have done in regard to the Arabs in the territories. And the conflict there, considered in light of Israel's history in the past decade -- the invasion of Lebanon, the de facto annexation of the territories through settlement by Israelis, many...
...refugees would become "a ready recruiting pool for armed groups still waging the civil war." As al-Qaeda did in Afghanistan, terror groups would establish enclaves in Iraq. Neighboring populations could become radicalized and side with ethnic and religious factions fighting inside Iraq, as Albanians were over Serbia's harsh treatment of Kosovar Albanians. Syria, which intervened in the Lebanon civil war, might do the same in Iraq, and Iran might join the Syrians...
...several people called him courageous.” After the Coop appearance, Carter made the short trip west to Brandeis, where he defended his book to a crowd of students and faculty at the historically Jewish college. “I can certainly see now it would provoke some harsh feelings. I chose that title knowing that it would be provocative, but in the long run it has precipitated discussion and there has been a lot of positive discussion,” Carter said, according to The Associated Press. The majority of the demonstrators outside the hall where Carter spoke...
...Reagan's decisions, if not his thinking, are based almost totally on his simplistic view of the world rather than on the complex realities that exist. The media have winked at this fundamental flaw, and most Americans have gone along, because they too prefer the simple illusions to the harsh facts. If the press had only held our President's feet to the fires of reality and truth, events would never have descended to their present deplorable level and both the President and the nation would have been spared this ultimate embarrassment and disgrace. Charles V. Worth Gainesville...
...military aid package announced Friday is designed to help equip government forces with helicopters, heavier weapons and armor, and communications gear that would give them the capacity to operate independently against Taliban guerrillas in harsh terrain. But that won't happen in time to face the Taliban's anticipated spring offensive. So, the Pentagon also announced Wednesday that 3,200 soldiers from the U.S. 10th Mountain Division will have their tour of duty in Afghanistan extended by four months. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said he is likely to ask President Bush for several thousand more American troops augment...