Word: hawkish
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Clearly, if we have had little insight into the exact nature of President Bush’s plan, that is because it has not yet been finalized. There are more hawkish members of the administration who would like to begin attacking all terrorist supporters, beginning with Iraq. Some want to avoid a ground war in Afghanistan; others don?...
...opinion and participate in the shaping of American foreign policy, especially at this moment. A calming of the bloodlust shared by perhaps a majority of Americans is welcome, and I hope that those of us interested in human rights and concerned about the lives of innocent civilians can soften hawkish and immoderate calls for war. However, demanding absolute peace is absurd. A more intellectually and morally nuanced reaction by Harvard students would acknowledge the almost unanimous support for military action but demand that strikes be conducted in accordance with international humanitarian law so as to diminish the risks...
...Matt Rees: There's something of a battle going on within the cabinet between more hawkish elements who want to stop the planned meeting between Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres, and those Labor Party ministers who want the meeting to go ahead. But it's not clear where Sharon himself stands - whether he's unhappy at the prospect of an Arafat-Peres meeting, or whether he's simply making Arafat suffer a little in order to get the meeting...
...sober, nuanced explanation on the nature of the battle ahead signaled an awareness of the concerns of many European, Arab and Muslim allies. U.S. media outlets had previously reported on a debate inside the Bush administration over the scale and scope of "Operation Infinite Justice," in which more hawkish advisers had counseled including Iraq in an initial list of targets for retaliation, while Secretary of State Colin Powell had reportedly cautioned that this would alienate Arab allies and potentially destroy the coalition. President Bush's speech made no mention of Iraq, and emphasized that the first phase of a global...
...even the more hawkish students, while urging action against whoever is responsible, hesitate to say innocent people should also have to perish...