Word: insist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that as a child I naively hoped that if the next millenium were to bring one change, it would be a deemphasis on race in this country. (By "race" I mean "appearance," not "ethnicity.") Sadly, it would seem that so long as there are individuals on the Left who insist on continuing to play racial politics--who insist on stigmatizing a group of people as the "perpetually oppressed" segment of the population--such a deemphasis will never occur. While bigots certainly exist, I believe the leftwing McCarthyites pose a greater threat...
Right-wing critics blame Gorbachev for the breakdown in authority and insist that the government restore order. But in a society ruled by totalitarian dictate for centuries, instilling respect for law and faith in the government's fair enforcement of it will take time. Gorbachev has spent five years promoting his vision of a Soviet Union governed by law. Using the army and KGB to crack down on crime may solve the immediate problem, but it will not bring the future he promises any closer...
...Soviets neglected no service branch. They supplied the air force with several models of MiG fighters and with Su-25 fighter-bombers; the navy with missile boats; the army with missiles, T-72 tanks and heavy artillery. Moscow also provided 193 military advisers who, the Soviets insist, were in Iraq only to assist with equipment maintenance. The last group reportedly returned home...
MANY DIEHARD SUPPORTERS of Israel continue to insist that the U.S. needs Israel more than it needs its Arab allies. They cling to two basic strategic arguments...
Instead, we should insist on a U.S. foreign policy that supports Israel for Israel's sake--not because of a cost/benefit analysis, but because it's the right thing to do. Jews have been persecuted by Babylonia, by Persia, by ancient Greece, by ancient Rome, by the Ottoman Empire, by Nazi Germany and yes, by its Arab neighbors. The U.S. shut its doors to Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. It has a duty to resist future attempts at the systematic annihilation of this perennially oppressed people...