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...where the soldiers are based; one trade union forecast the loss of 7,500 German jobs. "This is a serious loss for those regions," says Defense Minister Peter Struck. There was little criticism of the change in U.S. strategy. "Let's face it, the cold war is over," says Jean-Vincent Brisset, a military expert at France's Institute for International and Strategic Relations. "The U.S. forces came to save Europe, but their presence today doesn't fit with current doctrine." The larger issue is whether the recall, set to begin in 2006, will degrade a transatlantic alliance already damaged...
...youthful tastes. Phyllis H. Witcher Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. TIME captured one side of life in Las Vegas in vivid detail: lots of money, alcohol and sex. How about a follow-up on the other side? Alcoholism, venereal disease, unwanted pregnancies, shame, loneliness and heartbreak - that's Vegas, baby! Jean Tuomey Cleary Sewickley, Pennsylvania, U.S. Preventing the Next 9/11 The most important implication of the 9/11 commission's report [Aug. 2] is that the rules of warfare have changed. Conventional strategies of employing overwhelming military force will not work against networks like al-Qaeda. The key to combatting terrorism...
TIME captured one side of life in Las Vegas in vivid detail: lots of money, alcohol and sex. How about a follow-up on the other side? Alcoholism, venereal disease, unwanted pregnancies, loneliness and heartbreak--that's Vegas, baby! JEAN TUOMEY CLEARY Sewickley...
...health-care system the best anywhere. Today its health-insurance scheme is in critical condition, and hemorrhaging money: this year it will rack up €12.9 billion more in costs than it takes in, mostly through payroll taxes. Reforms launched earlier this summer by the government of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin only begin to address the problem. Before the next presidential election, in 2007, the government says it will force through almost €10 billion in savings by cutting back on reimbursements for visits to specialists, favoring generic rather than brand-name drugs (per capita, the French...
...soldiers from Germany, France, Spain, Belgium and Luxembourg - assumed command of the 6,500 NATO troops in Afghanistan, the organization's first such deployment outside Europe. "I think there's a great deal of expectation for the E.U. to be here within a NATO operation," says French Lieutenant General Jean-Louis Py, Eurocorps' commander in Kabul. Py said the main task is to maintain peace as Afghanistan tries to hold its first presidential election on Oct. 9. Taliban rebels, bent on disrupting the process, have been attacking election workers for the past several months, and last week clashed with...