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...become a dirty word, an insult on par with “belligerent aggressor” and a refrain of choice for critics of the present administration. We hear, from European politicians and American intellectuals, a ceaseless jeremiad about the dangers of unilateral U.S. action. Consider, for example, the lament of Peter Kilfoyle, a member of the British parliament, in his recent op-ed in The Crimson. After deciding that Islamic terrorism is the result of globalization and the polarization of the “haves” and the “have-nots” (itself a curious...
...knew what to call it at first, so the numbers became the name. On this 9/11 there will be bells and bagpipes and a rolling requiem of choirs singing Mozart from time zone to time zone, circling the globe with love and lament. But for the 11 people TIME has followed this year, it may be just another day: for a girl in New Jersey without her dad, a day of avoiding the news; for a girl in Pakistan with divided loyalties, a day of avoiding her friends. For a commando in Afghanistan and a Customs inspector in Detroit...
...that have punctuated its brief reign. Raffarin and his neo-Gaullist boss?President Jacques Chirac?benefit from near-complete conservative domination of the French political system, but you wouldn't know it from their policies. That has led traditional allies like Seillière and other business leaders to lament the lost opportunity?a chance to slash away at a social and economic structure they view as hobbled by an obese public sector, hefty taxes and costly entitlements. "We've had a change of political direction," says Seillière, so he can't understand the government's "hesitation...
Despite this unprecedented effort, partisan critics still lament the President's refusal to support the Kyoto Protocol--forgetting that the Senate voted 95 to 0 against Kyoto's principles in 1997. It's worth remembering why: Kyoto would put millions of Americans out of work for the sake of meeting unrealistic targets that would have a negligible effect. The developing world, which will soon account for the majority of all greenhouse-gas emissions, has no obligations under the Kyoto Protocol. Even the industrialized world isn't expected to make major reductions in its emissions; rather, it will simply buy credits...
...security. If you continue to do this, we in Europe can only feel a sense of disappointment and deep foreboding." Particularly frustrating to foreign friends of America is their sense that even though they will be deeply affected by U.S. policies, they have no opportunity to influence them. This lament suggests at least a partial remedy. Congress has powers to advise and consent on foreign policy, and of course no foreign operations can proceed without congressional funding. In exercising these powers, Congress holds extensive hearings - yet it rarely calls foreign witnesses. Perhaps now would be a good time to begin...