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Rumsfeld made clear last week that despite the Saudi embarrassment, he values the board's advice. "I have always benefited from a competition of ideas," he said. But in a Pentagon known for marching in lockstep to Rumsfeld's orders, the surreal Saudi briefing left some thinking that Perle's board should focus next on picking its targets--and the weapons used against them--more wisely...
...message is clear: so long as Musharraf stays in lockstep with Washington's antiterror objectives, he can do pretty much what he pleases at home. Privately, however, U.S. officials have expressed reservations about the referendum. "It doesn't seem like the greatest tactic," says a State Department official. "It'd be better if he just let the Parliament make him President." But real democracy is a messy, unpredictable business. "It does not simply mean elections," says political scientist Rizvi. "It also means you must compromise, and you may lose some power." That, for now, is not something Musharraf is willing...
...conservative: avoid spreading your resources too widely, and focus on what you do best--and what you're known for. In HP's case, that's printing and imaging. Hewlett would have HP ditch most of its low-margin PC business. Until recently, Wall Street seemed to be in lockstep with Hewlett. Shares plunged 19% when the proposed merger was announced, then soared 17% late last year when Hewlett came out in opposition...
...those who are not with us are against us" was the signature slogan of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union under Stalin in the 1930s. But it's not simply the unfortunate historical associations that pose the problem; it's the very idea that countries either fall into lockstep with the U.S. or else they're with the bad guys. The typical response in the developing world to the U.S. war on terror has run along these lines: harsh condemnation of bin Laden and unreserved solidarity with the U.S. as the victim of a terror outrage; strong intelligence cooperation...
...know if it?s a problem - it seems to be a very conscious decision. Conservative Republicans have become more cohesive in recent years, and have toed the line. The Republicans seem to demand something like lockstep from party members these days; they?ve apparently lost their ability to compromise or negotiate...