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...Forget, for a moment, Wolfowitz's wildly optimistic predictions for Iraq; what concerns us here are the assumptions he derived from his reading of the Sunni-Shia distinction. In many ways, they're a mirror image of the thinking in Washington two decades ago, when Shiite radicalism centered in Iran was deemed the most threatening. When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, the U.S. cooperated with Saudi Arabia in recruiting and arming hundreds of Sunni Muslim radicals to wage jihad. One unintended consequence of that program, of course, is the international jihadist brigade known today as al-Qaeda. But the operating...
...story slyly reference the style of Winsor McCay, a pioneering cartoonist whose most famous strip was called "Little Nemo in Slumberland." Like McCay, Chelsea plays with the comix form by busting up the layouts and adding whimsical, surreal moments. At one point David's reflection steps out of the mirror, dressed in a clown suit, and tries to talk some sense into the freshly humiliated artist...
...improvements include 18 new weight machines, 12 new cardiovascular machines, a room-length mirror and vastly improved lighting—renovations that cost about $75,000 in total...
...Such is the success of this effervescent pairing that the houses of Dom Perignon, Krug, Mo?t and Veuve Clicquot all trumpet its merits. Veuve even promotes its 1996 Rich Reserve as a companion for dim sum. "The shrimp dumpling is a mirror of the Rich Reserve," says Bruno Yvon, Hong Kong-based business manager of the Clicquot Group. "Both are a mix of crisp and aromatic textures enveloped in a soft richness...
...because Powell's e-mails had caused his staff to check their source materials, to conclude that they were wrong in the first place to have limited the potential use of WMD to defending the regime. Hutton accepted this; others were skeptical. Paul Routledge, in the Daily Mirror, was typical of the critics: "Nothing shocks us anymore. Mr. Blair done nuffink. Alastair Campbell is a plaster saint ? It beggars belief Lord Hutton could find these miscreants not guilty." The risk for Blair now is that the very size of the victory awarded by Hutton will provoke a destabilizing backlash...