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...proposed four possible options that the new U.S. Secretary of Defense, Bob Gates, could pursue in Iraq [Dec. 4], but none included getting that country's neighbors involved. This narrow-minded arrogance - the presumption that we have all the answers - is exactly how the U.S. got to this point. It is time for the Administration to get other countries involved in finding a solution to the impossible situation the U.S. faces in Iraq. We might actually gain a small measure of goodwill, something we desperately need in the Middle East. Lori Smith Austin, Texas...
While Warne was playing we could forgive him his faults because he was so brilliant at his game. But when he finally goes - when any of our heroes step down - we are left with memories, highlights of former glories and all the blemishes, with none of the moments of genius. Retirement makes mortal. You could feel the humanity creeping in when Zidane lost his cool in the dying seconds of his career last year and head butted an Italian opponent. Where were the finesse, the flair, the skills we had grown to love so much? Who was this thug laying...
...Corliss and I joined the corps of Confetti Dispersal Engineers on New Year's Eve, as we had once before, on the so-called millennium of 1999-2000. We joined our chers amis Davie Lerner, Giacomo Ghiozzi, Victor Nelson and Gilbert Ireland, all CDEs of many consecutive years' standing. None of us had to blow up the 20,000 balloons due to be given out to the crowd; that task went to other people with more capacious lung power ... no, actually they use pumps. But we were on duty for nearly eight hours, as the elves in Father Time...
...acknowledged and discussed at length what he considers a major blunder. "My vote was a mistake and I should never have voted for this war," he said of the Iraq war, adding that the Bush Administration "has been an absolute disaster in the conducting of the war. But none of that changes or affects my responsibility. I'm responsible for what I did." He essentially promised to raise taxes, although he would focus the hikes on the wealthy and the profits of oil companies, to pay for expensive programs like universal health care. He answered so many questions that reporters...
...None of this is to say Sittar is a particularly bad character among the many tribal leaders in western Iraq. His is a fairly typical profile of the chieftains who've lived for generations as the dons of the region. In person, Sittar is personable, even likeable. A compact man, he sits erect and chops his hands in the air as he speaks. Welcoming all manner of guests, he'll hold court for hours in his house, which sits right outside the main U.S. base in Ramadi. Sittar makes sure his visitors are never without tea or a cigarette...