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...even the notion that al-Qaeda will be our sole security risk in maintaining bases in Iraq is, to put it mildly, wishful thinking. What of Moqtada al Sadr and his Shi'ite radicals, who insist on the U.S. leaving lock, stock and barrel? And what of Iran, which apparently continues to aid and abet both Shi'ite and Sunni insurgent groups with IEDS and other weapons...
...Iraq is not Japan or Germany; nor is it Vietnam (though, as hard as it is for Bush's critics to swallow, the notion that a Saigon-like pullout from Iraq would embolden and empower al-Qaeda and its sympathizers worldwide is hardly idle.) It's not even Malaya, where the British fought insurgents from 1948 to 1960 - a struggle that informs, to a degree, the current U.S. counterinsurgency strategy now being implemented by General David Petraeus. And it is most certainly not Korea...
...part, Dowling is open to the notion of change. “I think [the UC] has been very effective some years—more effective than others—but with a new president coming in and a new dean it might be time after 25 years to look at the governance of the University, not just...
...instances. Implicit in the assumption that black students do not belong at Harvard is the archaic idea that black people are incapable of laying claim to the Harvard legacy, both real and mythologized. What is sad is that we as a society have not gotten over the very basic notion that racial identity does not impute capacity or potential...
...instead been conveniently and irresponsibly framed in terms of diversity. The idea is that by being around different groups of people and by learning about their unique experiences, one is able to acquire a cosmopolitan perspective that will ultimately create racial harmony. Even more preposterous is the notion that diversity automatically leads to equality...