Word: opinionizing
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...much to gain by trying to jack up gas prices and [get] badly needed revenues flowing into state coffers again," says Fabio Liberti, an expert on Russo-European affairs for the Institute of International and Strategic Relations in Paris. "Meanwhile, picking a fight abroad to distract and provoke public opinion when things look bad at home is a common political ruse - especially by Putin...
...Crimson Staff now joins many around the world in condemning Israel’s delayed response to seven years of continuous rocket fire from Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Yet, tellingly, this opinion offers no solutions, no alternatives, no suggestions for how a sovereign nation ought to respond when missiles are launched at its citizens. In fact, there were seven years of missiles before Israel’s operation began; 8,250 missiles and mortar rounds had fallen on communities within a 20 kilometer range of Gaza. While some might say that firing 8,250 rockets and mortars at civilians...
...record of the outgoing administration. I submit that future generations of Americans will appreciate the accomplishments President George W. Bush achieved in the face of the extraordinary challenges that have confronted America during his tenure. Historians will remember him much more fondly than the fickle winds of public opinion see him today.It’s important to keep in mind that President Bush was confronted with tremendous difficulties when he ascended to office on Jan. 20, 2001. The country witnessed a struggle for the presidency that lasted over a month past Election Day and President Bush faced the challenge...
...moving Cuba in a more pragmatic direction - the magazine got scorn from U.S. officials. This year, when TIME put Cuban dissident Yoani Sanchez on the list - for the impact she's had on political blogging around the world - Cuban officials complained in turn. They're entitled to their opinion, but both camps' responses point out how tiresome U.S.-Cuban intolerance has gotten. If Washington and Miami are as serious as they claim about democratizing Cuba, they'll find more creative ways than a globally condemned embargo to engage the island. If Raúl Castro and the aging generals around...
...streets toward the U.S. and Israel from Lebanon to Pakistan, making life difficult for those inclined to cooperate with Washington (foremost among them, the Palestinian Authority of President Mahmoud Abbas) while offering an opportunity to U.S. foes to improve their own standing in Arab and Muslim public opinion. President Obama will take office with the Israeli-Palestinian issue once again clearly functioning as a driver of regional instability, demanding action - and, perhaps, new thinking - from the incoming Administration. (See pictures of the world reacting to Obama...