Word: ousting
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...Each approach carries advantages and dangers. The attraction of the "Afghan model," long championed by many hawks, is that it offers the U.S. a low-cost schema to oust Saddam. But skeptics doubt that Saddam's regime will collapse that easily, or that it will be significantly troubled by the strategically insignificant opposition forces. Like the "Afghan model," the "October surprise" can be implemented relatively quickly and has the advantage of a first-round knockout - it doesn't seriously test the political-military stamina of the U.S. war effort. Skeptics foresee massive loss of life on both sides (and among...
...axis of evil" speech, it's not hard to see why there's no rush to war with Iraq. While no significant constituency at home or abroad is comfortable accepting Saddam Hussein's continued brutal reign, there are few takers for launching a war in order to oust him. That's not only because victory may be neither cheap nor easy, but also because some of the stakeholders fear that victory itself may create a situation that's even less tolerable and stable than the present...
...than reduced, by success. Unless the U.S. is willing to assume the imperial commitment of a tough-loving single parent to a brutalized and resentful region, the involvement of allies aboard will be even more crucial to the task of remaking Iraq after Saddam than in the campaign to oust him in the first place. That may be one reason President Bush chose, this week, to emphasize his patience in relation to his commitment to getting rid of Saddam Hussein...
...sleepy French water company into the world's second-largest media group, Vivendi Universal, Messier saw his corporate reign come to an ignoble end last week as the stock market and the French media, business and cultural élite - and even the Elysée itself - converged to oust him. In France, Messier's name is now close to dirt - which also approximates Vivendi Universal's stock price. Shares have dropped around 70% since the start of the year and nearly 40% in the week of Messier's eviction. "Vivendi Universal has always been about, by and for Messier - which...
...HWAN played soccer for Italy's Club Perugia. But when the World Cup began, he rejoined his fellow Koreans by playing for their national team--and it cost him his job. That's because he was the one who scored the winning overtime goal that allowed South Korea to oust Italy from the tournament. Perugia chairman Luciano Gaucci claims that he fired Ahn because of comments the athlete made in a post-game interview declaring Korean soccer superior to the Italian brand. But, Gaucci told an Italian paper, "I have no intention of paying a salary to someone...