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...that over time they got more and more against the surge, and now they're coming in 4 or 5 to 1 against," Altmire said. In the two days I was on the road with the Congressman, only two people out of the dozens who chatted with Altmire expressed outright opposition to the Democratic timelines, though many were troubled by their implications. Arlene Carr, 66, a homemaker in New Castle, said she worries about increased terrorism at home if the U.S. fails in Iraq. And Skip Haswell, 62, a retired cop in Ambridge, said he's concerned that the troops...
...their security - and even the weapons to back it up - in exchange for severing their links to al-Qaeda. That's a manageable risk while U.S. forces are nearby; if they depart, it becomes tinder in a dry forest. The danger would be not just sectarian slaughter but outright anarchy as well. "Our immediate concern," says a senior Arab diplomat, "is that sending a signal of complete withdrawal could encourage some elements in every faction in every political group that they can now impose their own agenda. It would be not only Shi'ite versus Sunni ... but [war] inside each...
...horticulturists, along with representatives from industry, the group formulated PlantRight, an educational program designed to promote phasing out the use of destructive species and encourage planting of local varieties. Recognizing the value of a voluntary program - something that many other states failed to do - PlantRight doesn't call for outright statewide bans of any invasive species. Instead it makes recommendations based on climatic zones and acknowledges that plants that are harmful to California's coastal region may be perfectly suitable, say, to its deserts...
...about Iraq. He has trotted out the same old ironclad abstractions--"Our enemies will stop at nothing ..." and "Freedom is God's gift to man"--for four years. Recently, in his desperation, starting with his speech at the Naval War College on June 28, he has been telling an outright lie, and he repeated it now, awkwardly, in Cleveland: "The same people that attacked us on September the 11th is the crowd that is now bombing people, killing innocent men, women and children, many of whom are Muslims, trying to stop the advance of a system based upon liberty...
...opposition senses an opportunity too. Mrs. Kirchner's comparatively lower popularity has led them to feel optimistic about forcing a second round of voting if she cannot obtain the necessary percentage to win outright in a first round in the October 28 polls. "It is clear Cristina is the weaker candidate," said Senator Gerardo Morales, the vice-presidential candidate on Lavagna's ticket...