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This article became a lot harder to write after I selected Kobe Bryant in my fantasy basketball draft. But alas, I shall continue my attempts to show Brenda Lee the path to salvation?...
...southern cities, even the most radical element of the Shiite population has refrained from urging violence against the U.S., waiting out the political process, which, if it is democratic, will grant them the dominant political role commensurate with their demographic majority. Even those most inclined to pursue a path of confrontation with the U.S. are unlikely, given their historical suffering at the hands of Saddam's regime, to make common cause with the Sunni insurgents...
...perhaps the path to a better world lies not through pyrotechnics but through a reformed U.N. in which all nations place their confidence and support. This investment in the U.N. is so vital because recent events have shown that states cannot go it alone for very long. The United States is now actively seeking international help in Iraq, acknowledging that building alone a new state is impossible. Unilateral interventions in countries such as Somalia failed. But when interventions do take place, who establishes order, enforces rule of law, and picks up the pieces? Only the U.N. can legitimately fulfill these...
...THEN YOU'RE RUNNING FOR NEW YORK GOVERNOR IN 2006, RIGHT? I'm thinking about it. I'll make the call a year from now. The state of New York needs help; it needs creative thinking to lead the economy out of the doldrums to avoid following the path of California...
...than ever. The rebuttal—offered by economists such as Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz—is that creditors will actually be more inclined to lend to countries that, thanks to debt relief, are able to invest in health and education and situate themselves squarely on the path to future growth. An economically sound nation will be more likely to pay back its debt than a floundering nation with negative growth...