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...Reporting In "The Real War" [Dec. 25-Jan. 1], author Bob Woodward said, "It is almost a war without a home front ... There is a sense almost that we're not at war. I can't explain that phenomenon, but I find it deeply troubling." What's so difficult? As Woodward correctly pointed out, almost no one at home is being asked to sacrifice. If this truly were a national effort, everyone would be asked to sacrifice, and that would mean a draft, so the burden would be shared equally. But the Administration is afraid to even breathe the word...
...Reporting In "The real war" [Dec. 25, 2006?Jan. 1, 2007], author Bob Woodward said, "It is almost a war without a home front ... There is almost a sense that we're not at war. I can't explain that phenomenon, but I find it deeply troubling." What's so difficult? As Woodward correctly pointed out, almost no one at home is being asked to sacrifice. If this truly were a national effort, everyone would be asked to sacrifice, and that would mean a draft, so the burden would be shared equally. But the Administration is afraid to even breathe...
...positive, and we are deep in this fight at the moment. The real fight will not be between nations, but a struggle between fanaticism and democracy. Terrorists do not have a common list of demands on which to base negotiations. Fanatical hatred has taken over the world and this phenomenon conflicts with rational politics that is accustomed to negotiation and compromise...
...once tried to kill you was the first to embrace you? The first real and true response to my books came from Germans who for the first time gave me an indication that I had written something worth reading. But you have to stop and think about this phenomenon. The generation of Nazis no longer exists, and the question arises: Shouldn't one support a young generation in its struggle against the forces of the past, especially when they are reaching...
...warmth can only be chilling for so long. Perhaps Saturday’s strange weather was a manifestation of a global phenomenon that may one day end life on earth as we know it. Perhaps it wasn’t. Either way, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of casual indifference to civilization’s impending doom. A beautiful day in the middle of January is like a baby lion: it may become dangerous, but for now it’s just lots of fun. At the moment, global warming doesn’t seem...