Word: powellã
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...Douglas Powell??€”Professor of English, specializing in poetry...
...welcome Secretary of State Colin Powell??€™s announcement that the United States will release evidence linking bin Laden to the attacks. Not only will such evidence help American citizens understand the forces that led to the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history, but it will build support for a U.S.-led operation to destroy the al-Qaeda network. A strong case will be especially crucial in securing the vital assistance of Muslim nations in combating the terrorist threat, and we hope that the government releases the maximum volume of evidence consistent with protecting its intelligence assets...
...least when American lives are at stake). Israel has not yet come close to using such force; its responses to date, including the demolition of terrorist bases close to the Gaza border, have been incredibly restrained relative to the measures most nations surely would have taken in similar circumstances. Powell??€™s double-standard with respect to Israel is inappropriate and unhelpful to the cause of peace in the Middle East...
...Gaza strip, carried out by land, sea and air forces, represented a drastic escalation of the ongoing unrest in the region. Israeli tanks and bulldozers entered Gaza and appeared to start building camps and fortifications in preparation for a prolonged occupation. Within a few hours of Secretary Powell??€™s stinging rebuke, however, Israeli forces were heading back across the border...
Undoubtedly, Secretary Powell??€™s strong and entirely appropriate action saved many lives and ensured that the current uneasy standoff did not erupt into a wider and more tragic conflict. The fact remains, however, that the Bush administration has not articulated, let alone put into action, any strategy aimed at getting the Middle East peace process back on track. Powell??€™s reaction was just that, a reaction. The United States has vital national security interests at stake and a peaceful, prosperous Middle East is what our foreign policy should be striving...