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...Experts and Thinkers" was largely characterized by hand-wringing, worrywart American élites (save for Tommy Franks) who opined that Iraq is a disaster. Those who live in the Middle East and have a direct investment in democracy, however, see the value of the U.S.'s hard-fought quest to stabilize Iraq, defeat Islamic terrorism and bring liberty to oppressed peoples. Our Founding Fathers would be proud of the latter and disgusted by the former...
...cadres from the opposing side resorted to bombs and kidnappings. Society and foreign embassies knew the coup was coming, and they welcomed it. Military officers explicitly declared that they were to change everything in a “process of national reorganization.†In their quest for security, they lost sight of what they were securing: there was no room for Congress, independent judiciary, free press, or fair trials for suspects. The Argentine military hunted subversive terrorists but then moved on to civil dissidents: they targeted everyone from union leaders to liberal college students. These people, according...
...his mark in Washington as the knight-errant of campaign-finance reform and whose name is rarely written without the word maverick attached would ever meet a cause he deemed hopeless. But that was pretty much where Arizona Senator John McCain was a couple of weeks ago in his quest to transform the nation's immigration laws and set on the path to becoming citizens the estimated 11 million people who are here illegally. When the proposition had been tested, as recently as December in the House of Representatives, the result was a bill that went just about...
Like legions of baby boomers who have gone about as far as they can in their profession--or will soon reach that uncomfortable turning point--Gossage is after something simple: validation of a career, and life, well spent. He wants one last cheer, and his high-profile quest throws valuable light on some common nagging questions. Are up-and-comers out to steal our thunder? When we're not recognized for our achievements, does it pay to get angry? Am I living in the past when I still have much to offer and should be looking ahead? When...
...This could be the beginning of the end." JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO, Spanish Prime Minister, after the Basque separatist group ETA, which has killed more than 800 people over the past 40 years in its quest for Basque independence, announced a permanent cease-fire...