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There's no question that President Barack Obama is taking his time in deciding whether to send the 40,000 extra U.S. troops to Afghanistan that his commander has requested. The debate in Washington is over whether that delay constitutes dangerous "dithering" in the face of a growing danger or prudent pause in the face of a looming quagmire...
...days from the U.S. to Pakistan [by sea], and then another two weeks over land into Afghanistan." Some military officers say privately that a quick, forceful decision creates its own momentum toward success, while a dragged-out process makes troops, allies, Congress and the U.S. public question U.S. resolve. ("Honestly, in Europe there is not great enthusiasm for sending more troops to Afghanistan," European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso said...
...decades, the French considered it taboo to question whether immigration and foreign influences were diluting France's social and cultural character. Indeed, the topic was considered so toxic that no one in France besides extreme-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen would even take it up in public. But times have changed. Twenty years after Le Pen's National Front Party (FN) became a political force in France, its view that immigration is threatening the French national identity is starting to gain wider acceptance. Now, the government is putting the issue front and center for the first time by encouraging...
...late Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini and a former speaker of parliament) is a sign of just how tightly the new circle of power is drawn. If anyone needed a reminder of how little room is left for legal political opposition, last week Khamenei called it a crime to question the results of the election...
...Most of the focus will be on the E.U. president - a job that could provide an answer to Henry Kissinger's famous question about who he would call if he wanted to speak to Europe. What exactly the president will do - besides answering that 3 a.m. phone call from the White House - has yet to be firmed up. The Lisbon Treaty is vague about the job description beyond the official role of organizing E.U. summits and meeting with foreign leaders. The president could become a powerful, high profile and recognizable face for all of Europe. But momentum...