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...call for a return to the days of the former Iraqi tyrant, Saddam Hussein. Given the bloodbath that has ensued since the invasion and the sectarian violence that has taken hold in the region, this reaction comes as no surprise. Just before his defenestration, former Secretary of Defense Donald R. Rumsfeld commented in a recently leaked memo that his current plan of action for Iraq cannot hope to stabilize the region. Another leak revealed a second memo written by Stephen J. Hadley, Bush’s national security advisor, which questions the competence of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki...
Even more problematic is the report’s support for an arbitrary deadline of early 2008 for an American military withdrawal. In response, Senator John S. McCain (R-Ariz.), a revered Vietnam veteran and presidential candidate for 2008, called this deadline “a recipe that will lead to…our defeat.” Announcing a set deadline is tantamount to having a parent announce to their teenage child that they will leave the house for the weekend…party, anyone? It would only invigorate America’s enemies around the globe, since they...
...Justine R. Lescroart ’09, a Crimson editorial editor, is a Romance languages and literatures concentrator in Quincy House...
...Considering that the amount of information that exists on the web is infinitely more than what can be found in any textbook, it definitely makes sense to lead the students toward helpful links,” Morin wrote in an e-mail to The Crimson. Eve R. Meyer ’09, a student in Wissner-Gross’s section for Physics 15a, agreed that the lists generated by the software were very helpful. “Our textbook wasn’t very clear, so the Wikipedia links Alex gave us allowed me to understand the concepts...
...annual sales, while ignoring "other drugs for more limited populations that generate much less revenue." Manufacturers find "me too" drug development less risky and more potentially lucrative than research into brand-new medications. Drug company mergers in the early 1990s also have resulted in the larger firms' scaling back R&D into new drugs as they look to cut costs...