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...past 20 years have consistently placed him in the top three of greatest American Presidents. Now, in many ways, we are at a pivotal moment similar to the one in 1960 when Kennedy was elected. In this issue, the sixth installment in our annual Making of America series, we reassess the Kennedy presidency not only from the perspective of the 1960s but from today's as well. Indeed, the premise of this series is to view history through contemporary eyes and to mine it for ideas and examples that can shed light on our world today...
...disaffected young Moroccan immigrant named Mohammed Bouyeri shot and killed Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh on an Amsterdam street, slit his throat with a machete, and then calmly plunged a knife into his chest. The murder forced Holland to reassess its cherished postwar tolerance of immigrants. That discussion continues today across Europe, characterized by angry outbursts and a great deal of certainty about who, or what, is to blame. In Murder in Amsterdam, Buruma offers no such prescriptions. Instead, he brings a journalist's detachment to the debate, dissecting the violent rage of a "confused" and "muddled" Bouyeri...
...carbon-based fuels. Finally, to achieve stability in Baghdad during the creation of the new governing coalition, I am temporarily sending two divisions-30,000 more troops-to pacify that troubled city. If a stable, moderate, inclusive Iraqi government is not created, we may be forced to reassess our military posture in the region. These initiatives may not succeed. But the time for fancy words and grand theories about changing the world has passed. We need to take action...
...have managed to inflict surprising casualties on Israeli forces in Lebanon and to keep firing hundreds of rockets on civilian targets as far as 30 miles into Israel. Along the Lebanese border, as Israeli intelligence drones the size of model airplanes whined overhead, an Israeli army major sent to reassess tactics was grimly impressed. "Nobody here looks down on Hizballah," he says. "This is their home, they're the defenders, and they've probably booby-trapped every house...
MUBARAK: Both need to reassess their gains and losses. There are many lessons to learn from the current crises. I hope this gets through to their leaders for the sake of the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples. Hamas, all other Palestinian factions and [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, also known as] Abu Mazen have to set aside their differences and speak in one voice. They have to prove that there exists a Palestinian partner able to negotiate a peace settlement with Israel. As to Hizballah, they are part and parcel of the Lebanese people's fabric. However, nobody should be allowed...