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...America, Ackroyd has the 17th century Puritan poet and radical escaping to New England after the collapse of the English revolution that he helped foment--itself a catastrophic result of the Protestantism set loose by Henry VIII's divorce. Instead of writing Paradise Lost, the blind and defeated rebel arrives near Plymouth in 1660. As he proceeds to plant an intolerant city-state on American soil, this Milton sneers at the memory of More, calling him an idolater who had had his head chopped off. And yet Milton must repress his delight in Utopia, More's 1516 tract about...
...believe that Kwame was a man ahead of his time. That's why he was so impatient with those who did not share his vision. Most activists eventually hung up their swords and shields; Kwame, however, never changed. He was the fighter, the rebel, the person storming the battlements, until the end. While we will greatly miss our fallen warrior, his legacy will be eternal...
...fact, the history of U.S. involvement with these groups is filled with similar tragedies. Part of the problem is that in the miles between Iraq and Washington, there is ample space for manipulation. Rebel leaders inflate U.S. support to attract followers. CIA officers move far beyond what politicians in Washington are willing to support. And politicians are not ready to match their rhetoric with military muscle...
Turkey may toss the Abdullah Ocalan hot potato to Germany, but Bonn will probably decline to catch it. Turkey's government -- which collapsed Wednesday in the face of a corruption scandal -- has signaled it would be happy to see the Kurdish rebel tried in a third country. Italy refused Turkey's request to extradite Ocalan, but Germany could still potentially charge him with incitement to murder. For all Turkey's protests, Italy's decision may actually help Ankara by sparing them the trouble that might have arisen from trying Ocalan at home. "Putting Ocalan on trial in Turkey could cause...
...want to stay home Wednesday. They're scheduled to travel to Istanbul for a European Cup clash with their Turkish counterparts -- but in light of the anti-Italian fervor sweeping Turkey's streets, Rome has advised its citizens to stay away. As if Turkey's freeing of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan weren't enough to inflame Turkish anger, on Monday the Italian prime minister told Turkey to make peace with the Kurdish separatists and accused it of "systematic violations of human rights." That won't raise the prospects for soccer diplomacy...