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Many Israelis might disagree. Until Hamas proves that it is committed to restraint, it's likely that Israel will continue the policy of unilaterally establishing permanent borders to separate itself from the Palestinians. Signs that the Palestinians are building a fundamentalist society on their side of the line won't do much to bolster Israeli interest in a negotiated peace. That may be why Hamas leaders like Sheik al-Bitawi are sounding conciliatory. "There are good things in Europe and the U.S.: civilization, democracy, medical care," he says. "But there are also bad things: divorce, drugs, murder. We hope that...
...Romain Champenois Versailles, France The commentary by Elliott was a thinly disguised apology for American foreign policy. He claims the U.S. led the way in the campaign against nuclear proliferation, yet the U.S. maintains, and has always maintained, the largest nuclear arsenal in the world. Elliott also praises American restraint, which must seem like a morbid joke to the relatives of innocent Pakistanis, Afghans and Iraqis killed whenever American forces react too eagerly to intelligence. Elliott's claims that the U.S. acts to protect others ring hollow. The U.S. does not involve itself where there is nothing to gain...
...restraint Jarecki employs in this depiction of the military-industrial complex is admirable: rather than oversell the absurdity of the scene, he lets it unfurl without commentary. Clichéd declarations like “No Blood For Oil,” “Bush Lied and People Died,” etc., are mercifully absent from the film. By avoiding these cartoonish histrionics, Jarecki distinguishes himself from the likes of Michael Moore—to whom he is often unfairly compared...
Even Bush's supporters criticize his lack of fiscal restraint. They look with dismay at figures showing that the federal workforce of about 2.7 million is roughly the same size it was at the beginning of President Bill Clinton's second term. And they point out that Bush has not vetoed a single bill since taking office. "It's hard to veto something from a Congress dominated by your own party," says Murray Weidenbaum, who was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Ronald Reagan, "but Bush should have been tougher on the spending side. That's been...
Leon Panetta, a Democrat who was Budget Director under Clinton and is a former chairman of the House Budget Committee, chuckled when he heard about Bush's plan to project an image of restraint. "What the hell's he using for numbers to map that out?" Panetta asked over the phone from Seaside, Calif., where he runs the Panetta Institute, a nonpartisan center for the study of public policy. "He has put us in a deep hole that's going to be very tough...