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...lies," especially when it creates the impression that military errors with civilian casualties have occurred. The old Pentagon mindset prevailed when first it denied, then grudgingly confirmed, that its planes bombed four well-marked Red Cross warehouses, a U.N. demining depot and the Herat hospital. To retain credibility and what may become increasingly fragile global support, officials must acknowledge that Taliban videos and claims can reveal a truth of sorts, however thin and garbled the first details...
There are pretty songs on the album—“Achilles Heel” and “Just Hold On” were both successful singles for Toploader back home. Some songs on the album retain an aesthetic in this vein, others add to more sophisticated elements such as electric orchestration—“Breathe” and “Dancing in the Moonlight” are album highlights...
...candidates—including five of the six incumbents—are running for the school board, with the incumbents widely expected to retain their seats...
...Sudan on the Human Rights Commission and Syria on the Security Council—a veto on our actions. Any international order we erect must satisfy our own national interests more often than it frustrates them; any other system would not be worth joining and would never retain long-term support...
...dissenting voices are becoming ever louder, touting this conflict as a reprise of the disastrous Vietnam War. The American public is far too intelligent to accept that dropping bombs on Kabul will rid the world of the forces of terrorism, and it should be treated with more respect. To retain public confidence in our efforts, the Administration should remind Americans of the specific aims of the U.S.-led campaign in Afghanistan, and show why our actions are designed to achieve them...