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...suspension permanent and get Iran to stop making nuclear fuel. The Europeans hope to persuade Tehran by guaranteeing that they will provide supplies. But no matter how diligently Iran respects NPT rules or how well monitored its program is, if it retains the capacity to enrich uranium, it can revert to the bomb business on short notice unless the facilities are completely dismantled...
...Back then, the U.S. had maintained a close military relationship, in terms of training, arms supply and so on, that stretched back decades without causing the sort of domestic political problems that have accompanied the stationing of U.S. troops inside the kingdom since Operation Desert Shield. Now they can revert to that relationship, because the demise of Saddam means the official reason for the U.S. troop presence no longer exists...
...adventures. If we want a lasting peace and a country that is not hated around the world, the American people must ensure that Iraq is not forgotten as Afghanistan has been. Afghanistan’s return to the opium trade should remind us that ravaged and neglected countries often revert to old ways. If we fail to secure the peace in Iraq, whatever progress we buy with American, British and Iraqi blood will go up in smoke...
...open punch” will never have any substantive effect on the Pudding’s membership; legacies of the club, and students who hail from wealthy backgrounds, will always enjoy a higher probability of membership than the typical undergraduate. Even if the Pudding were to revert back to its ostensibly “open punch” of semesters past, it will remain an exclusionary club...
...Torture talk has a categorical absolutist quality,” he said. “Time and again, people discussing the problem will revert to the word ‘torture...