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President Bush may have reiterated his desire to get rid of Saddam Hussein, but that doesn't mean the U.S. is planning to invade Iraq any time soon. "It's the stated policy of this government to have a regime change," he told reporters Monday. "And we'll use all tools at our disposal to do so." Bush said he was reviewing all options, but added that "I'm a patient person...
...humid states in the U.S. Indeed, a recent survey conducted by health authorities in Florida found that hospitals in the region discharged far more patients with non-TB mycobacterial (or, as doctors call it, NTM) infections than with TB. And once you have NTM, it's tough to get rid of. "It takes three times as long to treat as conventional TB and relapses are common," says Dr. Michael Lauzardo, deputy TB controller of Florida. Drug costs alone run $5,000 a year, and a full course can last 18 months...
...Despite Washington?s efforts to rekindle some form of peace process, Ariel Sharon appears determined to rid himself of Yasser Arafat and cement his own hold over the West Bank. The Israeli prime minister told the New York Times that he may consider letting Arafat leave his Ramallah office and go to Gaza, saying "with Arafat, no one will be able to make peace." But right now Arafat isn?t looking for a new address, and Palestinian leaders scoffed at the suggestion - after all, Sharon himself is as much a prisoner of the current standoff in Ramallah as Arafat...
...Palestinians in exchange simply for a return to the dead-end situation of September 2000. President Bush sounded a clear warning that he wanted no whining from any Arab allies, reiterating that "you're either with us or against us." For good measure, they're expected to help get rid of Arafat and implement the Bush plan for Palestinian democracy, and then normalize diplomatic and trade ties with Israel...
Sure, we could watch the World Cup, get rid of our steel tariffs, sign the Kyoto treaty and build a coalition before invading Iraq, but all that sounds like a lot of effort. We have enough trouble persuading our states to get along without involving the rest of the world in our activities. When we trumpeted globalization, we were pretty clear that we meant other countries acting like us, not vice versa...