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Memories have consequences. For 10 years Europeans have been promising they would increase the size and quality of their armed forces. They have scarcely tried. In Bosnia and in Kosovo, it was American military might that ended nasty little European wars. As George Robertson, the Scottish Secretary-General of NATO, said recently, "American critics of Europe's military incapability are right." This is not to say the Europeans should match the U.S. militarily or even that they could. It is now an axiom that the overwhelming power of the American military machine has reshaped international affairs. Paul Kennedy of Yale...
...Memories have consequences. For 10 years Europeans have been promising they would increase the size and quality of their armed forces. They have scarcely tried. In Bosnia and in Kosovo, it was American military might that ended nasty little European wars. As George Robertson, the Scottish Secretary-General of NATO, said recently, "American critics of Europe's military incapability are right." This is not to say the Europeans should match the U.S. militarily or even that they could. It is now an axiom that the overwhelming power of the American military machine has reshaped international affairs. Paul Kennedy of Yale...
...city,” that Rachel Morgan’s statement that he “could never be important in her life” caused many sleepless nights. The names of Watson’s many romantic interests grace the pages: Sheila Griffith, Linda Pauling, Rachel Morgan, Mariette Robertson, Margot Schutt, and Belinda Bullard. Most of all, though, Watson speaks about his relationship with Christa Mayr, daughter of Ernst Mayr, a famous biologist at Harvard...
Still, there is no doubt that the Bush campaign had plenty of reasons to make Reed happy. After taking over Pat Robertson's fledgling religious organization in 1989, Reed turned it into a political force, exercising something close to veto power over the Republican presidential nominee. If Reed had signed up with one of Bush's conservative rivals, Bush's White House dreams might have been threatened. But if Reed had too visible a role in the Bush campaign, his right-wing reputation might step on Bush's compassionate-conservative message...
...inclusion of Iran in his "axis of evil" raised eyebrows and concerns. European anxiety was plain in the cautionary statement by NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson on Friday that the U.S. would have to provide evidence linking the three states to the September 11 attack to justify any military action against them. The Europeans are concerned that Washington's new rhetoric could have a negative impact on the power struggle in Iran between elected reformists and appointed hard-line clerics...