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...seemed inevitable that Thai blood would flow on Bangkok's streets. The army's intervention against Thaksin Shinawatra's autocratic rule came as a great relief to Thais, who had been living on edge for at least the past year. Marshall seems to believe in democracy for democracy's sake. Under Thaksin's five-year rule, we lived with massive corruption and oppression. I know we have to wait and see if the people in power keep their promise of finishing the revision of the constitution and calling a new election within a year. At least they kept their promise...
...make those nations join hands at this stage, given the way the war has played out. But he said that the U.S. has set far too many conditions for diplomacy-particularly in negotiations with rogue states like Iran and Syria-and needs to engage in diplomacy for its own sake. Haass said a regional forum was also needed because of the growing "militiaization" of the former Sunni state-a factor he said was growing in intensity. He said Washington will need the Syrians to help quell their clients in Iraq, Iran to shut down its operatives and so forth. Would...
...Gould-Wartofsky says he is not someone who protests for the sake of protesting. His approach to campus activism is utilitarian, a goal-driven process rather than an activity in itself, he says...
...awful lot of kids just packed their bags and went to the beach," Thomas says. The protests that did happen during that period were "certainly related to the war…but a lot of it was people making a commotion for the sake of making a commotion...
...TIME: Does a possible split in the Anglican Communion make you want to intervene on this issue? Tutu: No. You have your point of view but if you say you are retired, for goodness' sake, look at the sign that says exit and follow it. I hope [a rift] won't happen. But if it happens, it doesn't mean that God has been defeated...