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...take hold when an agenda begins to get stale. The elections were a clear referendum on his leadership. He seemed to ignore criticism and was ineffective in achieving any of his goals, especially in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Republican Party paid the price on Election Day. Jethro Singer Santa Monica, California, U.S. Bush's political isolation is not his fault. The central challenge in dealing with militant Islam has always been the tentative resolve of most Western nations to defend their interests and values. Those countries are unwilling, unable or - increasingly - afraid to do so. Europe, in particular, just sits...
...exit strategy. We're looking for victory"?reflected the stubborn disconnect from reality that has characterized the Bush Administration's prosecution of the war. How much longer will Americans allow our leaders to repeat the tired and disingenuous rhetoric that ignores the depressing reality in Iraq? Mark Wardlaw Santa Rosa, California...
...killings. He blames them on "internal purges" in the N.P.A., which indeed murdered hundreds of its own people in the 1980s. Yet there is much to incriminate Esperon's men. Last week it emerged that a suspected member of one hit squad, which killed campaigning Methodist pastor Isaias Santa Rosa in August, carried army identification and orders for a "secret mission" from army intelligence. (The papers were discovered on the hit man after he himself was killed, apparently by friendly fire.) Before his murder by two unidentified men last year, left-wing activist Edison Lapuz told friends he was under...
...exit strategy. We're looking for victory" - reflected the stubborn disconnect from reality that has characterized the Bush Administration's prosecution of the war. How much longer will Americans allow our leaders to repeat the tired and disingenuous rhetoric that ignores the depressing reality in Iraq? Mark Wardlaw Santa Rosa, California, U.S. The Big Idea of Small Loans Never has there been a more timely recognition of the quiet revolution started by microcredit pioneer Muhammad Yunus than the awarding of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize [Oct. 23]. Yunus' achievement is a shining example of how social and religious prejudices...
Given all those diverging views, it's understandable that Bush talks about the commission headed by Baker and former Representative Lee Hamilton the way a child who can't wait for Christmas talks about Santa Claus. Bush mentioned the commission four times in his press conference last week. The President opposed the creation of the panel last fall but eventually came around, in part at the urging of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Worried about whether the White House believed in the commission from the start, Baker insisted on meeting with the President before taking the job and insisted that...