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...intimately related to the qualities that got me into Harvard. My ability to concentrate, my independence, my highly-trained skepticism all contributed to an obsessive fear that got out of hand. Once the seeds of doubt were sowed, my mind voraciously seized on the question, analyzing every potential hazardous scenario, playing out the screaming voices in ever-more excruciating detail. The focus that is usually so helpful for excelling in classes quickly became debilitating as it latched onto a destructive tendency...
...those security structures are an indispensable pillar of any cease-fire or peace plan, because they will be responsible for preventing attacks on Israelis. If the current offensive leaves their ability to maintain order impaired, Israel will find itself compelled to continue to police the recently reoccupied towns - a scenario that would reverse the entire Oslo peace process, and set U.S. policy in the region back by more than a decade...
...time to panic? Probably not. Unless and until the Middle East fulfills its worst-case scenario and expands into a full-on, pan-regional war, there's little danger to the global oil supply. OPEC, for one, has steered clear of any Saddam-style threats, and seem to realize that it still has more to lose by declaring economic war on the U.S. than it has to gain - particularly with George W. Bush busy courting Arab nations to support his war on terrorism...
...bane of Wall Street is uncertainty, and the Middle East these days is certainly loaded with that. The worst-case scenario - an all-out war - could be devastating to the oil-dependent global economy, whether from an embargo or merely a disruption of supply. Merely by worrying about this investors are putting a premium on energy prices that could make their other nightmare - a weakling recovery, stunted by inflation and starved for demand - come true in the meantime...
...haven't any contemplation of it. The way things stand now I do not envision a scenario where I would run for president...