Word: sentimentalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...UNSCOM inspections for good without having done much to debilitate Saddam's capacity to manufacture his lethal weapons. UNSCOM has been stymied by Saddam to the point of impotence, but it did provide a mechanism for measuring how and when sanctions could be lifted. Its demise could boost sentiment among Arab nations to drop the embargo, with Russia and China possibly pulling out as well. And if UNSCOM dissolves, the U.S. will have little alternative to a continued struggle with the dictator, containing Iraq with periodic bombings when it steps out of line...
There is a tremendous anti-impeachment sentiment that has not been organized", Dershowitz said...
...risking American lives for his own political gain. We find this assertion both weak and offensive. It is weak because it has become clear that there are more than enough votes in the House to impeach Clinton. If anything, the intense skepticism regarding his motives will only harden sentiment against him in the G.O.P. It is offensive because despite the President's sexual immorality, we cannot seriously entertain the notion that Clinton would employ military action to save his skin...
...situation in India is instructive. The Hindu nationalist party claims that its assimilative agenda and its mission to "break Islamic exclusivism" are the only means to build a united, democratic India. Thus, by stifling minority religious sentiment, the Hindu politicians hope ironically to "protect the plurality of thoughts and institutions...
Rosovsky echoed this sentiment, acknowledgingthat "at some point, there is no more appeal...