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...sending out a carefully calibrated message designed to rescue a process that the U.S. has calculated is vital to Israel's long-term interests. But Sharon hears enough dissonance in the Bush administration to ignore State Department entreaties. The Israeli prime minister appears to believe he can shoot his way out of the present crisis, but it behooves the U.S. to take the long view, in a wider regional context. And viewed against the backdrop of the long-term economic, political and demographic dynamics of the Middle East - at least in the way that Yitzhak Rabin read them when...
...doubt that they're planning to stay permanently in Beit Jala, but they're trying to get assurances that Palestinians won't shoot again at Gilo. But the question now is who is in a position to give such guarantees? When the Israelis come into their areas, the Palestinian Authority security people are joining the gunmen in defending the sovereignty of their areas...
Again: What is Israel to do? Arrest the terrorist leaders? Israel would have to invade Palestinian cities and kill hundreds of civilians along the way. The entire suggestion--serving terrorists with subpoenas--is ludicrous. What country in wartime tells its soldiers not to shoot back at those trying to kill them, but instead to cross enemy lines and try to apprehend them for trial...
...Things like this shooting down are to expected when you consider that the "no-fly zone" has been in effect for more than a decade. But it is a reminder that he's still there, defying American-led attempts to isolate him. Saddam has been trying to shoot down a manned aircraft, to create a hostage situation where Iraq has a U.S. prisoner of war, which Saddam knows would dominate the front pages for days, weeks and months. So this is another reminder of the risks of the "no-fly zone" policy, which the U.S. and Britain maintain in order...
Soon after Kasper Salto started his career as a furniture designer, he happened to be on the set of a photo shoot. Relaxing during a break, he picked up a light filter and began scrunching the plastic to make various shapes. Intrigued, Salto realized the filter could be curved in two directions at once. After three months experimentation with wood in a workshop, the plastic filter inspired the Runner chair, a wood and steel classic that is already a best seller...