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...hear such talk now. Experts are openly comparing Islamic terrorism to communism and fascism, ideologies that retained the loyalty of devotees despite occasional setbacks. "Al-Qaeda is not just an organization," says Ranstorp. "It's a movement. We shouldn't gauge its success through a short-term prism." It took a year, but recent attacks suggest that the dispersal of terrorists from Afghanistan back to their home bases reinvigorated local extremist groups--among them Jemaah Islamiah in Indonesia--with an influx of logistical and financial resources. That has Tenet worried. "The threat environment we face," he said last week...
...Some influential Americans, including senior Pentagon political appointees, argue that Washington's current concerns are short-term, and that it is China that presents the abiding challenge to American might. In fact, the Bush Administration came into office focused on Beijing as its likely long-term security headache. At the time, a Pentagon report classified China as "a military competitor." That perspective was wrongheaded then, and is even more so today. Just as the U.S. doesn't need a "China problem" now and for the foreseeable future, China's current leaders, and those who will emerge from the upcoming Communist...
...Staff seems content to compromise the welfare of Cambridge students for the sake of cutting costs. The students in question benefit tremendously from their small class size, which should be maintained regardless of the short-term budgetary implications. The $1 million price tag is negligible in the context of tens of millions of dollars in the Cambridge Public Schools budget, and a temporary deficit for a year would be far better than the confusion, aggravation and demoralization that would occur from consolidating and downsizing programs that have been created to benefit Cambridge students’ various learning styles...
...also revealed that, while President Lyndon B. Johnson had publicly described the war as a short-term battle, he oversaw a massive commitment of infantry to Vietnam...
...compromise the U.S. and Israel ultimately reach. But it's the wrong one. First and foremost, asking Israel to forswear any response to an unprovoked Iraqi attack is a policy without any strategic or moral foundation, as even Arab leaders would agree. While Israeli intervention would have a short-term, inflammatory effect on Arab opinion, the rage would fade if (and it's still a big if) the U.S. removes Saddam quickly and convinces the world that its interest is to stabilize Iraq, not colonize it. The risks to Iraqi civilians - and to U.S. troops - posed by an Israeli...