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From the position of an armchair general, it is difficult to know whether an air war is enough; however, it would be wise to maintain the use of ground troops as an option. Doing otherwise would send the signal that the U.S. is prepared to punish genocide only when the perpetrators are easy targets for bombardment...
...about God and a Benevolent Creator, McAffee outlined the debate's format. Both teams were alloted 13 minutes for opening speeches, which were followed by seven-minute rebuttals.Afterwards, there were 15-minute crossexaminations and then four-minute closing statements made by each side. McAffee's kitchen timer buzzed to signal the end of speeches...
Both teams were allotted 13 minutes for opening speeches, which were followed by seven-minute rebuttals. Afterwards, there were 15-minute cross-examinations and then four-minute closing statements made by each side. McAfee's kitchen timer buzzed to signal the end of speeches...
...decision to house its 20,000 refugees outside of U.S. borders at Guantanamo Bay has both symbolic and practical significance. On the symbolic front, says Branegan, "the administration wants to send a signal to both Congress and Milosevic that the evacuation and care of the refugees is only a temporary humanitarian measure" -- even if no one has a clue as to how long "temporary" will turn out to be. On the practical front, the choice of Guantanamo Bay makes all the difference. "Legally," says Branegan, "the refugees will not be in the United States." This means that normal immigration rules...
...attack systems, not our own, that give them the jitters. To forestall any Strangelovian mishaps, NORAD intends to create a ?joint confidence center? and has invited Russian officials to join them in mid-December at a scaled-down command post. If computer screens in Russia go dark or mistakenly signal a U.S. missile launch, their team here can flash the word home over a hot line that it?s a false alarm before someone over there hits the attack button. The Russians, especially in light of Kosovo, have been cool to the proposal, but NORAD intends to go ahead...