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...cornerstone of Republican foreign policy, as ever, is a strong defense. But many of the principles enunciated by Rice and other sober GOP internationalists may be sharply challenged by the party's relentless determination to build a comprehensive missile defense system, which will dramatically increase tension with Russia and China and strain relations with Washington's European NATO partners. (Come on, guys - you know the reason they're opposed is the system's impact on the strategic balance, not because Clinton hasn't done a good job of selling it to them, as Governor Bush regularly implies...
...climbed in. As they drove to a secluded spot, he told her he was a helicopter pilot for the National Guard. He was not a murderer, he told her, because he had five kids and "wouldn't do that." He was calm and--unlike many of her customers--sober. He paid Smith $40 for oral sex. Then suddenly she felt a blow to her head. At first she did not know what hit her. As blood gushed from the wound, she almost lost consciousness. The man asked for her money, but Smith managed to scramble out of the vehicle...
...democracy. We may placate our concerns with the idea that trade with the West will speed China's democratization - it may contribute in the very long term, but don't hold your breath - but it's really based on the economic self-interest of both countries. In fact, many sober foreign policy heads recognize that the convulsive social upheaval that will accompany the epic transformation from socialism to capitalism currently under way in China that a strong (yes, even authoritarian) state might be necessary to avert a cataclysmic collapse. Which is why electoral democracy isn't Beijing's immediate priority...
...Israeli government expressed its sorrow, but behind the scenes a more sober view reigned. Assad was, in some ways, a good foe to have: smart, reliable in his intransigence. Though in 1973 he sent hundreds of tanks swarming toward Israel on the Jewish Day of Atonement in a concerted effort with Egypt to regain Arab territory, once he'd lost the war, he kept to the truce with utmost scrupulousness...
...once knew a Jekyll-and-Hyde alcoholic who, when sober, might walk for months in the sunshine of his good intentions and sanctimony, a paragon, one of the most respected citizens in town. But inevitably, one day, the thirst would descend upon him and he would revert to the piggy-eyed, spittle-spraying ranter we knew. He always returned to his dark side...