Word: sovereignity
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...government to the private sector and multinational corporations will become surrogate agents of the government. Bobbitt politely chose not to mention what these market states will not be: democracies. They will be corporate dictatorships not controlled by any parliament, constitution or responsibility before God. They will have only one sovereign--money. Let's not underestimate the threat these market states pose. JUERGEN WEBER Schwabisch Hall, Germany...
...draft of Article 23 represents an all-too logical development of the manner in which the Hong Kong government has interpreted its promised high degree of autonomy as meaning a high degree of freedom to kowtow to the sovereign power in the north. Shorn of its linguistic niceties, it lays down that any organization of which Beijing disapproves on security grounds will be proscribed in Hong Kong. That could, for instance, mean that the Falun Gong movement, which the central government has been persecuting remorselessly, could be outlawed in the SAR. Or it could put Hong Kong's democratic parties...
...Aviv were attacked with biological weapons, as Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has promised to do, would Hasan urge restraint upon Israel? Israel truly has a sovereign right to defend itself against foreign attack. Its restraint in 1991 was only possible do to the fact that, miraculously, the 39 scud missiles launched at it did little damage. Furthermore, Israel’s restraint was seen by the Arab states, not as a sign of wisdom and restraint, but as a sign of weakness. This is a show that Israel cannot afford to repeat while engaged in its present struggle...
...Iraq attacks Israel marks a major shift in Israeli thinking since the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld has spoken out against the policy change, saying that it would be in Israel’s best interests not to get involved. But Israel is a sovereign nation; it unquestionably has the right to defend itself from an Iraqi strike...
...greatest danger in such a comment is the blurring of the lines between criticism of a state’s policies and a state’s peoples. If this separation were not possible, any opposition against a sovereign state, either in the form of economic sanctions or military action, would necessarily be founded upon sweeping generalizations against an entire population. Fortunately, we are able to dissociate our opinions of a government from our attitude towards its citizens—most of the time. When criticism of Israel arises, our vision becomes murky, the boundaries between state policy...