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...Citizens of states with legitimate channels for political expression are less likely, the argument goes, to be swayed into the terrorists' camp. In other words, if there were a group of democratic states in the Middle East, including a democratic Palestine, the troubles of the region would no longer spill over into the wider world...
After Cheney's return, the Administration's incoherence on Iraq began to spill out. Officials started free-lancing. Exiled Iraqi opposition leaders, convinced that war was imminent, began lobbying for favors. Campaigning for congressional Republicans, Cheney started to test the waters for a pre-emptive strike to "remove serious threats to our country before they materialize." (He never mentioned Iraq by name, but everyone knew what he meant.) Republican congressional leaders, facing an election, fretted that the disarray would hurt them politically. At one point that spring, a senior White House official said in exasperation, "The dirty little secret...
...back at the canyon, we follow our guide up a sandy path that slashes through crevices in the cliff face. Once we reach the top, we gaze out over the red, rain-beaten peaks; below us, a half-full tour bus pulls up behind our jeep. Watching the foreigners spill out, we realize that after following the herd for years, we are discovering what it feels like to get somewhere first...
...also means that hostility directed toward the military in general could spill over into ROTC ranks, yet the cadets still met Bush’s speech with confident support...
Mustached Man 1: “Well, at least I didn’t spill racin’ fuel on my arm and burn myself again...