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...second place, President George W. would never ask his father, "What'll I do about Iraq?" The son would consider that inappropriate, unwise and unfair for both of them. George W. knows all about how his father handled Desert Storm. He does not need to be told again. He does talk with the former President about people and events in the world...
...silent as commentators traffic in the cliche that the coming confrontation with Saddam is the result of a Bush failing "to finish the job the last time," the son trying to avenge his father's loss of nerve. If anything, Bush is even more convinced these days that Desert Storm was fought properly and ended properly. He points out that the objectives were set, the war fought and won, and to world acclaim America went home, avoiding what could have been an endless and bloody bog. "Finishing the job" would have meant a huge and perhaps unsuccessful search for Saddam...
...with a college student named La Donia Miller, the woman who would become his wife. Despite his dad's warnings, he also fell in love with the idea of becoming a warrior. A three-year stint in Germany--tagging along on road marches, soaking up the camaraderie of Desert Storm veterans--led him to re-enlist. While in Europe, he spent six months in Bosnia. Suddenly the supply guy "was in full battle rattle, doing patrols," he says. "I loved being out there with them guys...
...times been dizzying. Raffarin cabinet members have issued clashing policy pronouncements, forcing the Prime Minister to officiate and clear the air. Sometimes the government shows signs of wanting reform but lacking the stomach to go through with it. Last week, for example, after a junior minister provoked a storm by revealing job reductions planned for France's mammoth public school system, Education Minister Luc Ferry rushed to placate teachers' unions with assurances that only administrative posts would be cut. Budget Minister Alain Lambert and Economy Minister Francis Mer have similarly been at odds on fiscal policy. Their most notable mixup...
From the perspective of their boardrooms, bankers are hopeful the current storm will blow over. "If we were being really hard in this negotiation, we?d say to the E.U. that it?s not our problem," says Dérobert of the private bankers? association. "If it?s just a question of abolishing something that we hold dear in order to help the competition, we?re not interested." Says Thomas Baer, chairman of Bank Julius Baer: "German banks, as all banks, are not in as good a shape as they were, and they?d welcome any opportunity to go against...