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...irreversible end" to nuclear-weapons development before it offers Pyongyang much of anything. A diplomatic solution seems in some ways even more unattainable with North Korea than it was with Iraq. And trying to impose regime change on a nuclear-armed rogue state seems unthinkable. A quick, clean surgical strike to take out the Yongbyon nuclear facility would not end the weapons threat - the North is thought to have a separate nuclear program hidden away in underground facilities. Besides, any military move would invite massive retaliation, and Kim has better hostages than Saddam. The capital of South Korea, the world...
...Also, the American withdrawal may have given al-Qaeda the scent of blood. The U.S. troop presence had, at least symbolically, been a major prop of support for the Saudi regime. Al-Qaeda may believe that the U.S. withdrawal signifies a weakening of the Saudi regime, prompting them to strike out against...
...Laden is clearly in a long-term fight, calculating when he can do what. Clearly they feel this is a good time to strike given the historic changes in the region. Although the fatalities are nothing near the scale of 9/11, it was a massive attack politically, because it happened in the heart of Riyadh after two years of the war on terrorism and warnings of Saudi extremism. This was meant not only to kill Americans, but also to send an earthquake through the Saudi government. Hitting Saudi Arabia is a major escalation...
...innings before, the rookie’s throw to third baseman Josh Klimkiewicz from almost 200 feet away in right field went for a perfect strike. After that, the 60 feet and six inches from the pitching rubber to home plate was purely a matter of calibration. Salsgiver—whose cannon arm has forced Ivy League baserunners to run at their own risk all season long—didn’t take long to adjust for the shorter distance...
...here were the Princeton fans on their feet. And despite the mists and their certainty, the difference between the seemingly inevitable and the cinematically unreal was represented by a couple of miles per hour, an inch or two, a millisecond’s worth of delay jumping on strike three, and in all of this was the possibility and promise of baseball...