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...even in the absence of such controls, diplomacy has proven effective so far in keeping those volatile nations from using their own weapons of mass destruction. Our experience with Saddam has shown that although may be evil, he is neither stupid nor irrational. He does not want to see his country obliterated by a retaliatory attack, and there is no reason to believe that he will support an attack on the U.S. unless backed into a corner. The proponents of an invasion, more than anyone else, threaten to do just that...
...employee. She has enough affection for pain and humiliation for both of them. It may not be quite so all right with viewers, though. Writer-director Shainberg seems to be aiming for a dark comedy, but mostly his movie is coy without being funny, ugly without being truly transgressive, stupid when it needs to be smart...
...young women were consigned to the care of often abusive nuns. "What really astonishes me about the church's very vocal outrage is that I think being in one of those places was a lot worse than you see in the film," he says. "I can't believe how stupid the church has been, to give instant condemnation before even seeing the film. They made us front page on every paper in Italy." It is not Mullan's first time in the spotlight. His role in Ken Loach's My Name is Joe won him the 1998 best actor award...
...Charles Krauthammer, in a recent Washington Post article, tried to explain the communications difficulties between the American right and left. “To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law,” he wrote. “Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil...
Saddam Hussein may be many things, but he's not stupid. That much was clear from his timely and unconditional surrender on Monday to the demand that Iraq readmit UN weapons inspectors and allow them to search, unfettered, for weapons of mass destruction. In a letter sent to the UN Security Council, whose members are at work on a resolution demanding that Iraq submit to new inspections or face the consequences, the government of Iraq announced it would accept inspections "without conditions" and was ready to begin immediately discussing the practical arrangements for the inspectors' return. The White House...