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...will continue until the terrorist threat is crushed, or until the bin Ladens and Husseins and Assads succeed in driving us from the Muslim world and remaking the vastness and variety of Islamic civilization in their own dark image. In this light, whether Bush wins re-election is ultimately immaterial—victorious leaders from Churchill to Bush the Elder have been turned out of office by the fickle popular will. Before the bar of history, he will be judged on whether he wins the war that has been so suddenly and shockingly given...
...case of Yeltsin, Washington has a deep desire to see Fox succeed - and a strong self-interest in doing what it can to help him. President Bush is prepared to go to bat for the rights of Mexican truckers to ride U.S. highways, and to press Congress to abandon the annual ritual of certifying Mexico as a drug war ally, which the Mexicans find insulting. But the faltering U.S. economy is making life difficult for Fox, as last year's roaring 7 percent growth rate gives way to this year's stagnation, and Mexico sheds jobs instead of creating desperately...
...Presumably, though, because Fox is trying to open up Mexico's economy, the U.S. has a strong interest in seeing him succeed, and will want to do what it can to support...
...think that's true. But there are still plenty of hard-liners in the government who would like to try and resolve this by force. It's clear they're unlikely to succeed, and you just have to look at how they managed over the past six months to see that. It may have been a recognition of the grim alternatives that actually persuaded many of the hard-liners to vote for the deal today...
...next year he was one out from a perfect game and surrendered a hit. Finally, though, Stieb no-hit the Indians in 1990 to remove any doubt that he was doomed to always come close but never fully succeed...