Word: symbolics
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...just as Saddam used symbols to engender loyalty and fear among Iraqis, so we used Saddam - his cruelty, his megalomania - as a symbol to justify war in Iraq. Of course Saddam was evil. But the real, nonsymbolic Saddam was just as evil in the 1980s - when the U.S. was tilting toward Baghdad in the Iran-Iraq war - as he was later. It was only recently that we chose to use Saddam as the chief exhibit for the proposition (with which I agree) that the failure and violence of the Muslim world were so dangerous to others that they could...
...jarring turn of events for the company that is still the most recognized symbol of American industrial might. Boeing employs 157,441 people in 38 states and 70 countries. This year it is expected to earn $50 billion in revenues (a 14% slip from 2001) and will remain the largest U.S. exporter. Having made its name in airliners, it now builds everything from onboard Internet systems for airplanes to components of the space shuttle...
...Laden's continued ability to elude capture has bedeviled American efforts on the war against terrorism - not because anyone supposes that from some rural fastness he is dictating strategies and tactics on the latest terrorist outrages, but because he remains a potent symbol of defiance. The capture of Saddam helps, but so long as bin Laden remains at large, all the power and high-tech wizardry of the American armed forces are still losing the battle that is most important in the Islamic world - the struggle to convince ordinary Muslims that those who espouse terror and oppose liberal, modern social...
...forces from Mosul in the north to Najaf in the south, protecting Saddam Hussein may not have been the first operational priority. His capture also raises a dilemma for those insurgents looking to broaden the appeal of their rebellion - Saddam may have been more use to them as a symbol of the past, rather than as a captive of the enemy. The extent to which the insurgency appears to be about Saddam himself may set limits on its growth: Many Iraqis oppose the occupation, but very few want Saddam back in power...
...Lynch exemplifies the true grit of U.S. soldiers who hang tough and never give up hope. She is a symbol of all of us in the service who come from small towns scattered across America. Lynch became a hero when she enlisted in the Army. That takes guts, period. You don't have to be a gunslinging Rambo to be a hero. A hero is made when someone steps forward, regardless of safety and comfort, and accepts responsibility for the freedom of a nation. As a soldier, I'm grateful that Lynch is being recognized. Thanks to her, the extraordinary...