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...Americans could pick up the mantle of empire laid down by European powers. The dream of the neo-imperialists was idealistic; they imagined that after U.S. soldiers had secured Iraq, the invisible infrastructure of the modern state?such as independent judges, honest civil servants and an efficient tax collection?would gradually take shape under a benign American tutelage until, one day, a beacon of democracy in the Middle East...
...fairness, there's a point lurking somewhere in each of these gaffes. Kerry's yes vote on Iraq funding was for an amendment that would have imposed fiscal discipline on the Administration by making the $87 billion contingent on Bush's rolling back some tax cuts. While Kerry's ad campaign hasn't been as positive as he says, it has not been as harsh as Bush's. Researchers found 52% of the Bush spots to be negative. And it's hardly disputable that Bush has alienated many foreign leaders...
...before his arrest in March 2003, faces charges of attempting to build a terrorist organization - which his lawyers dismissed - and tax fraud, rather than the more serious charge of membership of a terrorist organization, which would require stronger evidence. Mega Setback INDONESIA The Golkar party of former dictator Suharto won April's parliamentary election with 21.6% of the vote, according to official results. The result is a blow to President Megawati Sukarnoputri, whose ruling PDI-P party came in second with 18.5% of the votes, down from 33.7% in 1999. Megawati faces re-election in July, and trails her former...
...growth would help more of the world’s poor afford AIDS vaccines (even the generic ones cost over $100 a year) and could prevent the nightmare scenario of millions of orphans ripe for recruitment by militants. Development would also enable weak states—debilitated by meager tax revenues, a dearth of human capital and rampant corruption—to improve their domestic security. Unable to uphold basic law and order throughout much of their territory, weak states can become safe havens for terrorists. Those with materials useful for making WMD—such as the nuclear stockpiles...
...intent of the 529s and Coverdells was to broaden access to college, they are almost certain to fail. If their intent was to provide a tax break to well-off families, they are a roaring success,” Dynarski wrote in an e-mail...