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...clarify, diminish and then dispose of the problem. They play down the conflict, whatever it is, then attempt to cut themselves off from it and move on, hoping the media and electorate will do the same. What they don't do is give a speech analyzing the problem and telling Americans that it's actually more complicated than what they believed. They manifestly do not denounce the offensive comments that stirred up the trouble to begin with and then tell Americans to grow up and deal with the fact that those same remarks, however wrong and offensive, are an elemental...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Bold Gamble on Race | 3/18/2008 | See Source »

...tackle race only as spectacle - as we did in the O.J. trial - or in the wake of tragedy, as we did in the aftermath of Katrina, or as fodder for the nightly news ... We can do that," he goes on to say. "But if we do, I can tell you that in the next election, we'll be talking about some other distraction ... And nothing will change. That is one option. Or, at this moment, in this election, we can come together and say, 'Not this time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama's Bold Gamble on Race | 3/18/2008 | See Source »

...pulled out of Iraq to Kuwait and they were on the plane to go home, and they had to turn back around to Baghdad. So we were actually kind of happy that the situation had happened, it became a lot easier to accept it, and deal with it, and tell our families ahead of time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sean Walsh — Army Lieutenant in Baghdad | 3/18/2008 | See Source »

...frustration show, when he told reporters in Dharamsala, "If things are getting out of control, then the option is to completely resign, completely resign!" he said, waving his arms for emphasis. He said he would meet on Wednesday with Tibetan marchers trying to cross the border from India and tell them to stop, as they are "making things difficult for the Indian government". He added, "What's the use of some clash with Chinese soldiers on the border...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dalai Lama's Dilemma | 3/18/2008 | See Source »

...coming down. This is the way I would put it. It kept going down. And it didn't go the way America had promised it would happen, if you know what I mean. I don't know [what went wrong], but I will tell you something: America did plan the war very well, but they didn't plan to govern Iraq. And this is a problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ali al-Shaheen — Baghdad Native | 3/18/2008 | See Source »

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