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...volunteer G.I.s of today stand watch in Korea, the Persian Gulf, Europe and the dangerous terrain of the Balkans. We must never see them as mere hirelings, off in a corner of our society. They are our best, and we owe them our full support and our sincerest thanks...
...item on the agenda. But they may agree on a formula that allows Pakistan to save face by withdrawing the insurgents in exchange for the creation of an India-Pakistan commission to review border arrangements in the Kargil zone, where the current fighting is raging, and in which the terrain has precluded the mapped border from being physically demarcated. Otherwise, India appears content to keep on pounding the insurgents? positions and let the pressure of an imminent IMF payment focus Pakistan?s mind...
Teach your kids that sex isn't just about plumbing and procreation, that sex is about relationships and power struggles and the gray area between yes and no. Children need to have a strong internal compass as they mature, because the terrain will keep shifting until they're old like us. And then it will shift some more...
...true the Apaches' mission raises the threshold of danger. They would fly at night with their lights out. They'd skim less than 100 ft. over the mountainous terrain at only slightly more than 100 m.p.h. "There are a lot of individuals out on the battlefield carrying small arms and shoulder-fired weapons," says ex-Apache commander Colonel Mike Hackerson, now at the Pentagon. "It could turn into a bit of a knife fight, but that's part of the business." The grunts who fly the choppers say they're confident in their aircraft and their mission plan. "Some people...
...connection," says TIME New Delhi correspondent Maseeh Rahman. But the guerrillas that occupied Indian military positions atop 17,000-feet-high mountain peaks are certainly no weekend warriors, leading to the accusations by India that Pakistan is behind the whole thing. "These guys moved into some of the worst terrain in the world in the dead of winter when the area is almost uninhabitable," says Rahman. "They reinforced their positions, built bunkers and used snowmobiles to resupply themselves. And in the fighting so far, they've emerged as experienced, battle-hardened soldiers." New Delhi suspects that the 600-strong infiltration...