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...Failing State The most immediate casualty of the political shenanigans in Islamabad is the global war on terror. According to a report released by the Pentagon on June 27, Taliban militants in Afghanistan have regrouped after their fall from power and "coalesced into a resilient insurgency." That resilience, say Western military officials in Afghanistan, has a lot to do with their ability to find sanctuary in Pakistan's lawless tribal areas along the border. The day before the report's release, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in a press briefing that he had "real concern" that Pakistan was contributing...
...Speculation In his essay "Oil Follies," Michael Kinsley notes that if President George W. Bush "had used the political gift certificate he was granted on Sept. 11, 2002," he could have "imposed a $1.50-per-gal. (39¢-per-L) 'War on Terror' tax ... People would have screamed with pain, then started adjusting. Demand would have gone down, and today gas would probably be cheaper" [July 7]. How very clever. But Kinsley had a TIME pulpit in 2001. Why didn't he propose this great idea then? How easy it is to be clever in retrospect - though Kinsley seems less than...
...befits a tradition that reached its height during the Nixon years, flag lapel pins have - fairly or not - become to many a shibboleth of America's War on Terror, and a symbol of the "either you're with us or against us" ethos that has often prevailed since September 11, 2001. And while the country hasn't yet reached anything close to a consensus on what a flag pin says about its wearer, Barack Obama seems to have discovered that symbols matter - even if one doesn't agree with the way they are used...
...senseless murder" and called for Dawyyat's family home in an Arab neighborhood on the slopes of East Jerusalem to be bulldozed as punishment. In the past, courts have ruled that razing homes of any Israeli resident is illegal - although the tactic has often been used in retaliation for terror attacks perpetrated by Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza, Dawyyat was an Arab citizen of Israel. Police say they will stop attempts by Palestinian militants to politicize Dawyyat's funeral by banning all but close family from attending the burial...
...Germany's development minister, Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, had written to the company last week asking that it stop its "terrible" dealings with Mugabe, who was sworn in Sunday after he stood as the only candidate for reelection. Protesters brandishing placards saying "No cash for terror" also demonstrated outside the firm's headquarters last week...