Word: terrorized
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...objectives of the (mislabeled) “neocons” in his administration. But what if they were right? What if George W. Bush did view himself as a contemporary Caesar? What if he did hope to build a militaristic American empire under the guise of the war on terror? Could...
...America moves forward in the war on terror, thoughtful criticism is of course healthy. But the notion that President Bush wants to build “an empire at gunpoint” is fundamentally misguided. In Iraq, U.S. occupying forces will only stay temporarily, until law and order is restored, the necessary humanitarian and reconstruction aid arrives and a responsible, free government—run by Iraqis—can take over. After that, they will gradually leave...
...unrealistic expectations of the impact that the release of the "roadmap" may have on the conflict's violent stalemate. The situation remains unchanged: Israel is the effective security authority in most Palestinian territories, a role it says it was forced to fill because the Palestinian Authority failed to stop terror attacks. The Israeli government will relinquish that role only once the Palestinians have demonstrated both the will and the ability to ensure Israel's security, and has no interest in discussing Palestinian statehood before that time. But Palestinian leaders say they can't properly reconstitute their security services, let alone...
...past their inability to resolve the security standoff. The Bush administration had insisted on Abbas's confirmation as the precondition for publishing the document, but Israeli security chiefs and Palestinian political analysts tend to share a pessimistic view of the new prime minister's ability to rein in terror attacks. Palestinian security structures are in disarray, Abbas faces considerable domestic opposition even from within his own organization, and Yasser Arafat doesn't exactly have a vested interest in seeing the new prime minister succeed...
...held talks with Hamas. Their response is that they're not going to surrender their weapons, and plan to continue fighting the Israeli occupation. They are saying, "We advise the government not to touch us." Hamas will not surrender very easily. In fact, we should expect some violence and terror in the coming days, because this is how the militant groups will oppose Abu Mazen - by launching attacks on Israelis, they will try to cripple him, show the Israelis that he is incapable of changing anything. This is the way Palestinian radicals have expressed their opposition to Arafat...