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...continue? Because hostilities aren't imminent, he isn't expected to have major trouble with restive Labor backbenchers in a vote tonight. But at the annual Labor Party conference next week, and throughout the fall, Blair plans a major campaign to convince doubters that a nuclear-armed Saddam would threaten British - not only American - interests, and may, in the end, warrant going...
...consider ourselves anti-Palestinian for taking that stand. Accusations of bigotry, whether launched at those who oppose Israeli policy or at those who oppose affirmative action, cast a dark shadow on public discourse. They threaten to mar the reputation of those they target and, as a result, can intimidate opponents into retreating from their views. Such accusations chill debate, in effect if not in intent...
...failed to comply. Instead, Saddam's offer revived uncertainty. France and Russia, two pivotal Security Council members that had begun to shift toward the U.S. hard line, now hailed a triumph for diplomacy and questioned the need to place new demands on Baghdad. Says a French diplomat: "You cannot threaten someone before you have started...
...When [Bush Sr. and I] watched [current President Bush] speaking to the nation on the 11th and the day after at the U. N., we were in awe,” she said. “Can this be the same miserable little kid I had to threaten with death and destruction to get him to clean his room...
...only Republican chosen to be a part of Bill Clinton’s Cabinet, said America has helped spread stability in the world by having its military “forward-deployed”— on the alert around the world to prevent situations that threaten peace...