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...this year’s new tailgate rules, meanwhile, silver lining is in fairly short supply. There’s no question that ID checks, pat-downs, and drink charges will put a damper on things. But here, again, there was no good reason for the College to transform its spokesmen into the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. In a matter of days, administrators and student leaders will start putting their heads together to try to plan a weekend that will be as exciting as ever, despite the new rules. The successful College-sponsored events of the recent past?...
...nearly six decades since that document was approved, we have seen the forces of freedom and moderation transform entire continents. Sixty years after a terrible war, Europe is now whole, free, and at peace - and Asia has seen freedom progress and hundreds of millions of people lifted out of desperate poverty. The words of the Universal Declaration are as true today as they were when they were written. As liberty flourishes, nations grow in tolerance and hope and peace. And we're seeing that bright future begin to take root in the broader Middle East...
...African Union peacekeeping force. Yet your suffering continues. The world must step forward to provide additional humanitarian aid - and we must strengthen the African Union force that has done good work, but is not strong enough to protect you. The Security Council has approved a resolution that would transform the African Union force into a blue-helmeted force that is larger and more robust. To increase its strength and effectiveness, NATO nations should provide logistics and other support. The regime in Khartoum is stopping the deployment of this force. If the Sudanese government does not approve this peacekeeping force quickly...
...this: "The shore of reform is the only one on which any lights appear, even though the journey demands courage and patience and perseverance." The United Nations was created to make that journey possible. Together we must support the dreams of good and decent people who are working to transform a troubled region - and by doing so, we will advance the high ideals on which this institution was founded...
That kind of retaliation could quickly transform a relatively limited U.S. mission in Iran into a much more complicated one involving regime change. An Iran determined to use all its available weapons to counterattack the U.S. and its allies would present a challenge to American prestige that no Commander in Chief would be likely to tolerate for long. Zinni, for one, believes an attack on Iran could eventually lead to U.S. troops on the ground. "You've got to be careful with your assumptions," he says. "In Iraq, the assumption was that it would be a liberation, not an occupation...