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...General David Petraeus' testimony before Congress reiterated what many military and political experts have been saying for several years: a military victory in Iraq is not possible, and because the political environment is so fractured by sectarian differences, a political victory remains questionable [April 21]. The Bush Administration never understood the culture and did not study the history of the Middle East. U.S. forces are basically a Christian army waging war in an Islamic country. That was, is and always will be a formula for disaster. We should withdraw and let the Iraqis settle their sectarian differences without outside interference...
...their memories of him inevitably include insults and beatings—and abandons his wife. Yet Nicholas also has a much softer, thoughtful, and loving side. He remains dedicated to his wife even ten years after he leaves her, because, as he cryptically explains, “she understood the geometry of things.” But while Docx’s talent for character creation is impressive, it can sometimes lead him toward caricature. It is as if Docx, justly reliant on his tremendous skill for description, occasionally lets himself become a little lazy in crafting the characters...
...other, there was little but an impenetrable wall of Congolese bush. In between gathered an eclectic mix of Sudanese mediators, Ugandan government ministers, journalists, rock-and-roll activists and tribal chiefs, all hoping to witness what should have been the end of one of Africa's longest and least understood wars...
...revere Jeffs as a prophet even after the man drove him from his home, his family and the community he grew up in, Williams first spoke of a "test" he was given, but then words failed him. "I don't ... I don't ... without the full truth being understood, putting a small amount of information in it does not complete a whole picture," he said. "So I will not get into that...
General David Petraeus' testimony before Congress reiterated what many military and political experts have been saying for several years: a military victory in Iraq is not possible, and because the political environment is so fractured by sectarian differences, a political victory remains questionable [April 21]. The Bush Administration never understood the culture and did not study the history of the Middle East. We are basically a Christian army waging war in an Islamic country. That was, is and always will be a formula for disaster. We should withdraw and let the Iraqis settle their sectarian differences without outside interference. Joseph...