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...science in the last four years. The letter cited an August 2001 executive order restricting stem cell research, White House skepticism of global warming theory and tightened immigration rules as examples of Bush’s perceived roadblocks to science—and said the Democratic candidate would undo the damage...
...Bush White House has absorbed the lessons of Reagan-era foreign policy too. From the first, Reagan moved aggressively to undo the "Vietnam syndrome," the postwar hesitation to project American power by force and to act unilaterally in places like Libya and Grenada. These days, when we do that in Iraq, we call it the Bush doctrine. But Reagan also presided over a moment of weakness that led America's enemies in the Middle East to believe that terrorism could work. On Oct. 23, 1983, Hizballah terrorists blew up Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 241. A few months later, Reagan...
...Iraqi detainees in one of Saddam Hussein's old torture chambers. Inquiries have been launched and reprimands delivered, and the question of how this disaster was allowed to happen may remain a focus of public discussion in the U.S. for some time. But none of that is likely to undo the potentially catastrophic impact of those images on the ability of the U.S. to achieve its objectives in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East. While Iraqis may share President Bush's outrage over the photographs, they are far less likely to have been shocked to learn that detainees have...
...believes the religion was meant not to be static but to be adapted to the times. "We cannot use a historical interpretation of religion in the modern world," he says. Although Kadivar does not consider himself a political activist, he admits that he is driven by a desire to undo religious despots who have hijacked the Islamic revolution. "What the people wanted was something different," he says. "Who were [the mullahs] to destroy it?" Iran's clerical court recently threatened to defrock Kadivar if he persists in voicing such views. Although he is free to don civilian attire now that...
Could the Bush administration have done more to combat terrorism before 9/11 [April 5]? The answer is a resounding yes! Unfortunately, that is also true for governments of other countries. No investigative commission can undo 9/11, but we have a chance to thwart other attacks. That's where our time, money and manpower should be directed. I wish the U.S. would lead that effort and not use valuable resources to second-guess what happened leading up to 9/11. RONALD ERICKSON Downers Grove...