Word: unpopularity
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Although our motivations were very different, Amy and I do not regret our becoming “self-appointed phallus-breakers.” If the choice is between letting indecency stand in our collective backyard and being castigated for an unpopular view, I’ll go with the latter every time...
...official, "where difficult decisions have to be made in Washington." This week the U.S. and Britain are likely to table a new resolution at the Security Council paving the way for war. In a pinch, the Administration could live without a vote, but its principal ally cannot. So unpopular is the prospect of a war in Britain--on Feb. 15, hundreds of thousands demonstrated for peace in London--that without a real effort to secure the backing of the Security Council, Prime Minister Tony Blair could easily lose the political support of his party, forcing the Administration to face...
...government feels cornered, unpopular and relies on the true force of violence,” Nyarota says...
...becomes the most effective path to protect their interests in a post-Saddam Iraq. In which case Secretary Powell's presentation, especially if it leads to a second UN Security Council resolution, may even help provide the political cover for European and Arab leaders to make a choice deeply unpopular among their citizens...
...with Washington on the wisdom and prudence of going to war in Iraq, a UN resolution authorizing force on the basis of Saddam's refusal to meet his disarmament obligations would also provide political cover for many of the European and Arab states to cooperate with an invasion deeply unpopular among their citizens...