Word: unpopularity
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Saudi Arabia, for example, remains the key U.S. ally in the Gulf region, an important buyer of U.S. arms exports and an unpopular regime whose long-term stability is threatened by a hostile neighbor and rising Islamic militancy at home. The depressed oil prices of recent years have left its one-trick economy in the doldrums, further threatening the political survival of its pro-Western royal family...
Pastrana says the only way he can reverse the slide is with American aid, not only to fight drugs but also to shore up a crumbling economy and judicial system that has enabled the traffickers and guerrillas to flourish. "We know that we have to take difficult and unpopular measures," says Pastrana. That's good, because an awful lot ails his nation. The question will be whether Colombia--and the U.S.--can survive the cure...
...killed with almost no consequence, then why would anyone feel protected? Will the police really come when called and will the courts judge fairly, or will this be yet another right that they have lost over the past decade? Unfortunately, any efforts to reform the government--and replace the unpopular President Slobodan Milosevic--have been negatively affected by the West's unfeeling treatment of the people of Yugoslavia...
...impression that the party's cabinet members were his puppets. But others in the E.U. have expressed fears that the move will allow Haider to exercise more control over the party's national officials from behind the scenes. Observers have also speculated that Haider will distance himself from unpopular government plans, such as tax increases, and thus position himself for a run at the chancellorship in the next general election...
Meanwhile, it has not escaped notice on Capitol Hill that McCain's approach of using the surplus to pay down the debt, rather than spending it on huge tax cuts, is gaining traction with voters, including conservative Republicans. "Bush can't sell a tax cut, because it's wildly unpopular," says one who has been involved in G.O.P. strategy discussions. "Debt reduction would be much smarter...