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...anti-Western sentiment. Aboard Air Force One last Tuesday, President George W. Bush phoned Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, with whom Bush has a close relationship, to stress Washington's solidarity and "buck him up," says a senior Administration official. But Bush aides acknowledge that the cartoon uproar has been an unwelcome distraction at a time when the U.S. is fighting insurgencies in two Muslim countries and trying to build support to curb the nuclear ambitions of a third. "We all hope it calms down," says another senior Administration official...
...escalating confrontation over Iran's nuclear ambitions. Those developments have emboldened forces in the region who benefit from seeing the frustration felt by Muslims about their lives channeled into hostility toward the West, forces that range from radical clerics to secular Arab autocrats. In that sense, the cartoon uproar may have a lot less to do with religion or culture than with politics. "Arabs should have responded in a cooler way," says Mourad Gharib, 42, a journalist in Cairo. "But it's as though we're standing on a hot piece of metal. Any slight change in temperature can affect...
...most egregious problem with the recent uproar within the Mexican community about the building of the wall is that many Mexicans feel that they are essentially entitled to come into the U.S. whenever and however they wish. According to Fernando Robledo, 42, of the western state of Zacatecas, many Mexicans “have a binational life.” They see the U.S. “as part of our life, our culture, our territory.” This notion, while touching, is rooted in fallacy. Mexican citizens may see the U.S. as their territory, but this does...
Mexican President Vincente Fox and his government have called the proposed wall “shameful” and have likened it to the Berlin Wall. They have vowed to cause international uproar at the “illegal” construction of the wall along the U.S./Mexico border. This rhetoric only underscores the fact that the Mexican government has no legitimate right to challenge the construction of the wall. The Berlin Wall was a clearly harmful artificial political divider designed to prevent emigration, not immigration. The wall that the House of Representatives has proposed building will only strengthen...
...spark that ignited yesterday’s uproar was the resignation of Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby 12 days ago amid reports in The Crimson that Summers forced...