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...Iran continues to disregard demands that it stop enriching uranium, the U.S. military has issued a "Prepare to Deploy" order and is reviewing plans for blockading Iranian oil ports. Does that mean war? Most readers said, No way, and blamed escalating tensions on a trigger-happy Administration at home...
...TIME: The U.S. had agreed to hold off on pressing for sanctions to give the Europeans more time to negotiate a deal with Iran over suspending uranium enrichment. Those talks have failed to yield the desired result, and the U.S. is about to start pushing for U.N. sanctions. What can we expect in the weeks ahead...
...Parsi: Although the EU representative, Javier Solana, reported that progress had been made in his talks with Iran's nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, the Iranians have thus far continued to reject the Western demand that Iran suspend uranium enrichment as a precondition for negotiations. Solana and Larijani had been looking for a formula that would have the Iranians halt enrichment activities for a clearly defined period to allow such talks to begin. But the Iranians are reluctant to accept any deal that removes their right to enrich uranium at some point in the future; even if they do so temporarily...
...from behind a fake plant, or the waiter to slip a listening device under the sugar bowl. Instead of discussing how Iran could avoid a nuclear crisis with the West, we talked about how we could avoid being labeled enemies of the state. Who cares about uranium enrichment when you spend your days and nights fretting over whether you're a potential target of arrest? "Do you think you're followed?" he asked, barely audible over the air-conditioning. I had to stop crunching on a butter cookie to hear him. "Hmm, maybe? But I don't think...
...University’s anti-discrimination policy clearly forbids. We agree with this rationale. To be sure, we have concerns about other military practices as well, such as the treatment of prisoners (think Abu Ghraib), the employment of private security firms in Iraq, and the use of depleted uranium bullets. But these concerns, while grave, do not justify a wholesale ban on military recruitment on campus. Instead, we should focus on changing the political administration that governs the military. DADT, however, does. justify banning military recruiters from campus. In practical terms, the exclusion of openly gay individuals in the military...