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...Djamena, however, represents something of a dilemma for the international community, especially so in France, whose new government has expressed a desire to move away from a long and notorious policy of propping up friendly despots. Déby's regime has been widely accused of corruption and a violent authoritarianism, and human rights campaigners have reported that the regime has used the rebel attack as a pretext to round up leaders of the political opposition. But Déby is also an important regional ally in the U.S. "war on terror," and his cooperation is essential to the objective...
...Many criminals who commit violent acts, including rape and murder, receive shorter sentences, as the appellate judge in Bernie's case pointed out. In my view, Congress should take another look at the sentencing guidelines to be sure that they are meeting congressional intent...
...nutsy behavior of their friends and relatives. But perhaps more important, Caramel (the title derives from the name of the preparation used for leg-waxing in the salon) testifies to the power of American popular culture at least briefly to override the endless traumas of our ever-more-violent political lives. Even Anne Frank filled a scrapbook with pictures of movie stars. And we are all too familiar with photographs of young men, roaming the ruined streets of Baghdad carrying Kalashnikovs, but wearing Rolling Stone T-shirts and Nikes. You can, if you will, deplore disconnects of this kind - whatever...
...casualties in May and June?227 killed?were so high that even he thought he might have miscalculated. But over the summer, the landscape began to change. In Baghdad, GIs moved out of their relatively safe megabases on the outskirts and into smaller bases in the city's violent neighborhoods?to live, form networks and walk patrols. Following Saddam's model, Odierno split his troops between Baghdad and the belt towns on a 3-to-2 basis: 3 soldiers inside the capital for every 2 outside the city. By the end of June, the generals began to notice that sectarian...
...also paralyzed progress for the traditional bureaucratic juggernaut. Nevertheless, in a dynamic and interconnected world, the EU cannot turn a blind eye to an international crisis. Because of previous inaction, the crisis will come to a head this year. As it looks right now, possible outcomes can only include violent resistance in Kosovo, a disillusioned and hostile Serbia, and more tensions right on the EU’s doorstep. The safety and self-interest of 27 EU members hang on a prudent solution in Kosovo. However slim, the chance of such a solution is worth striving for. The only...