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Since the American presence in Iraq has proven so ineffective, U.S. troops should also resist the urge to quickly retake those cities still suffering from the recent insurgency. A hasty response with insufficient troops, which cannot adequately provide the security required, could be disastrous. We must now wait before attempting to regain control. Though allowing the cities to remain in disarray is not desirable, we cannot risk further failures and the loss of additional troops. Military strategists should hold off until the occupying powers are really ready to provide an effective security force. And, once in place, they must pursue...
...World Series since 1918 because of absolutely horrific management. The Sox routinely built their teams with expensive slow-footed power hitters who couldn’t play the field worth a lick. Instead of investing in pitching, speed, or defense, the Sox would routinely sit around and wait for the three-run homer while their pitchers gave up lots of runs. In addition, the Sox were the last team to integrate in major league baseball—a black player never played for the Red Sox until Pumpsie Green finally took the field for Tom Yawkey’s team...
...there," he says. In his reading, there's no chance of a negotiated peace with the Palestinians so long as Arafat leads them. So, to stem the tide of blood in the meantime, Sharon is preparing to pull Israeli forces and settlers behind his West Bank security barrier and wait for the Palestinian political map to change. The trouble is, to prove he is not pulling out because of pressure from militant Palestinian groups like Hamas, Sharon has taken steps that may only fuel the conflict, most notably his approving the assassination last month of Sheik Ahmed Yassin, founder...
Leave. You'll never be happy there. Don't wait till you're 65 and then go, "Oh, I was meant to write a book." I dunno, breed tropical fish...
Whatever the cause of SUI, shame is a common side effect, and it often stops women from seeking treatment. Brubaker guesses that 90% of her patients wait years before coming to see her. "They think this doesn't happen to anybody else but them," she says...