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...never a surprise. I'm talking about the moments when they say something unexpectedly bold or romantic or compelling. It still excites me." Klein thinks it's too early to tell which Democrat might emerge with the confidence to take on Bush, but he thinks every candidate would be wise to crib a few notes from the Bush 2000 campaign. "Last time, the guy who most often surprised me, especially by his courage in going into the face of what his audience believed, was Bush. He was willing to challenge people's long-held assumptions on immigration and the poor...
...Saddam Hussein does not turn up anywhere in the Middle East, it might be wise to search for him where nobody would think to look--say, in a posh hotel in Las Vegas. Perhaps he might even be meeting with Osama bin Laden there. TURAN FETTAHOGLU Munich...
...pretend the U.S. really is prepared to send its best and brightest to help rebuild Iraq. And let's concede, as Ferguson contends, that "liberal imperialism," with its free flow of capital and goods, really can help poor countries grow richer. Would the U.S. be wise to commit itself to such a vocation...
...forgive me if I don't join the new fad. Nations need time to develop institutions that guarantee liberty and prosperity. It took France around 90 years to go from violent revolution to a settled bourgeois democracy. All countries make mistakes, and wise ones will seek help and protection from outside their borders. But let the help they seek be of their own volition, let the mistakes they make be of their own making--and let imperialism stay where it should have been left, as a subject of enjoyable books and speeches...
Kinsley's description of the "great man" theory of history and Bush as a real leader included the observation that "great in this context does not necessarily mean good or wise." Kinsley also noted that "if real leadership means leading people where they don't want to go," then Bush is a real leader. But by this definition, Saddam Hussein is also a great man. CHRISTINE GELINEAU Windsor...