Word: worldview
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...words we utter, we forsake our conceptual accuracy as well as the capacity to successfully resist a rising tide of equivocal expressions. John Kerry is clearly a victim of this phenomenon, so far failing to develop a language of his own. Without a way of cogently expressing his worldview, Kerry is forced to unconvincingly convey his plans through terminology coined by the current administration. Little wonder that he ends up sounding confused, or rather just vague and lacking substance. Next time the media reports on abuse in the war on terror, stop to ponder the “war?...
...first such lesson, obviously, is that even when it echoes the tactics, rhetoric and broad worldview of al-Qaeda's global jihad, some terrorism remains rooted in specific national conflicts. Indeed, part of al-Qaeda's game plan has been to do everything in its power to draw localized insurgencies involving Muslims in different parts of the world under its own global banner. The Chechen insurgency is, first and foremost, a nationalist struggle to secede from Russia, and the rise of a more extremist and Islamist element within that insurgency is, in part, an effect of the often indiscriminate brutality...
...Britannia once ruled (dude); it amassed the largest empire in world history. Now it runs alongside the American limo, as its Labour government does our military and political bidding. Whether from moral outrage or sour grapes, British playwrights have made attacking the Bush-U.S. worldview, and the Blair-U.K. subsidiary role in it, a top priority. ?Guantanamo,? the documentary play about British citizens detained at the U.S. base in Cuba for years without being charged, has transferred from a successful run in London to New York?s off-Broadway. In a kind of Equity trade, the West...
...acceptable form of self-defense, but Jesus said those who live by the sword will die by it. Jesus taught us to love our enemies, judge no one as evil, pray modestly in private and value humility over self-righteousness. These teachings seem contrary to Bush's worldview. Adam Franklyn Rogoyski Pflugerville...
...calling himself a Christian. Bush may see the pre-emptive use of force as acceptable, but Jesus said those who live by the sword will die by it. Jesus taught us to love our enemies, pray modestly in private and value humility. Those teachings seem contrary to Bush's worldview. ADAM FRANKLYN ROGOYSKI Pflugerville, Texas...