Word: countriesã
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...stop terrorism is to try to round up the terrorists who live throughout the world. To do this, a powerful, international court of law with authority to arrest, extradite and punish offenders must be created. Such a court would require international support from a vast array of countries??the possibility of which decreases with each bomb that is dropped and Afghani civilian who dies. Already the loose alliance of countries “supporting” the U.S. bombing is weakening, and if the war becomes at all protracted then it may dissolve completely. Of course any such...
...lump together people that are not united. Native Americans were divided into hundreds of tribes. Between many of those there were disputes; many others were ignorant of each other’s existence. In the same way, the Middle East, though populated predominantly by Arabs, is divided into many countries??some are anti-American, some are confused and chaotic, and some are our allies. And yet, I have still heard some of my (presumably educated) classmates crying out that we ought to “nuke the Ragheads” or “turn the Middle East...
...plurality and diversity of modern Western civilization, as Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi did when he remarked, “We must be aware of the superiority of our civilization, a system that has guaranteed well-being, respect for human rights and—in contrast with Islamic countries??respect for religious and political rights,” the hand-wringers and head-shakers immediately start sermonizing about the dangers of universalism...
Hostility towards what he called “deficit countries?? is not consistent with his vision for what the U.S.’s role should be in the world...
...same time, China’s calls for a formal apology and both countries?? attempts to shift blame for the collision have been fruitless and counterproductive. No public interviews of the American crew have been conducted, and it will be impossible to interview the Chinese pilot or examine the damage to his plane. Furthermore, China should cease its accusations that the U.S. violated its sovereignty. According to the American military, the crash took place above waters that the U.S. holds to be international and to which China’s claim is not widely recognized...