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Secretary of State Colin Powell's hour-long indictment of Iraq Wednesday has not changed the political dynamic at the UN Security Council for a simple reason: While most members may be inclined to accept at least a significant proportion of the evidence offered in Powell's vivid multimedia presentation, they don't share the conclusion that Iraq represents a sufficient danger to its neighbors or the West to justify the risks of war. But if Powell's allegations of Iraq's systematic efforts to deceive and evade the inspection and disarmament process are born out by chief weapons inspector...
...keep order," Saud explained. "Instead of constantly harping, 'If you don't do what we want, we will pursue you,' say the reverse: 'If you do what we want, you will not be pursued, you will secure yourself and your future.' I fail to see how Iraqis wouldn't accept this approach in the face of certain destruction...
...should be the body entrusted with the issue. Second, we are all fearful of the consequences of military action that does not take into view the security, territorial integrity and civil order of Iraq. It is not only the French, but the British and the Americans who also accept these elements as being of profound importance for the future of the region...
Europeans largely accept the U.S. as the undisputed world leader. But they want Washington to take their concerns and approaches into account. Bush's provocative doctrine of pre-emptive war--and Iraq is its first example--plus his Administration's triumphalist tone boil down, in European eyes, to a dismissive message: We're strong; you're not; so shut up and do what we want. Says Lousewies van der Laan, a Dutch member of the European Parliament: "They need the rest of the world more than ever, and they seem to be going out of their way to offend...
...rapt for more than three hours. Film, Khyentse Norbu argues, is an ideal vehicle for transmitting Buddhist wisdom with freshness in the 21st century: "(For a long time) Buddhism has the tradition of using all kinds of mediums: statues, paintings, monasteries. And although it's difficult for people to accept, I see film as a modern-day tanka (a kind of Buddhist painting). Film has so much power because we're conditioned primarily by what we see and hear." Someday, the rinpoche hopes, he'll make a movie based on the life of Siddhartha, as seen through the eyes...