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...Barak: At a certain point the security zone ceased to be an asset militarily. It began to be a liability. We were in a vicious circle. When we had the upper hand, we said, "What's burning? Why leave?" When the Hezbollah had the upper hand, we said, "Oh, no, we will never sway under pressure." So I thought the only way to cut this Gordian knot is to set a target date [for withdrawal]. Once I set it, I said in advance, when it comes to the moment, Hezbollah will try to intensify their attacks in order to prove...
...sworn in, Helms asked the White House to appoint an alternate U.N. delegate: Irwin Belk, a feisty North Carolina buddy who heads a department-store chain. Clinton agreed, and Belk, who turned out to be a U.N. cheerleader, quickly became, as a top Administration aide chortles, a "national asset...
...intention of forgetting the past. Indeed, its own complicity in its downfall as a great power makes it useful to blame others. China faced famine repeatedly not because of its enormous population but because of the actions of its leaders. Turning this painful history into a positive asset by stoking smoldering resentments and nationalism can be an effective way for China to get more from negotiations with Washington than it otherwise would. It can also hold the country together as the Communist Party crumbles...
...rest of the Republican Party is furious at him. Giuliani loses the asset of his moral clarity - his most effective weapon against Hillary. Strange. Giuliani's career self-demolishes. He withdraws from the race...
...good as his from a few years ago: setting up the individual accounts with money from the current surplus instead of payroll taxes), but he's still running as an incumbent. The status quo, and the current demographics of the voting public, will be Gore's best asset...