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...linguistically Persian, should stay out of the Arabs' fight with Israel and focus on improving living standards at home. "I don't think it's right to support them when our own people are hungry," says Mohammad Reza Afshari, 23, a mechanic who works two jobs yet still cannot afford to move out or attend college. The shop where he works abuts a vast mural depicting a female suicide bomber with a baby in her arms, accompanied by the words I LOVE MOTHERHOOD, BUT I LOVE MARTYRDOM MORE. Frustration with such propaganda underpins young people's reactions to the conflict...
...easier to jointly impose sanctions now that Iran is viewed as responsible for mayhem in Lebanon. But what then? Take a look at a map. Iran is an oil-rich nation that borders Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey and Iraq, among others. It has a strategic position in Eurasia that cannot be wished away. European officials talk of a "constructive dialogue" with Tehran that involves recognizing it as an important regional power while maintaining the right to sanction it if it breaks the nuclear rules. But Israel--along with many supporters in the U.S.--thinks dialogue with a nation whose leader...
...following three propositions regarding the Middle East are axiomatic. One, for the U.S., the region poses the critical test of its capacity for global leadership. Two, the parties in the conflict cannot reach a constructive and durable resolution on their own. Three, the experience of the U.S. in Iraq, and the total experience of Israel in its several conflicts with its Arab neighbors, including its ongoing repression of the Palestinians, cumulatively demonstrates that even overwhelming military power cannot produce acceptable and lasting political outcomes. Theoretically, the U.S. could mobilize all of its might and treasure to impose its will...
Most viewers would approach a drama where characters are “guardians” and “healers” with raised eyebrows. Add a few trite utterances of “one cannot give up!” and “does man deserve to be saved?” to the dialogue, and you’d get little more than pure skepticism...
...Should he be elected, Slavitt sees his role on Beacon Hill primarily as that of a gadfly and an obstructionist,” reads his campaign announcement. “If the legislature cannot serve the will of the people, he believes, it ought at least to be more amusing and entertaining...