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...this thing," he said. "And I'm not saying, Let's just pull 'em out, and who cares if the thing falls apart behind us. But the U.S. military wasn't built to be a police force, and we certainly shouldn't be the referees in a civil war. Iraq's neighbors are better positioned to handle that. We need to get the neighbors-including Syria and Iran-involved in stabilizing Iraq, but the Bush Administration has no interest in diplomacy." Webb's argument is flawed, but what Iraq scenario isn't? It should be the centerpiece of a serious...
...should have remained laser-focused on rooting out and bringing to justice those responsible for the attacks. We should have remained committed to making our homeland more secure. After 9/11 our nation should have rededicated itself to the Constitution, the rule of law and respect for human and civil rights. Like most Americans, I remember 9/11 with sadness, a sadness that deepens when I think of what our country could have been five years after the day when we were...
...Faced with the impossible gymnastics of trying to satisfy both Hamas and the Bush Administration, Abbas has few options. If he invokes his presidential powers to dissolve the current Hamas government, it could lead to anarchy and perhaps civil war among dozens of armed militias, according to worried Palestinians in Gaza and in the West Bank. Meanwhile, an economic blockade on the Palestinian territories, imposed by the international community after Hamas took office in March, has squeezed off all but a trickle of aid to millions of desperate Palestinians. Only by bringing Hamas on board in a government that recognizes...
...embarrassing fact to acknowledge at Harvard, where “legacies,” the children of alumni, enjoy preferential treatment in the admissions process. Harvard accepts one-third of legacy applicants—more than three times its overall admissions rate. The federal Office for Civil Rights, in a 1990 review of Harvard’s admissions practices, found that legacy preferences allowed applicants with “weaker credentials” to gain acceptance to Harvard. Tell any Harvard student that you’re a beneficiary of legacy admissions and he’ll assume that you?...
...creation of a national unity government or the killing of the terrorist Zarqawi as potential watershed moments. But all those milestones have long been passed, and still the insurgency rages, sectarian killings are at an all-time high, reconstruction remains hobbled by the security situation and a slide toward civil war threatens to tear the country apart. In July alone, Iraq lost more civilians than the U.S. did on 9/11 - then, that grim feat was repeated in August...