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There would certainly be benefits to bringing more countries on board. Sealing a second resolution would allow the Administration to drape a multilateralist cloak over what many have charged is a U.S.-driven obsession with ousting Saddam. A U.N. stamp of approval would also make it easier for the U.S. to ask for the U.N.'s help in rebuilding Iraq after the war. And the various issues that will clamor for the world's attention after Iraq--from North Korea to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict--could grow into far more dangerous crises if the U.S. and its allies...
...accountable only to the Emperor, who was cast in the role of a living deity who would reign but not rule. Starting in the 1930s, Buruma writes, this "militarist monster" lurched from Manchuria to Pearl Harbor as factions of courtiers, generals and bureaucrats jostled for power, their decisions often driven by fanatical subordinates in the field...
...military chief rates the gangs as East Timor's biggest long-term security threat: "The people of Timor-Leste are justifiably concerned." If such gangs are indeed driven by hunger and poverty, President Gusm?o may be right in seeing economic development as his nation's ticket to stability. Now he must reassure his people that some delay in the quest for justice is a price worth paying for their future prosperity...
...We’re a little peculiar in that this is driven by ad hoc student projects,” he says...
...this “Prom” makes indie pop that fluctuates between rhythmically intense and sentimental—not so prom-like at all. The band’s piano-driven songs recall Ben Folds Five, but the Prom improves on the formula—they are intricate, rowdy and pleasing rather than simplistic and annoying...