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...While things the Israelis do are condoned and shielded by the U.S., Iraqis are tortured and humiliated. How can moderates in the Arab world advocate the American democratic system as a model for their own countries? The U.S.'s plans and policies for the Middle East are a complete mess. Adel Malaika Jeddah, Saudi Arabia...
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF CRITICISM FROM SOME ON THE GOVERNING COUNCIL THAT YOU ARE DOING WASHINGTON'S BIDDING BY SALVAGING A BIG MESS CREATED BY THE AMERICANS? That's very flattering. I am doing what the U.N. wants me to do. Having said a year ago that the U.N. is irrelevant, for the U.S. to say now that the U.N. is not irrelevant, this is something I welcome and that everyone should welcome. I think we are doing what a lot of Iraqis have said they wanted the U.N. to do all along. Even when I was in Afghanistan...
...rode our bicycles down to the mess hall, had breakfast and rode the bikes to the briefing room. It was dark, and it was raining, and the cloud cover was complete. We just sort of felt our way around. Inside the briefing room, the crowd was quiet. The big map at the end of the room was covered as usual with its drawstring curtains. Pretty soon, in came the colonel, and he went to one end of the curtains. A captain went to the other end and held the drawstrings. They looked at their watches--looked at each other...
...last tour I was drinking all the time. I'm superhealthy this time because I'm watching my sugar levels. My diet before was just a mess. Pizza, mozzarella sticks, pancakes...
...this time the game he aimed at was George W. Bush. Bull's-eye! His Fahrenheit 9/11 captured Cannes's highest prize, the Palme d'Or, from a jury headed by Quentin Tarantino. "What have you done?" the winner asked in benign shock. "You just did this to mess with...