Word: progressives
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...latest shakeup prompted serious worries in Washington, where President Bush phoned Maliki in an effort to salvage some sense of political progress in Baghdad despite an obvious breakdown. Maliki, though, seemed by comparison rather calm. And for good reason...
...refusal to reach out to Sunnis is undermining the U.S. military's efforts to pacify Iraq and begin a drawdown of American troops. From Gen. Petraeus on down, commanders have repeatedly said the "surge" operation in and around Baghdad can work only if their military gains are accompanied by progress on the political front. Maliki has not kept up his end of the bargain...
...Progress is slow and there is no foreseeable end in sight. Chandler says recovery operations will not cease until the job is done. "It may take a long time, but eventually this river will be clear," he says. "We will not be leaving victims behind, we will not be leaving cars behind. No matter how long it takes, this river will be cleared...
...communication must be handled carefully. To bring the terracotta army over from Xian this year, Taiwan's National Museum of History had to negotiate the deal through a third party (exhibition sponsor United Daily News Group) because high-level government-to-government contacts are forbidden. And no one expects progress on the issue of the National Palace Museum collections in Taiwan. The Chinese government still views the museum's holdings as stolen loot, spirited away by Chiang Kai-shek's army when it retreated to the island in 1949; curators in Taipei don't dare let the artifacts travel...
...country through backroom deals and alliances. But in recent years the country's political landscape has begun to change, thanks largely to the dynamic style of Abe's predecessor, Junichiro Koizumi, who bypassed the old guard and took his case for reform directly to the voters. That was progress, but what's still missing is an alternative to the LDP, something that is needed even more now that the ruling coalition is in danger of unraveling...