Entries from Michael Young at PostGlobal tagged with 'United States'
America, It's Your Baby
The consequences of the U.S. leaving Iraq too soon would be devastating. But the question is not just a practical one, it is a moral one. A majority of Americans supported the Iraq war; now they are responsible for what happens in Iraq. Or they can never again claim the moral high ground anywhere in the world.
Iraq Won't Change Much
Beirut, Lebanon - It was always easier to check into Iraq than to check out. Despite much fiddling and fidgeting, the U.S. will probably be in more or less the same position in Iraq in 2008 as it is today.
America Must Not Cut and Run
Beirut, Lebanon - "When in doubt, partition," say unimaginative diplomats. Results aren't so good: Korea, Vietnam, India, Palestine, Bosnia.
Forget Popularity, Be Effective
Beirut, Lebanon - No nation wants to be hated, least of all the United States, which aspires to be loved. But as far back as I can remember in the Middle East, no one has collectively loved -- even liked...
Break the Shiites Away from Hezbollah
Beirut, Lebanon - Secretary Rice should ensure that any future peace plan offers an route for the quick return of Shiite refugees to the areas which Israeli bombs forced them from while leaving open the possibility of Lebanese constitutional reform...
I'm No Terrorist
Tighten how financial transactions can be monitored, assure privacy where there is reasonable doubt of innocence and applaud the New York Times. Terrorists may have once been impeded by blanket monitoring, but now honest depositors like me are paying the...
Play Hardball: Send Laura
Of course the West should send representatives. Given the Bush administration's declared passion for democracy and its taste for hardball politics, it would be unforgivable not to exploit this opportunity to provoke splendid irritation in the Kremlin....
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