Making History, Reluctantly
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In public, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) had done nothing to suppress her frustration as she assented to funding the Iraq war without a deadline to end it. But behind closed doors Wednesday night, she was all business.
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I am reminded of an event 93 years ago, in which Franz Ferdinand was shot, plummetting Europe into war. World War III is coming, and the flashpoint is the Islamic world. Much like Serbia in 1913, it is fragile and fragmented and there is a determination by a large focused interest group to see violence done in the name of their agenda. And, in the use of violence, they have successfully advanced their agenda.
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Opinion Stepping in and taking charge
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Sometimes, the two concepts can blur.
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In some quarters, they were seen as outside intruders trying to tell the United States how to run its affairs. They were welcomed and honored in others, even asked to pose for souvenir photographs.
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Some mistakes are not always mistakes.
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Hope and skepticism as Israel and the Palestinians try again
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As baseball finds itself struggling to control the steroid issue, its past serves as a cautionary tale.
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Knesset approval of Ariel Sharon&#39;s disengagement plan was billed as a historic decision. It could also be a case of history repeating itself, writes Graham Usher.
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But it's not as simple as point-and-click.
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Let the past put current conditions in perspective.
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Sometimes, when you're living through an event, you can be too close to what's happening to realize the magnitude of it.
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A simple question yields a surprising answer.
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âGive people the vision and hold them accountable, but let them do it their own way.â
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The Americans have run out of explanations, but not excuses.
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Few campaigns in post-war American history have appeared to be as divisive as the one drawing to its still uncertain conclusion on Tuesday.
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A flurry of contested memos and memories sheds more heat than light on his record