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I must be missing something, but given that we have zero military units ready to deploy, why wouldn't China invade Taiwan right now?
Am I misunderstand their desire to get Taiwan back? Or am I missing some leverage that we hold over them? Or are they just being rather reasonable and peaceful?
Just found this yesterday (am I late to the party?): War In Context - "Iraq + war on terrorism + Middle East conflict + critical perspectives". Seems like a fairly comprehensive listing of current pieces (mostly major media) on the war, with lots of pull quotes. Not much analysis, but a good way to keep up with all the reporting.
ny times endorses lieberman lamont.
sunday bloody sunday
this story starts out not without its amusement and then takes a hard right at the end.
the comments are telling coming from both sides.
josh marshall politely gutted on mushy lieberman positioning.
I heard the angry arab guy on NPR yesterday. He's a prof at California State University, Stanislaus (in the Sierra foothills). His peeps are from south Lebanon.
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"The report also found that conservative Christian schools -- a constituency that supports vouchers -- lagged significantly behind public schools in eighth-grade math. The report supported similar findings from a University of Illinois study on math."
"Fundamentalist conservatives will be sorely disappointed if the government doen't come through with those vouchers because they are really counting on the eleventy three-hundert dollars per student which will allow them to purchase copies of Heather's Mommy Speaks in Tongues and Biology 101: Men Are From Dust, Women Are From Ribs."