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with modern curriculums benefiting
all; a prime example was Baghdad’s
Jesuit College, whose past students
include three Muslim presi den tial candidates
in Iraq’s last election.
It is in America’s national and moral
interests to help Iraq’s Christians and
other non-Muslims. The most vulnerable
must be given asylum. We must also help
those determined to stay. It is not
favoritism to acknowledge that they face
specific threats that require specific policy
remedies apart from the military
surge—such as aid and protection to
resettle in their traditional Nineveh
homelands.
August 27, National Review
ROBERT BORK
“SENATE TO GO GONZO?”
[T]he problem created by Gonzales’s
resignation is likely to spread well
beyond the DOJ and hamstring the
remainder of George Bush’s administration.
The president must soon nominate
a successor to Gonzales, and
Senate Democrats are surely con temp
lating making the confirmation of
that person contingent upon the
appointment of a special prosecutor.
The appointee will inevitably be
charged, among other things, with
investigating the firing of eight U. S.
attorneys, possible perjury by Gonzales
and others who testified before the Senate
Judiciary Com mittee, and whatever
additional matters Senate Democrats’
fertile imaginations can pack into the
special prosecutor’s charter. Grand
juries will be convened, subpoenas
issued, witnesses badgered, documents
demanded from the White House, and
so on, through the full repertoire of
special prosecutors’ antics.
August 9, Gulf News
HUSAIN HAQQANI
“POVERTY FUELS EXTREMISM”
Pakistan’s growth is not creating jobs
and is not helping alleviate poverty at a
rapid pace. [A former Pakistani finance
minister] estimated that 65 million
Pakistanis live in absolute poverty
while another 65 million live in poverty.
Only 30 million Pakistanis are wellto-do.
The well-to-do often ignore the
rage and anger brewing among the
poor, who will be particularly vulnerable
to extremist ideologies if political
inclusion does not replace the current
system of oligarchic rule. Nothing
short of a complete overhaul of the
state structure under elected democratic
leadership, based on rule of law and
well-defined roles for all institutions,
will bring Pakistan from the brink
where it currently finds itself.
August 6, Weekly Standard
IRWIN STELZER
“MR. BROWN GOES TO
WASHINGTON”
Here is the state of play on the eve of
[British Prime Minister Gordon
Brown’s] visit. Brown’s international
development secretary, Douglas
Alexander, the prime minister’s closest
associate with the exception of
[Member of Parliament Ed Balls],
travels to America to tell the Council
on Foreign Relations that Britain plans
to “form new alliances,” and that its
foreign policy will emphasize multilateralism
and “soft power,” both of
which America is supposed to oppose.
The press was briefed by Alexander’s
staff in advance of the speech to make
certain that reporters would notice
how the language was chosen to distinguish
Britain’s approach to foreign
affairs from America’s. Alexander also
warns that Britain will no longer
measure nations’ might by “what they
could destroy,” which will come as a
surprise to those who remember that it
was the destructive power of the
American military that helped prevent
Alexander from growing up a
German-speaker.
July 27, New York Sun
DIANA FURCHTGOTT-ROTH
“KEEP OUR MONEY HERE”
In addition to overturning decades of
tax law, raising taxes on financial
partnerships would have negative
unintended consequences. According
to the National Venture Capital
Association Yearbook, more than 60
percent of investors are not multimillionaires
but pension funds, foundations,
and endowments. Mrs. Clinton’s
desired tax changes would mean less
efficient capital markets, and therefore
smaller pensions for millions of retired
Americans and fewer foundation
grants for charity and research.
Partnerships are conducive to innovation
and entrepreneurship because
they enable those with capital and
management experience to team with
innovators and entrepreneurs. Raising
taxes would curtail entrepreneurs’
ability to plan for the long term.
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