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April 10, 2006 ISSUE

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Iran: The Logic of Deterrence 
Christopher Layne
Tehran’s quest for nuclear weapons is a rational response to a real threat, which makes diplomacy a more prudent option than regime change.

Articles

Minding Our Manners 
Theodore Dalrymple
Militant egalitarians make rudeness a virtue.

How to Handle Hamas   
Leon Hadar
Hamas’s voters did not reject the peace process.

Madness of Crowds   
Glenn Greenwald
Loyalty to Bush is the criterion for conservatism.

What Victory Lost 
Wayne Merry
After three years, it’s more clear than ever that we would have been better off not to have invaded Iraq.

Remember Kosovo?   
Doug Bandow
The Kosovo War was no nation-building success.

Red-Ink Rebellion   
W. James Antle III
House conservatives mount a challenge to Republican spending practices.

News

Fourteen Days   
The Ghost of Robert Taft Haunts George W. Bush; AIPAC Applauds Cheney; Arlen Specter’s Guests

Deep Background   
Philip Giraldi
DHS Hires Friendster’s Finest; Openings in Islamabad

Arts & Letters

Film: Lighting Up the Screen   
Steve Sailer
Aaron Eckhart in “Thank You for Smoking”

Let Me Shine Your Shoes, Sir 
Scott McConnell
Rebel-in-Chief: Inside the Bold and Controversial Presidency of George W. Bush by Fred Barnes

California Dreamin' 
Roger D. McGrath
Coast of Dreams: California on the Edge by Kevin Starr

Rhapsody on a Theme of Rachmaninoff   
R.J. Stove
Rachmaninoff: Life, Works, Recordings by Max Harrison

Columns

An October Surprise? 
Patrick J. Buchanan
Bush has much to gain by attacking Iran.

Downhill in Iraq 
Taki
A friend’s visit to Kudistan.

 

 


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