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Article: Reflections on permanent war and Palestinian resistance.(United States)(Column)
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- Canadian Dimension
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- November 1, 2002
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I remember hearing a radio report, years ago, which recounted memoirs of some private discussions that had taken place when Trudeau and Mitterand were players at the G-6 summits, Reagan was then U.S. president. Out of earshot, on the quiet margins of the meetings, the worldly Trudeau and Mitterand pondered the "enigma of this sometimes dozing, doltish figure named Reagan. They asked one another whether, despite all appearances, might not Reagan be informed, and intelligent, after all? To pose this question was to reveal a deep need they (and we) had for reassurance that reason is an' integral dimension of power. Apparently they decided, driven by their need for this ...