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The legacy of the Cold War, the hatred of Castro among Cuban emigrants, provocations like the shoot-down of "Brothers to the Rescue" planes over international waters (along with Castro's belief that he is strengthened by confrontation with the United States) have brought us to this point, where American politicians are comfortable with one set of principles for the Caribbean and another for the Pacific.
The NYT finds that in his confrontation with DOJ lead attorney David Boies, Gates was "evasive and uninformed, pedantic and taciturn," ( USAT and WSJ also opt for "evasive"), and observes that when confronted with company e-mail he'd authored, he frequently said he did not recognize the messages or recall the circumstances behind them.
What will eventually arise is a confrontation of her own availability for intimacy, which she never has to examine as long as these men are "unavailable."
It seems to me that Harry's final confrontation with the dark forces will have to involve his overcoming the temptation to join them.
And though I have never been seized by a desire to lead the armies of Satan in a final, bloody confrontation with the forces of God on the plain of Armageddon, I do suffer from aggravated dyspepsia, as well as chronic malaise, conditions that I'm sure afflict the Antichrist.