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(This is partly why the Merrill ads, which seem to want to be clever, end up seeming weirdly self-defeating.)
At a time when Las Vegas has become America's model of economic development, the Navajo vote may seem a grand self-defeating gesture.
Op-ed writers cautioned against "a self-defeating freeze on the peace process," called Arafat a "partner" in the "fight against terrorism," and observed that "Israeli terrorists"--namely, mass-murderer Baruch Goldstein and assassin Yigal Amir--had staged attacks "aimed at halting the peace process."
Even with a bunch of terrorists conveniently assembled in a single spot, the cruise missile strike in Afghanistan was self-defeating: It no doubt guaranteed Osama Bin Laden 10 new recruits for every terrorist who was killed.
The plan is magnificently self-defeating.