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When we compare our brain to those of other animals, the first thing that strikes us is its size.
On August 11, General Zinni received orders to prepare detailed plans for strikes against the sites in Afghanistan.
After the August 20 strikes, President Clinton had had to call Pakistani Prime Minister Sharif to apologize for a wayward missile that had killed several people in a Pakistani village.
The failure of the strikes, the "wag the dog" slur, the intense partisanship of the period, and the nature of the al Shifa evidence likely had a cumulative effect on future decisions about the use of force against Bin Ladin.
Normally , financial intermediation is a wonderful thing; but now and then, disaster strikes.