This is one reason the United States was so insistent on keeping Hussein's trial out of an international court, argues Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch.
Indeed, the fact that McConnell refused to let these vacancies be filled by qualified nominees with bipartisan support and no ideological agenda makes one wonder why McConnell was so insistent on keeping these vacancies open.
The crowd, insistent on keeping north, headed for Central Park West, still shouting, "Whose streets?
But the US, UK, France and Germany remain insistent on keeping restrictions in place on arms sales and missile technology due to concerns that more arms flowing to the Middle East would only serve to fuel conflict in the region.
Mr. Cheney was so insistent on keeping the wiretaps going that he kept Mr. Bush, then in his re-election campaign, out of the loop until the 11th hour, when two dozen Justice Department lawyers and the F.B.I. director threatened to resign.
Aoun has a lot of political clout, thanks to his bagging the biggest share of the Christian vote in the last election, and he is reportedly insistent on keeping his son-in-law, Telecommunications Minister Gebran Bassil, in government.
