– SCOTT MALCOMSON SCOTT MALCOMSON: I was looking over George Packer's 2002 New York Times Magazine piece on war and liberalism and it occurred to me that the liberal-engagement debate really didn't start until some months after 9/11.
To be sure, the California Highway Patrol (C.H.P ., maintains a liberal policy of engagement.
The photo of Samar had far-reaching impact, for it was visual testimony to a particular scourge of this war: the shooting of innocent civilians as they approached American checkpoints or foot patrols, killings made possible by liberal rules of engagement aiming to protect soldiers from suicide car bombers.
Large unit operations should be confined to clearly defined and restricted border zones where liberal rules of engagement and overwhelming firepower can be employed via conventional second generation warfare -- America's strong suit.
Some programs with conservative religious beliefs were hesitant to engage with government institutions - who were perceived to be "hostile towards FBOs"- whilst programs with more liberal beliefs favoured engagement.
If you suspect bruises under a burqa, why punish the victim, and if you disapprove of the wearer's choices, how does banishing her from public engagement promote liberal attitudes?" The law, active in France and Belgium and known as the "burqa ban", was introduced in 2010 and makes it illegal for anyone to "cover their face" in a public place.
Hopefully with continued education in the liberal arts, greater critical engagement and understanding will follow.
Political analysts said the sinking also soured many of these swing voters against the liberal opposition, which favors resuming engagement with North Korea, and which had been openly skeptical about whether the North was behind the attack.
Throughout the 90's, between the reflexively antiwar left and the coldblooded right, liberal hawks articulated the case for American engagement -- if need be, military engagement -- in the chaotic world of the post-cold war.
Mr. Trudeau's Liberal government has long championed closer engagement with nondemocratic nations as part of its foreign policy.
The trip by Mr. Roh is widely expected to boost the popularity of liberal presidential candidates who share his engagement policy toward the North.
