But it is clear that the Pentagon has some awkward explaining to do—and must come clean if the Americans are to claim the moral high ground in their war against terrorism.As for the behaviour of the Iraqi government and its security forces, the American conundrum is trickier.
Balancing a desire for security and aesthetics is a conundrum many cities are facing, said Stephanie Bush-Baskette, director of the Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies at Rutgers Newark.
Workers like Mr. Hartley present a conundrum for a Social Security overhaul, said Eugene Steuerle, a fellow at the Urban Institute, who favors raising the retirement age.
This brings us to the conundrum faced by Pakistani security establishment.
Given the number of CCTV cameras that are watching our every move, security firms would love to crack this conundrum.
This is the real conundrum that accompanies most post-9/11 airport security rules: the logic behind them is a race to the bottom.
The conundrum of meeting the challenges of food security while at the same time improving health outcomes lies at the heart of this "wicked problem".
That's the conundrum, really, to see how we can use the security and individual freedom that comes out of the ballot box with sensible collective behaviour.
Is there a conundrum, that needs resolution, between a free press and national security?
