The Taliban and its backers bear the responsibility for the consequences of that outrageous act.

Now, not just terrorists, their accomplices and financial backers, but also those who instigate terrorist acts, have been proclaimed outlaws.

Why would anyone wish to weaken public schools in the name of equality? Backers of the reform make two arguments neither of which is convincing.

Even its backers concede that achieving this target won t be easy and they are right. In fact, they are so right that they are wrong.

Though the movement's ranks have thinned somewhat, its adherents continue to exert considerable influence in Congress. It has powerful and well funded backers, including the billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch.

The limited FARDC contingent, and newly appointed political and administrative authorities, are having to contend with the subversive activities of Mr. Mazio, his FEC backers and the youthful vigilante groups that support him.

Countries that contribute troops would appear to be siding unequivocally with Israel, thereby losing all credibility with Israel s adversaries. They would also risk being drawn into renewed Israeli operations against Hezbollah and its backers.

Say, Call upon those whom you claim besides God. They possess not an atom's weight in the heavens or the earth, and they possess no share of either, and He has no backers from among them.

Say, Call upon those whom you claim besides God. They possess not an atom's weight in the heavens or the earth, and they possess no share of either, and He has no backers from among them.

To be sure, Navalny s backers could emigrate comfortably but, invigorated by their candidate s campaign, they are willing to see whether he can make a difference. Indeed, Navalny has become the only hope for competitive politics in Russia.

He was bent on purging the judiciary and the public prosecutor s office, claiming that they were aligned with the protesters opposing his government and their military backers, who had been overthrown in 2011. Morsi brooked little opposition in pushing through a controversial draft constitution.

The agenda appears straightforward, but Paris III has acquired a barely concealed political purpose to bolster the government of Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora in the face of a powerful domestic challenge led by Hezbollah, and by extension to curb the influence of Hezbollah s regional backers, Syria and Iran.

In other words, the new class divisions run less between the rich and the poor than between educated metropolitan elites and less sophisticated, less flexible, and, in every sense, less connected provincials. It is irrelevant that the provincials political leaders (and their backers) are sometimes wealthier than the resented metropolitan elites.

But a year of talks and failed agreements has demonstrated that there is no purely diplomatic solution either. Only by eliminating or at least seriously diminishing the potential for the separatists and their Russian backers to continue their military campaign can Ukraine and its partners hope for a lasting political solution.

Although some of its members entered the cabinet under Abhisit, PAD leaders felt betrayed and abandoned by Abhisit and some of his powerful backers. The PAD s yellow clad supporters returned to the streets, this time under the banner of ultra nationalism over Preah Vihear and a domestic anti corruption campaign.

But, as Saleh prepared the way for his son Ahmad the head of the Presidential Guard to succeed him, he began to marginalize al Ahmar. In 2009, Saleh sacked al Ahmar s key backers, including Central Command Chief General al Thahiri al Shadadi and Lieutenant General Haydar al Sanhani, from power.

Cap and trade was originally supposed to be a Republican idea in the US its backers were those who considered themselves pro market, not those who considered themselves pro regulation. Most environmental organizations initially opposed it, with many believing it immoral for corporations to be able to pay for the right to pollute.

If that seems shocking today, the loss of virtue must be traced to the all pervasive permit raj, with its licensing requirements to import, produce, and invest, which grew to gargantuan proportions. High level bureaucrats quickly discovered that licenses could be bartered for favors, while politicians saw in the system the means to help important financial backers.

The increase in violence and the sophistication of the weapons and communications systems used suggest an infusion of money, an ability to recruit younger and increasingly vicious supporters, and a renewed determination by the Taliban and their backers to reverse the humiliation they suffered in October 2004 by an all out attack on the parliamentary elections in September 2005.

But, as the revolts proceeded, it emerged that people wanted good government and social justice, and were not enamored of Iran or interested in joining an axis of resistance. Furthermore, as the Muslim Brotherhood rose in Egypt, Hezbollah s erstwhile ally, Hamas, drifted away from it and its Syrian and Iranian backers, and found a new footing in Egypt and the Gulf.

But it remains possible that his candidacy will crash as some of his rivals drop out and leave their supporters (and wealthy backers) to crystallize around someone they see as a more viable alternative. That would be a relief to Republican Party leaders, who recently obtained Trump s vow (easily undone) not to mount an independent presidential campaign should he fail to win the party s nomination.

The deep security crisis in Pakistan is mirrored across the border in Afghanistan, which offers a model of what not to do. The Afghan Taliban, removed from power and routed from the country by the end of 2001, needed only a few years to revive itself, owing to the failure of the Afghan government and its international backers to rebuild and stabilize the country.

Because the Bush administration, as its officials repeatedly insist, placed the installation of democratic, human rights oriented regimes, by force if necessary, at the core of US foreign policy, those who see only aggressive imperialism in America s interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq view human rights in a more skeptical light. In a sense, the UN, Annan, and the human rights activists who have been perhaps his biggest backers, are caught in the crossfire.

After a bit of drama, Austria also gave up its opposition to the accession talks, in exchange for a promise of admission for Croatia, and the intra European squabbles have been patched up. So the British, under Tony Blair s current presidency of the EU Council of Ministers, have gotten their way for now, and the Americans keen backers of Turkey s EU aspirations have once again succeeded in acting as a European power.

But China is about to experience something new South Korea s soft power, personified by Park, who represents a center right coalition, but defies the usual political labels. Indeed, she was elected with a curious blend of support right wing backers of her father, Park Chung hee, who ruled the country with an iron fist from 1961 to 1979, and many other Koreans, including some on the left, who wanted someone different from the usual blue suited, white shirted Korean politician.