After All, We Didn't Bring Democracy To

Since The Days Of Peter The Great, Russians Have Been Maybe Europeans Who Didn't Share In The Enlightenment And The Reformation, Or Are They Mongol Asians With The European Veneer. And They've Gone Back And Forth.

If You Look Back At The First Gulf War, The Arabs Sent Forces, They Sent Money. So Their Interests In Iraq Are Clear, But They're Nowhere To Be Seen Now. Why? Because Right Now, It's Dangerous To Be Seen As Supporting The United States.

Russia Right Now Is Searching For Its Soul. It's Trying To Figure Out What It Really Is.

It's Not For Nothing That The Iranians Are Known As Rug Merchants. They Are.

Perhaps The Most Troubling Area In The World Goes From The Balkans Through The Middle East And In Central Asia.