In Iraq We Must Succeed. Failure Is

Palestinian Terrorism Has To Be Rejected And Condemned, Yes. But It Should Not Be Translated Defacto Into A Policy Of Support For A Really Increasingly Brutal Repression, Colonial Settlements And A New Wall.

The Mistakes Of The Iraq War Are Not Only Tactical And Strategic, But Historical. It Is Essentially A War Of Colonialism, Attempted In The Post-colonial Age.

The United States Wants To Be Part Of The Solution To Its Problems And Not, In Part, The Maker Of Their Problems.

Moreover, They [the Central Asian Republics] Are Of Importance From The Standpoint Of Security And Historical Ambitions To At Least Three Of Their Most Immediate And More Powerful Neighbors, Namely Russia, Turkey And Iran, With China Also Signaling An Increasing Political Interest In The Region. But The Eurasian Balkans Are Infinitely More Important As A Potential Economic Prize: An Enormous Concentration Of Natural Gas And Oil Reserves Is Located In The Region, In Addition To Important Minerals, Including Gold.

The Kind Of Problem That America Faces In Iraq Is A Little Bit The Kind Of Problem That Israel Faced In Dealing With Hezbollah. If The Conflict, The Theater Of Conflict Enlarges, It's Going To Become More And More Absorbing And More And More Costly.