International Political Will

Most Arab countries have not officially recognized Israel. Egypt is the sole exception, and that was in part because of Jimmy Carter, whom many now chastise as an “appeaser,” “un-American,” and an “anti-Semite.” Good deeds are quickly forgotten in polarized times of hate and extremism.
But there is a much bigger problem than [...]

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates may be the answer to the Democrats’ dreams.
He was the first director of the CIA to rise from an entry-level position (I know, he was mixed up in the Iran-Contra scandal, but he was never charged).
Before assuming the defense cabinet position, he was a member of the Iraq Study Group: [...]

If only Zimbabwe mattered to a public caught up in the price of oil, home foreclosures, and the so-called “war on terror.”

The story skips briefly across the mainstream nightly news, when the cameras are turned from the self-aggrandizing speeches of the presidential contenders.
We know the name: Mugabe. He’s been in power since independence [...]

My driver, Durrani, parked the white Land Cruiser next to a roadside market.
Corrugated metal and mud brick shelters line the road, showing their wares for sale to the customers descending down from the mountain villages. Cattle, donkeys and goats on the road far outnumber the cars. Unlucky goats hang upside down with their [...]

I recently came across these quotes from our publicly elected leaders regarding the invasion of Iraq; leaders who have led the charge to war from behind the safety glass of bullet-proof limousines and under the guard of the Secret Service; leaders who are never more than a few minutes from a bunker even on the [...]