“UNFINISHED BUSINESS”: Bush and Palestine

Left: U.S. President George W. Bush
Right: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon

This week the Bush Administration is revisiting the Israel/Palestine conflict with back-to-back meetings with the Middle East heads of state — Mubarak of Egypt, Sharon of Israel, and Crown Prince Abdullah of Jordan. It’s about time!
Bush has been preoccupied — many would now [...]

SPIRALING DOWNWARD: Iraq and the Breakdown of Security

Fanatical Shiite Cleric Muqtada al–Sadr

The first week of April has been disastrous for our occupation forces in Iraq — with no end in sight. On June 30, 2004, we are scheduled to transfer authority to an interim Iraqi government. But realities on the ground show that this will be nothing more than a [...]