A friend in need
(Washington, D.C.): It is ironic that France is the principal beneficiary of the vote last Saturday in Turkey's parliament that...
Middle East
Post-War Planning
Statement by Douglas J. Feith, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Mr. Chairman and Members...
The Powell report
(Washington, D.C.): On Wednesday, Secretary of State Colin Powell will deliver what may be the most anxiously awaited briefing to...
George Bush’s finest hour
(Washington, D.C.): President Bush has been getting a lot of free advice lately about what he should say in his...
Condi Rice signals the jig is up for Saddam
(Washington, D.C.): The latest indication that the Bush Administration has concluded that Saddam Hussein has blown his last chance for...
A coup won’t do
(Washington, D.C.): The current buzz is that the Saudis, Egyptians, Turks and others are plotting to have Saddam Hussein removed...
Unable to verify, unworthy of trust
(Washington, D.C.): Hans Blix today reminded the world why he was chosen as chief UN weapons inspector by those who...
Roadmap to perdition
Over the past week, the leaders of Europe have been tuning their instruments ahead of today's meeting of the Quartet...
The Non-Triumph of Hope over Experience
President Bush has been right to warn of the danger posed by stocks of chemical and biological weapons in Saddam...
Bigger NATO waters down statement on Iraq
The bigger and, we are told, better NATO alliance papered over its deep divisions concerning Iraq and issued a watered-down...
Could Israel die of thirst?
(Washington, D.C.): Last night, the Washington area was drenched overnight by a steady, hours-long downpour. As the rain fell, a...
With unanimous UN Security Council backing, Bush warns Iraq of ‘severest consequences’
President Bush is poised to finish off Saddam Hussein and his regime by the end of Ramadan. The UN Security...
Now, to war
President Bush has now cleared the decks for action on his most immediate and important agenda item: Ending the threat...
President Bush Wants to Liberate Iraq, But the UN Security Council Does Not
In his press conference this afternoon, President Bush demonstrated once again his determination to prevent the danger posed by Saddam...
Krauthammer urges Bush to hold that line at the U.N.
(Washington, D.C.): Few syndicated columnists of our time address matters of state with the vision and verve of Charles Krauthammer....
Against Us
(Washington, D.C.): For months now, President Bush has been declaring that nations around the world had a choice to make....