We believe we are creating the beginning of a new world order coming out of the collapse of the US-Soviet antagonisms.

We must find out where the roots of terrorism lie.

But there is scant evidence to tie Saddam to terrorist organizations, and even less to the Sept. 11 attacks.

Who is the guarantor, if there is one, of a more stable world? It's the United States.

Perhaps the most troubling area in the world goes from the Balkans through the Middle East and in Central Asia.

It's not for nothing that the Iranians are known as rug merchants. They are.

It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.