While Argentina, Brazil, and Chile - what in textbooks used to be called the ABC countries - seem settled into democratic politics and free market economics, the Andean countries are in disarray.

Pessimism is rife in Israel.

After 9/11, we did see Palestinian terrorism in the context of all terrorism.

Like all forms of collective security, multilateral sanctions require a unanimity rarely achieved in international politics.

I want to be the first guy to reverse a communist revolution.

As the Palestinian leadership never seems to pay any penalty for its words, America's seriousness about the peace process is in doubt.

The question was never whether the United States, E.U., NATO, Arab League, U.N. Security Council, and African Union could together using economic sanctions, diplomatic pressure, and military attacks to bring Qaddafi down. The question was always how much time, how much blood, and what damage to NATO.