Israel Lost Its War. Will Assad's Enemies

The Sheer Violence Of It, The Howl Of Air Raid Sirens And The Air-cutting Fall Of The Missiles Carried Its Own Political Message; Not Just To President Saddam But To The Rest Of The World. We Are The Superpower, Those Explosions Said Last Night. This Is How We Do Business.

Fundamentalism Is Not Bred In Poverty. There Are Plenty Of Poor Countries In The World That Don't Have Violence Because Amid The Poverty There Is A Kind Of Justice And In Some Countries A Democracy.

The Dead Cannot Speak. But Hitherto Unknown Information Has Emerged From The Confidential Archives Of The Syrian Presidency And Foreign Ministry, Published In A New Book By Bouthaina Shaaban, Who Spent Ten Years As Hafez's Interpreter And Is Still An Adviser To His Son Bashar.

Israel Lost Its War. Will Assad's Enemies Lose, Too?

President Bush Will Come Here And There Will Be New "friends" Of America To Open A New Relationship With The World, New Economic Fortunes For Those Who "liberated" Them.