The Iraqi Elections Were An Important First

The Europeans Must Finally Understand The Incredible Shock Triggered By The Attacks Of September 11.

But There Is Scant Evidence To Tie Saddam To Terrorist Organizations, And Even Less To The Sept. 11 Attacks.

Much Of What We Know About Mathematics And Trade Comes From The Arabs. Then Came Stagnation, And Now They're The West's Whipping Boy. This Is A Problem That Cannot Be Solved Overnight, And Certainly Not Militarily.

America Wants To Work With Friends, With Allies, With People Of Good Will, To Make This A Better World.

Because National Borders Are Eroding, Because Of The Growth Of Non-state Actors. It's A Different Kind Of A World. We Are Tied Down By A Tiny Little Country - Iraq. It's Amazing, Given The Disparity In Military Economic Strength. It's A World Where Most Of The Big Problems Spill Over National Boundaries, And There Are New Kinds Of Actors And We're Feeling Our Way As To How To Deal With Them.