Perspectives

"Suppose a Democrat wins the next election - miracles do sometimes happen - the new President would face exactly the same choices. Bush's rash act has effectively bound the hands of any successor."

"As long as Bush refuses to confront reality, matters in Iraq are likely to continue deteriorating."

"President Bush has stated "Islam is not the enemy" and I believe him, although his subordinates often act exactly the opposite way, as though every Muslim is an enemy."

"The scents of apartheid are growing stronger with the Israelis building a fence between themselves and the Palestinians on the West Bank."

"...the US and its allies will keep on extending their civilising missions for the Muslim lands irrespective of the survival of Bush and Blair regimes."

"The greatest defect of the Geneva accord is that the basic notion of the inalienable human and political rights of the Palestinian people is entirely ignored by Oz and his associates, as was the case in the Oslo process."

"Three of the eight authors of the “Clean Break” document became key policy makers to the Bush-Cheney Gang. Leading that pack was the super hawkish Richard Perle, a current member of the Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board. He also sits on the board of the “Jerusalem Post” newspaper, which is owned by the scandal-tainted Conrad Black, a media mogul."

"Bush and his allies are neither promoting democracy nor freedom. Otherwise, why would Iraqi’s be willing to sacrifice their lives?"