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Shevardnadze big mistake: Crossing Uncle Sam Posted: Sunday, November 30, 2003 US kills 46 after Iraqi ambushes Foreigners targeted in Iraq attacks The Trouble With Democracy in the Middle East Revisiting Cold War Coups and Finding Them Costly Is Bush's speech to be trusted? Some knowledge of history and the memories of a long life have given me a sense of wonder at the shape-shifting habit of ideals and the ideologues who espouse them. What brings this to mind is the eloquent and idealistic foreign-policy speech that President Bush recently gave in London. Bush Reports "Morale is High" While Heros in Iraq Disagree Theatrics Of It All In Iraq One law for the West 'Two great weeks' says general. For who? The general's upbeat views will surprise critics of the occupation, not least because he delivered them at the end of the deadliest month for the 130,000 American troops in Iraq since the US-led invasion in March. Iraq's Shiites Insist on Democracy. Washington Cringes Experts see trouble ahead in oil fields Iraqi Leaders Say U.S. Was Warned of Disorder Shevardnadze big mistake: Crossing Uncle Sam Shevardnadze's sin, in Washington's eyes, was being too chummy with Moscow and obstructing a major U.S. oil pipeline, due to open in 2005, from Central Asia, via Georgia, to Turkey. Georgia occupies the heart of the wild, unruly, and strategic Caucasus region, which I call the Mideast North.   Printer friendly version  Send page by E-Mail |