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Discusses how United States President George Bush' government helped Iraq president Saddam Hussein before diplomatic relations between the countries ended. Financial aid provided by the United States to Iraq; View that the State Department and the National Security Council encouraged American companies to sell dual-use technology to Saddam that helped advance his intercontinental missile plans; Allegations that the U.S. government under the administrations of former president Ronald Reagan and Bush fed Iraq with U.S. intelligence secrets; Criticism against the Bush government for not acting immediately over Hussein's threats against his neighbor countries.

Discusses the U.S. intervention in internal affairs of Iraq. Announcement of aims beyond the retaking of Kuwait by the United Nations and President George Bush; Description of the United Nation's Resolution 688, which condemns Iraq's handling of the rebels; Broadcast by the President of his invitation to the Iraqi dissidents.

Focuses on the relationship between the United States and several Middle East countries. Factors influencing the countries' relations; Reasons behind the importance given by U.S. President George Bush to Middle East over Japan despite the latter's significance on U.S. trade; Reasons for the interest of Bush in the political conditions of Middle East countries; Statement that the Middle East was certainly the most active arena of the U.S.-Soviet struggle; Benefits of the oil supplies of Iraq for the U.S.; Promise of Bush to support for Iraq's military chiefs if they would only give him his personal victory by getting rid of dictator Saddam Hussein; Statement that Bush relied on personal contacts in conducting foreign policy; Political problems faced by Israel.

Focuses on the interference of the U.S. in the internal affairs of Iraq with reference to the destruction of Iraq's military and urban infrastructure. Decision by President George Bush that it would be unwise to interfere in the internal affairs of Iraq; Efforts of the Bush's administration in helping the Kurds and Shiites who were desperately running from Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's advancing armies; Emphasis on the humanitarian relief provided by the U.S.

Comments on issues pertaining to politics and government in the United States. Irony in the fact that those who argued for delaying the war against Iraq for as long as possible are now complaining that it isn't ending fast enough; Obstacles to ending the Gulf war; Sunnites' power throughout the Arab world; Efforts to maintain a Gulf balance of power; U.S. Secretary of State James Baker's record of compromising President Bush's war policies.

Comments on United States President George Bush's policy on Iraq, and the political issues surrounding the Gulf war. Bush's attempt to lead the country into the "next American century," as he put it in his State of the Union; Statement issued by White house Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater that the Bush administration does not believe that the Gulf conflict is a partisan issue; Moral issues concerning the Gulf war; Optimism of the Bush administration that the U.S. will win the war, creating a "New World Order".

Reports that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is committing genocide against the Shiites. Reluctance of journalists to cover events in Southern Iraq; Argument pertaining to the negotiation of the U.S. with Saddam over details of U.N. inspection; Consequences of the Persian Gulf War on Middle East politics.

Comments on the Persian Gulf war. Media coverage of the war; Estimated number of Iraqi casualties; Assertion that all human behavior is determined jointly by genes and environment beginning nine months before birth; Moral and ethical issues relating to war; Need to give some moral values to the enemies of the United States; Author's support for a military strategy that would involve a few days of air strikes setting back Iraq's nuclear and chemical arms program.

Asserts that patient American-led diplomacy is needed to sort out the inevitable loose ends of the war against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Current state of the Middle East; Plight of the Kurds; International supervision; Visits by US Secretary of State James Baker to Israel; Potential for Arab-Israeli peace; Details; Outlook.

Presents the text of a letter from United States President George Bush to Speaker of the House of Representatives and President Pro Tempore of the Senate, January, 1992, concerning the status of efforts to obtain compliance by Iraq with the resolutions adopted by the United Nations (UN) Security Council. Iraq continues to be uncooperative and obstructive with respect to inspection of identified sites.

The article focuses on the challenges being faced by U.S. President George Bush with regards to the country's foreign relations, particularly with Iraq, North Korea and Libya, as of March 1992. Like Iraq, North Korea is suspected of reconstituting its nuclear and other military programs. The issue on Libya is slightly different. Libyan leader Qaddafi is refusing to turn over two Libyans suspected of bombing the Pan Am Flight 103, to British and U.S. authorities. Bush needs to make a decision and, eventually, take drastic actions on the said issues.