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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.