Yes, Israel's Our Ally. But,

The Art Of Diplomacy Is To Take An Opportunity And Turn It Into Something.

Information Technology Has Politicized The World's Population.

Who Is The Guarantor, If There Is One, Of A More Stable World? It's The United States.

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.

Perhaps The Most Troubling Area In The World Goes From The Balkans Through The Middle East And In Central Asia.