I don't support the Americans any more and I, in many ways, would hope they would leave sooner rather than later. But I do support Iraqi democracy.

Desert Storm created the pattern for the American way of war that eventually prevailed in Kosovo. America learned from Vietnam that unilateral use of force eventually forfeits international legitimacy and domestic support. Desert Storm demonstrated the political necessity of coalition warfare.

There may be a nationwide split on immigration policy, but Americans are nearly unanimous in their support of an assimilation policy. Americans expect that this country's newest residents will proudly wave our flag and make strides to learn our language - English. An official English policy is the state government's manner of endorsing that sentiment.

Americans need to know that we support them and will assist them in any way. It's imperative that our Prime Minister relays this message directly to [U.S.] President [George W.] Bush.

Wells Fargo is committed to helping Native Americans achieve the dream of homeownership. We're proud to be one of the nation's top mortgage lenders to Native Americans, and honored to have a role in this important financial education program that will enable even more Native Americans to buy a home.

If the history of the western moral imagination is the story of an enduring and unending revolt against human cruelty, there are few more consequential figures than Raphael Lemkin - and few whose achievements have been more ignored by the general public. It was he who coined the word 'genocide.' He was also its victim.