The United States is worried about China's military build-up and energy diplomacy.

The fight against drug trafficking is a false pretext for the United States to install military bases.

For China nowadays, North Korea is important for strategic, not ideological, reasons.

It is no longer a question of controlling a military-industrial complex, but rather, of keeping the United States from becoming a totally military culture.

It's basically silly season up there. In essence, as long as the United States is such a tremendously energy-intensive country, as long as China, India and the like are clawing their way up the consumption curve, we're going to have tight markets.

Military action on Iraq makes me feel ashamed to come from the United States. It is humiliating.