If the Afghan conflict is not isolated, the contagion of the conflict has the ability to extend not only to Pakistan, but also to India, China, former Soviet countries of central Asia and even to Russia.
Most likely, the positive changes of this approach will be felt more by addicts on the streets in the U.S. than by the Colombian cultivators of coca plants.
The Middle East is a region haunted by the ghosts of leaders of states and governments that have tried to find a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The U.S. president, Barack Obama, is the latest one to hope for a solution that could be accepted by both sides.
If the shock of Kennedy’s death gains followers for reform, the “Old Liberal Lion” will achieve victory in his grand battle – what he has called “the cause of my life” – after his death.
'The U.S. Southern Command has become the main middleman for Latin American governments and the articulator of foreign policy and U.S. defense in the region.'