Reformers have tried to civilize Islam - and failed.

Competition between China, India - and maybe Russia.

Unhappy lessons learnt all round.

Stop!

Or, perhaps, of something else...

We care more about copyright "pirates" than national security.

China and the U.S. do have a common interest in Korea.

Do we want China to be wealthier and more powerful than the United States?

The U.S. government "needs" so much money that it has to steal from the entire world to get it.

Divided government keeps the government off our backs.