...ould. But America's haughtiness and obtuse refusal to engage in soul searching and house cleaning do little to ameliorate this antagonism. To the ... ...rities, the poor, and ex- convicts is now in full swing. The legislature - the two houses of Congress - are deadlocked and paralyzed owing to parti... ...elpful to the agricultural belts and bowls of the hinterland and to the recovering Gulf Coast). America's economy was far too dependent on the outs... ...he banned items (many of them manufactured in Pakistan's archrival, India) via the Gulf states, Russia, Ukraine (another important drug route) and ... ... other EU veterans in signing the "letter of eight" in support of US policy in the Gulf. NATO and EU aspirants - including most of the nations of t... ...far. Turkey has a large Kurdish minority as does Iran. Conservative regimes in the Gulf fear Iraq's newfound and American- administered democracy. I... ...ely courted by Russian officials and "oiligarchs" - the energy tycoons. With the Gulf states cast in the role of anti-American Islamic militants,... ...ope. A Russian telecom, Excom, is offering unlimited free phone calls to the White House to protest U.S. "aggression". Washington, on its part, has... ...irman of the International Affairs Committee of Russia's Federation Council (upper house), Iraq still owes Russia alone c. $7- 12 billion in pre-199...