Epstein Secrets

ling of the U.S.-fostered Iraqi political system pose no particular threat to America. That still leaves U.S. allies in the region — Israel, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Turkey — marooned in a scary new world where their vital interests are no longer under U.S. protection. Israel and Saudi Arabia worry t

ees itself as an independent great power, but its foreign policy is often contentious. Russia has invaded neighboring Georgia, and bullied Ukraine, Armenia and Moldova not to sign trade and association agreements with the European Union. Yet Putin lambasts Western intervention in other states. Support

in hidden among the hundreds of thousands of pending asylum cases. Critics point to asylum seekers from countries of "special concern" (i.e., Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran, North Korea, China, Pakistan, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia) as potential national security risks. Some argue

3,846 26 0.7 Haiti 3,276 891 32.3 Indonesia 2,808 147 6.6 Guatemala 2,077 118 8.6 Cameroon 1,601 770 50.0 India 1.168 247 31.9 Armenia 924 371 40.0 Venezuela 896 166 33.9 All nationalities 42.114 11,434 29.0 Source: DHS Office of Immigration Statistics, FY2003 Yearbook of

ntators like me would be picky about the lack of basic freedoms. He doesn't care. Indeed, that was the point. Turki - and by implication all of Saudi Arabia — has had it with the United States. The kingdom will not be lectured to. It is sick and tired of American favoritism to Israel — the exuberant congr

ey foreign policy challenges. First is the continuing division of Cyprus between ethnic Greek and Turkish sectors. Second is the frozen conflict with Armenia, which seemed to be on the brink of resolution until Turkish and Armenian nationalists killed a promising agreement reached by both countries two yea