But, having deftly out maneuvered his opponents for three years, Zardari seems to have misread the current political environment, for Pakistan is not the same country in which his wife and father in law wielded power.

The fragility of Asia does not mean that Western domination is guaranteed with its universities, cultural values, entertainment industry, and strong military, the West keeps an edge, but maybe not forever.

The Security Council resolution presupposes in addition to separating the combatants the enforcement of the internal and external sovereignty of Lebanon s elected government of Lebanon, without saying how this is to be accomplished with a politically strengthened Hezbollah, militarily superior to the Lebanese forces.