Iran and World

The Bush and Kerry campaigns enter the final full week of this dizzying, deadlocked race without having put on the table credible blueprints of what an electoral victory for either will mean for Iraq. The candidates are neglecting two flickering signs of change that should be nurtured rather than rushed past or trampled.

One is the taking root of an Iraqi political process that could yet outlast the terrorist assaults and the bureaucratic bungling, past and present, of the Bush administration that dominate the daily headlines.

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� Bush's European Allies (The Washington Post, Oct 21, 2004)
� A Race Gets Down To Its Essence (The Washington Post, Oct 17, 2004)
� Straight Talk -- in French (The Washington Post, Oct 14, 2004)
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^_____Today's Op-Eds^_____

� Iraq: Does Kerry Have A Plan? (Post, Oct. 25, 2004)
� Putin's Unchallenged Imperialism (Post, Oct. 25, 2004)
� A Web of Bunk: How the Press Gets Pushed Into Phony Stories (Post, Oct. 25, 2004)
� Hope for Democracy in Iran (Post, Oct. 25, 2004)