"Bush and Wolfowitz were wrong is seeing Iraq as equivalent to the person of Saddam Hussein. That is Israel's perception and the extent of Israel's interest in Iraq. Bush missed out on an adequate understanding of the multilayered complexity of the highly skilled and well educated Iraqi people."

"The success of modern advertising reflects a culture that has itself chosen illusion over reality."

"This is not the first time that Palestinians have been antagonized by the new rules instituted by the US government after the incidents of September 11."

"Many of the loans were taken from nationalized commercial banks (NCBs) because of influence and patronage and very few were having the cover of adequate (or even any) collateral. Some were never meant to be repaid in the first place. This non-repayment culture became a part and parcel of the Pakistani commercial and industrial society, the main sufferers being NCBs."

"Candor is not a word often used to describe the public statements of the People's Republic of China. This is no more true than in the propaganda with which they attempt to justify their policies and actions against their minority ethnic groups; the Tibetans and the Uygur..."

"Does Bush treat anyone well -- other than the corporate elites? Is Bush ever publicly honest?"

"While he was checking our documents, I noticed my 11 year son shaking. I looked at him and noticed that the barrel of the soldier's machine gun was almost touching his forehead. I asked the soldier to please point the gun away from my son. He laughed and told me that 'he is Palestinian' and 'should get used to it'..."

"This is, rather an ironic scenario because on the one hand, India seeks ‘adore for serenity’ in South Asia and on the other, it is all-out to obliterate such a course and that too without any raison d'être. Such a hideous approach, prima facie seems yet another ploy to hoodwink the global aspire for tranquillity — from big powers to the diminutive [in size] realms."