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...region by establishing the Jazeera Satellite Channel, which delights in criticizing other Middle Eastern leaders and giving airtime to the likes of Osama bin Laden as well as Israeli officials. Balancing acts are Hamad's trademark. Al-Jazeera's sensational talk shows and its Arab-nationalist perspectives are a counterweight to Qatar's pro-American tilt...
...discussion may focus on how America might manage the consequences of such a victory. One of the major reasons the U.S. held back from marching on Baghdad during the first Gulf War was the belief that Saddam remained a bulwark of regional stability. Iraq had functioned as a strategic counterweight to Iran during the 1980s, which was why it won support from both the U.S. and the Saudis in its gruesome war with Tehran. Iraq's ethnic makeup raises fears that the state itself could be dismembered, destabilizing the regional balance of power: The members of Saddam's regime...
...radical Islamist challenge in Pakistan originates, in its current form, with the regime of General Zia ul Haq, who ruled from 1977 until his death 1989. General Zia overthrew the elected leftist government of Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and began cultivating Islamist groups as a counterweight to the challenge from the left. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 made General Zia the key U.S. ally in the region, providing a staging ground for efforts to assist the Afghan mujahedeen - a process that dramatically expanded the conservative Islamist infrastructure in Western Pakistan with massive Saudi funding...
...Donald Rumsfeld got warm recognition for making it "okay to like John Wayne again" ... "Rumsfeld remained in the Pentagon as it was being blown up" and "has kept our country safe and secure in the most trying moment in our history." His counterweight, Colin Powell, also got nods: "Colin Powell has for years demonstrated leadership with his incisive intellect, astute geopolitical foresight, compelling eloquence, and commanding dignity" ... "Behind the scenes, but the glue and foundation of the administration in the current situation...
...fractious Iraqi opposition to mount a military challenge to the regime. Retired Marine General Anthony Zinni was even more upfront in his parting testimony on Capitol Hill, warning that overthrowing Saddam would create a dangerous power vacuum. Remember, before 1991, the U.S. had seen Saddam as a strategic counterweight to Iran, and the fact that the majority of Iraq's population is either Shiite Muslim or Kurdish had raised concerns that bringing down the regime could presage a breakup of the country that would destabilize the region. But for the hawks, September 11 and the subsequent anthrax terror highlighted...