"Why has the U.S. not called for free elections in Iraq, with all parties interested in governing being allowed to run for office? Why was it necessary for the U.S. to establish a puppet government in the first place?"

"He believed in fulfilling a just and lasting peace in historic Palestine, celebrating this vision in recent years by a magnificent musical collaboration with Israeli composer Daniel Barenboim, who stated on his passing "I have lost a soul mate.""

"...Sharon could not welcome the Saudi initiative. This would have meant endorsing its fundamental demand for Israeli withdrawal to the June 1967 lines, as opposed to his vision of a much smaller Palestinian state."

"We have a Senator who always smilingly supports death, whether as part of American foreign policy, Israeli foreign policy, or in prisons."

"Benjamin Franklin’s words of warning resonate even more powerfully today: “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

"The United States will pick perfectly reasonable, 'representative' leaders for the Palestinians, like the Iraqi legislative council. These leaders will presumably do whatever it takes to stamp out resistance to them and to U.S. and Israeli dictates. This seems to be the Bush administration version of democracy."

"Americans frequently discuss the importance of reforming the Saudi curriculum in religious colleges, as well as revamping religious textbooks used in regular schools. But the young generation has now been raised to believe in the importance of implementing Islamic law, or Sharia."

"He was an extraordinary source of illumination -- making truths obvious that otherwise would have been hidden in the haze, the fog, or the deliberate concealment by those who profited and prospered from the darkness."