One foreign policy concern is to manage the relationship with Russia better. It does no good to keep pushing Nato's boundaries and missiles closer to their border and then wonder why they react so negatively.

Probably because macho man felt that he hadn't done anything wrong. He thought the jury would understand him if he told his side of the story.

Sounds like the defendant got what he deserved. Why did he take the stand?

Former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski warns that relying on military solutions in Afghanistan and the Middle East may cause the U.S. to suffer the same fate as the Soviet Union: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f031f936-56a0-11dd-8686-000077b07658.html

The US is now also tightening lending requirements: http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080714/fed_mortgage_crisis.html

Looks like another case of closing the barn door after the horse has bolted.

Ironically, it was the invasion of Afghanistan that led to the Soviet Union's final imperial overstretch and collapse.

Per Williston, "it is not just to let a gift stand which was greater than the donor intended..." Williston, The Law of Contracts, Sec. 1556.

Lord Phillips would surely consider certain aspects of islamic law fundamentally unfair. E.g., a woman's inheritance is half that of a man's (Quran 4:11); in contract disputes her testimony is worth half that of a man's (Quran 2:282).

Better than a whole shelf of self-help books.