"The Middle East Crisis in Retrospect"Was it meant to trigger the final sequence?by J. R. Nyquist I should like to offer a more detailed analysis of the recent Middle East crisis as it developed toward “the Battle of Iraq.” Since late 1999 we find a pattern of moves aimed at damaging America’s strategic position. These moves have not succeeded, but the game is far from over.In late 1999 the Russian Federation announced a fleet deployment into the Mediterranean [1]. This announcement was not incidental. It anticipated future events. As oil prices spiked in early 2000, Russia began to show...