Just prior to his death in 2003 the Bosnian Muslim leader Alija Izetbegovic was under investigation for alleged war crimes by the international tribunal in The Hague.

The fall of South Vietnam was the inevitable consequence of America’s failure to provide the support it committed to President Nguyen Van Thieu. Thieu’s death in September 2001 raises the question: will America commit herself to winning the war on terrorism and supporting the promotion of democracy as part of the process of supporting nation building?