The U.S. Congress was far too polite in questioning General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker during their long-awaited Iraq report. For me, the more important questions are the regional ones. What real, long-term plans does the U.S. have for our part of the world? Do any of the people of the region, not to mention the Iraqis themselves, have any say in our own future?

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By Richard W. Bulliet

On a balmy April day in 1959, I joined with thousands of other students to listen to Fidel Castro speak from the balcony of the field house at Harvard University.

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