After the shock of September 11th, we have entered a new kind of Cold War psychology.  Again, the world is divided, friend and foe. The lessons of the Cold War need to be re-examined and understood.

A recent New York Times editorial states: this is "one of those conflicts that can realign the world. Like the Cold War, this one, while it lasts, will assert a gravitational pull on everything. It will determine who our friends are, revise our priorities, and test the elasticity of our ideals."

What an important chance we have to learn from our past!  Even though the Cold War threat is past, there are literally thousand of nuclear warheads at the ready, and the disintegration of the Soviet's massive military structure has increased the nuclear threat from terrorists.