If the United States has learned anything in the nine months of peacekeeping that followed, it should be that once again we are proving to be a lot better at waging war than we are at managing peace.
Managing peace is not the same thing as managing a war.
He has offered to help manage the peace process in Northern Ireland, an offer his successor should consider since Mr. Clinton knows this bitter terrain well.
After General Sharif's December 27th visit, the next step will be a meeting of the "quad" that the two sides agreed would manage the peace process: Afghanistan, Pakistan, the U.S., and China.
In a letter released on Friday, the Canadian government brushed back the Cuomo administration's attacks on the Canadian officials who help manage the Peace Bridge, which spans the Niagara River between Buffalo and Fort Erie, Ontario.
But, as we now know, Ike had both a formidable command of military history, gained through decades in the Army, and an intellect that allowed him, more than anyone realized, to manage the peace and prosperity of the 1950's.
But it has fallen to Mr. Karayilan to manage the peace process from his mountain redoubt in this lawless nook of Iraq, where the only authority is that wielded by gun-toting Kurdish rebels who operate checkpoints and live in caves at remote outposts.
But Washington also needs to accede to another reality it has preferred to ignore: it is unable to manage the peace negotiating process.
He even sent a fleet of limousines to Kinshasa to soothe grumpy ministers who had no official cars.Mr Mbeki feels it is his business to micro-manage peace efforts all over the place.
But managing the peace process has pitted the president, who is also leader of the parliamentary opposition, against Ranil Wickremesinghe, the prime minister.
