Current affairs has this in common with crime fiction: Cuo Bono?aWho profits? This is the key to understanding both. But unlike crime fiction, loose ends are never neatly tied in current affairs. It is an unending tale of unfolding events. Motives and men both change, but it is a quest for profit nevertheless. The profit in the case of the Bush doctrine in action, beginning with Afghanistan and branching into Iraqaboth for the United States as well as the rest of the peace-loving worldais what part of this book is about.