"We stopped the Indians and Pakistanis from going to war, at least helped them stop themselves from going to war two years ago," he told the Chicago Tribune in an interview yesterday, while listing the Bush Administration's accomplishments.
Powell said that even though the U.S. has had some tough times with some of its allies and friends, "with most of our allies and friends, we are doing well. It is the best relationship we have had with China in 30 years. China is 1.3 billion people. India is 1.1 billion people. That gives us close to half the world's population there that are on good solid ground with us."
Among other countries, he noted, "We have gotten rid of weapons of mass destruction in Libya."
Referring to other countries, Powell said, "We have expressed some concern about some of the things that are happening inside Russia but, by and large, we have a good relationship with the Russian Federation."
In the Middle East, Powell said, "we have started to do some things that don't solve the Israeli-Palestinian problem, but perhaps have a long-term effect. The Broader Middle East Initiative on reform and modernization that we launched in New York three weeks ago, I think has a lot of potential where we are helping them with their reform and modernization efforts."
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