The United States-led intervention in Iraq is going through a terrible season. First, conflicts in Iraq have spiked, with more allied casualties than at any time in the last year. Second, a terrorist bomb in Madrid ushered in a new government and a sharp U-turn for Spanish forces in Iraq. Third, and still unfolding, are the revelations of the ill-treatment meted out to Iraqi captives by U.S. forces. Will Asians endure?