It is difficult not to conclude that the motive for the 'allegations' was the political self-interest of the government.

Americans have shown they want this country to stand for more than short-term political and economic self-interest.

More important were the ideological issues of loyalty, personal desert, and political self-interest.

Presumably the interplay of political and economic self-interest of government in industry will bring us to their goal.

Just as important, if he appears to be running, Republicans could cast his every move as guided by political self-interest.

"You could make a good case that political self-interest is very much involved," Mr. Cook said.

But Republican officials said they also suspected that political self-interest was a factor.

He didn't have the energy or the political self-interest to try to figure out a way forward.

But out of gratitude, conviction, political self-interest or all three, he has protected the teachers.

The fact is that the true interest in Turkey is a geostrategic, political and above all economic self-interest.