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Containment is precisely the wrong option for addressing such a growing threat. Deterrence, after all, is a two-way street. The Soviet Union’s nuclear arsenal permitted it—directly or through proxies—to export its murderous doctrines around the globe for almost 50 years, at a cost of tens of millions of lives. The autocrats of North Korea, because of their ability to cause massive damage to South Korea and Japan on short notice, are relatively free to starve their own population and sponsor terror abroad. Containment of Iraq would, at best, provide Hussein...
...notwithstanding, indicates that the United States would be foolish indeed to stake the security of its population on assumptions of Hussein’s rationality. Containment of such a dictator neither eliminates the threat, nor even maintains the status quo—as time passes, Hussein’s arsenal grows, and American options dwindle...
...going to have its hands full guarding 6’6 center Chantelle Anderson, who led the preseason list of candidates for the Naismith College Basketball Player of the Year Award. But the Commodores claim more than just one star player—they have an entire arsenal of weapons, as shown by the five players who scored double-digit points for Vanderbilt...
...Harvard Arsenal...
...given Saddam a week to decide a fundamental strategic course: How much of his unconventional arsenal does he want to keep? Should he continue to maintain that there is no such arsenal, and risk any exposure giving Washington a "smoking gun"? By accepting the resolution, he has given his government 30 days to come up with a comprehensive inventory of its weapons programs, and again, any substantial omissions will also provide Washington with grounds for war. It may be even harder to play the concealment game now, because after four years without inspections to monitor, Saddam's own intelligence services...