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While France, Germany and Russia call for heightened inspections as an alternative to war—aligning themselves against the United States and eight other European nations—both sides of the Iraq debate are dangerously uninformed about the history and ideology of Saddam and the Baath party...
Developing a deeper understanding of the construction of Iraqi identity under Saddam’s Baath regime would help other nations know how to deal with Saddam, Iraq, and potential regime change...
Decades hence, Saddam brought the secular Baath ideology to ruling power in Iraq, with its vision of Arab racial superiority and an ongoing bloody revolution marking the ascendancy of Arab global domination. The Baath party principles state: “The Baath is a revolutionary party. It believes that its principal aims in realizing an Arab national renaissance and of building socialism will not be attained except by revolution and struggle...
...central, perhaps more plausible goal than getting Saddam to slink away. It involves persuading the U.N. Security Council to pass a resolution granting amnesty to Iraqi officials who agree to cooperate with the U.N. The idea is that this would separate Saddam and the top tier of the ruling Baath Party from others in the regime who might be persuaded to save themselves and their country by overthrowing Saddam. The resolution would be designed to open a window just before a U.S. invasion began so that an Arab delegation would have a chance to direct the Iraqi generals...
...senior Iraqi officials to encourage them to depose Saddam. The Saudi proposal would require a U.N. Security Council resolution declaring amnesty for the vast majority of Iraqi officials if they orchestrate a transition of power. The amnesty would extend to all but 100 or so of the most senior Baath Party members. "Politically, there would be nothing better for President Bush than to remove Saddam and disarm Iraq without firing a shot," a Western diplomat told TIME. "All along, Washington's hope has been that as pressure gets high enough, the people around Saddam will take matters into their...