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...claim that Iraq had tried to buy uranium from Niger. There was some exaggeration involved, but the bottom line was accurate. There was no uranium deal; Saddam didn't have a nuclear program. But Wilson's timing was exquisite: there was a growing realization that Bush's casus belli - WMD - was baloney. The White House went into panic mode, trying to discredit Wilson and rescue Bush's reputation; the outing of Plame made these efforts potentially felonious. The subsequent investigation devolved into a petty attempt to nail Rove and Scooter Libby on perjury charges for denying they had talked...
Lost America Regarding America's lost leadership role: America could probably regain a measure of moral authority if only it showed an inclination toward accountability [Nov. 3]. Taking a country to war, motivated by imperialism and profit, with a casus belli of fabricated evidence and lies is a monstrous crime. It is naive to think that Bush would ever stand trial, but Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and others could. This would show the world that America does not, in fact, always act with impunity. However, in reality, we have yet to hear any kind of admission or apology from the Administration...
...this was a case of America's "chickens coming home to roost." He tried to say he was merely quoting U.S. Ambassador Edward Peck-but Wright chose to interpret those "chickens" not as the decision to place U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia, which was Osama bin Laden's casus belli, but as the ancient sins of slavery, the eradication of Native Americans, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It would have been nice if Moyers had asked Wright, "Do you really believe that God was punishing us for our sins? How is that different from the conservative Evangelicals...
USAGE The original Boxer Rebellion, a 1900 battle in China between natives and colonials, at least had a weighty casus belli. But do exposed boxers really lead to crime, as some U.S. critics claim? Experts...
...what do we do if just the opposite happens - a strike on Iran unifies Iranians behind the regime? An Administration official told me it's not even a consideration. "IRGC IED's are a casus belli for this Administration. There will be an attack on Iran...