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Krauthammer hit the nail on the head when he described the desire to reconfigure the Middle East as the reason behind Bush's drive to war. The President's arrogance is breathtaking. It is also telling that the White House does not pitch these imperialistic motives as casus belli but cravenly relies on the pretexts of combatting terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. OSMAN ANWER Toronto...
...Democratic hawks were right about the use of force in Bosnia and Kosovo. And in 1998 bipartisan hawks--a group that included such disparate spirits as Paul Wolfowitz and John Kerry--were probably right that Saddam Hussein's unwillingness to cooperate with U.N. weapons inspections was intolerable, a casus belli...
...were foiled in an attempt to assassinate both the Emir of Kuwait and then-President George H. W. Bush. In ordering this crime, Hussein risked an overwhelming military response from the U.S. for little reason other than to gratify his thirst for vengeance. This assassination attempt constitutes a casus belli for the U.S. as long as Hussein remains the ruler of Iraq, and demonstrates that he is not a rational actor who can be trusted as a predictable, let alone responsible, steward of weapons of mass destruction...
...Giving Saddam one final chance to disarm was precisely the objective of those who most wanted to avoid war. If Saddam complies, Washington's primary casus belli is neutralized. If he refuses, even the allies most squeamish about being associated with a U.S.-led invasion will be able to show that they did everything possible to avoid a war, and that it was Saddam, rather than Washington, that chose to settle matters on the battlefield...
...Sept. 30]. But hasn't this been tried in vain for centuries? My conclusion: ban all these religions, cults and man-made concepts of how to worship God. Bar the different religious leaders from spreading their views as the only absolute. Mankind can always use religion as a casus belli. Forbid religions, and there will be far fewer fights. JORMA KAJASTE Espoo, Finland...