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...Tenet’s testimony suggests—the White House deliberately exaggerated the caveat-laden reports it received from intelligence agencies before the war. But one thing is certain: when the president decided to invade Iraq in March, declaring, “the Iraqi regime will be disarmed by force” because it had “not disarmed itself,” intensive inspections had yielded no evidence that the regime actually had any WMD of which to disarm itself. Nor were the Iraqis resisting the inspectors: on March 8, two weeks before the war began, Blix...
...much a symbol of repudiation of France as it is a token of belonging to Islam. The intent of the new law is not to undermine cultural diversity—there is no calling into question religious freedom outside the secular setting of public education. It will, however, disarm students of the tools they use in their public schools to define themselves as separate from or even in conflict with each other and republican values. This assurance that students will leave their religion aside as they walk in the door will go a long way towards forestalling the sort...
...never a doubt about kicking him out--never a doubt about using force, never a doubt about what was at stake. In the case of this instance [2002], I thought it was important to hold Saddam Hussein accountable. I said so in 1998, because he signed an agreement to disarm. And I thought it was critical for us and the world to hold him accountable to it. But there was a right way to do it, and there was a wrong way to do it. George Bush chose the wrong way and broke his promises to us about...
...department-store Kris Kringle, using that cover to case the joint and lifting all the seasonal cash from its strongbox on Christmas Eve. In this he is abetted by Marcus (Tony Cox), who plays Willie's helpful elf by day and then worms his way through tight spaces to disarm security systems by night...
Some of Karzai's troubles stem from conflicts with the U.S. He wants to build an infrastructure, disarm the warlords and stop drug trafficking, but the U.S., already distracted by Iraq, has focused on hunting down al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters. Yet despite this, both groups are making a resurgence. In the Zabul and Kunar provinces, governors have faced assassination attempts...