Word: disarmement
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...recent statements about Saddam Hussein such as “After all, this is the guy who tried to kill my dad.” But Bush must favor trying inspections for three reasons. First, it is in our interest to know what Saddam is building and to disarm him, and this can be accomplished much more easily through proper inspections than through war. Second, Bush has no reason to anger the entire international community unless he truly feels it is necessary. Third, Bush would gain nothing by waging a messy war as this is likely to be, especially...
...imminent congressional resolution looks likely to authorize President Bush to make the choice between continued diplomacy through the UN or going to war. Bush warned Wednesday that if Saddam fails to disarm, "war may become unavoidable." He's been saying similar things for months, of course. The difference, now, may be that soon that call will be the President's alone to make...
...positions, the UN has become the venue for a battle between contending ideas of how to deal with Saddam Hussein. The U.S. position remains one of demanding regime-change - underscored in flippant comments Tuesday by White House press secretary Ari Fleischer to the effect that the cheapest way to disarm Iraq would simply be the assassination of its leader. But even among those willing to pursue disarmament, the a priori goal of "regime-change" is not widely shared, and language as intemperate as Fleischer's - and more sober comments by other Administration officials suggesting that action may be necessary...
...what can inspections actually accomplish? In the White House's view, they won't help disarm Iraq. Bush says only a regime change can eliminate the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, which means inspections are just a politically necessary warm-up for the main event. Bui*At the countries that forced Bush to try inspections first could see things very differently. They could well be pleased if the process somehow takes the air out of the American case for war. That means the argument Colin Powell won on that day back in August--that going...
...resolution that sanctions attacking Iraq, with a few kicks and punches tossed in about whether the Republicans are talking up war in order to score well in the midterm elections. The Senate is expected to begin considering a resolution this week authorizing Bush to use force to disarm Saddam Hussein; both chambers could vote as early as next week. The question is not whether Bush will win, but by how much: with a weaker resolution and a big majority, or with stronger language that makes for a closer vote? Hoping for a landslide, the White House has dropped language that...