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...polling data from the Washington Post, Fox News, the Pew Research Center, CBS, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek and TIME. "I could go on and on and on," he said impatiently. "The point remains the same. Large majorities of the American people continue to support the use of force to disarm Saddam Hussein...
...there is a Bush argument for focusing on Saddam that has gained traction--and that's because it is tied to people's sense of security. Americans say the most compelling reason to disarm Saddam is that he has wantonly killed his own citizens. In the TIME/CNN poll, 83% of respondents ranked that reason as a convincing one for going to war. No. 2, at 72%, was that taking on Saddam would help eliminate weapons of mass destruction. Saddam's cruelty is a rationale Bush unleashed most powerfully in his State of the Union address, cataloging in some detail...
...merely the continuation of one begun in 1990 by Saddam when he invaded Kuwait. Recall that when that war was won 12 years ago, no peace treaty was signed. Instead, a truce was arranged on a clear and unequivocal condition: that Saddam completely disarm himself of weapons of mass destruction. Since no one--not even the U.N. inspectors--believes that such disarmament has happened, the truce no longer holds...
Listen to what President Bush is saying, and there can be little doubt that war in Iraq is now inevitable. "If [Saddam Hussein] had any intention of disarming, he would have disarmed," the President told USA Today in comments published Friday. "We will disarm him now," he added. That blunt statement of intent, and Wednesday's speech declaring his war aims suggested Friday morning that the President's mind was made up. That message was made clear Friday afternoon, when White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said the U.S. would only be satisfied when Saddam was out of power - a significant...
Advice to Germany and France: don't wait until you get hit by a chemical warhead from Saddam or al-Qaeda to finally understand the threat. The U.S. and its allies should disarm Iraq now. Since when do terrorists take the trouble to warn us about their attacks? GLEN G. OCANA Denver