Word: fleischered
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...Lest these signals of moderation send the American public the message that war may not be necessary after all, the White House sent out Press Secretary Ari Fleischer to make clear that for the Bush Administration, Iraqi compliance remains "the mother of all hypotheticals." And since then, the message to the UN has been, to quote President Bush, "If the United Nations can't make its mind up, Saddam Hussein won't disarm, we will lead a coalition to disarm him for the sake of peace." Diplomats at the Security Council tell TIME they believe there are divisions...
...FLEISCHER, White House press secretary, suggesting that the assassination of Saddam Hussein would cost less than a U.S. invasion...
...FLEISCHER, trying to calm the media frenzy over his earlier comment...
...Rather than simply a forum for coordinating 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...
...That's a little disingenuous; Gaza is estimated to be the world's most densely populated city, and civilian casualties in such an attack were inevitable. The strike was heavily criticized by U.N. General Secretary Kofi Annan for precisely this reason, and even White House press secretary Ari Fleischer said Tuesday that "This heavy-handed action does not contribute to peace." Even in Israel itself, the decision to use a one-ton bomb dropped by an F-16 drew strong criticism, and even Israeli military officials called it an "error." Indeed, despite Sharon's lauding of the raid's "success...