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When White House spokesperson Scott McClellan explained last Thursday what sets Iraq apart, he never bothered to actually describe the situation in North Korea. “Iraq??s weapons of mass destruction are controlled by a murderous tyrant who has already used chemical weapons to kill thousands of people,” he explained without making the contrast explicit, “and the same murderous tyrant has tried to dominate the Middle East and has invaded and brutally occupied a small neighbor as recently as a decade ago.” Not once in his response...
Kristol added he believed more passive responses to Hussein’s threats would be futile, saying that “weapons inspections are ineffective in the context of a hostile government like Iraq?? and official American policy of deterrence against Iraq is an inappropriate for “a risk-taking tyrant like Saddam...
Deutch recommended the occupation of Iraq??s peripheral regions until America has a “clearer view of the character and extent of our military involvement...
...argued a more plausible scenario was the installation of a “friendly” government, which would give the U.S. access to Iraq??s vast oil resources...
...left to wonder: Which is it? Does Clinton believe Iraq??s dictator is a reasonable type who can be deterred by U.S. power? Or does he regard him as the sort of man who would provide lethal weaponry to terrorist cells and use the threat of a well-stocked arsenal to challenge for Middle-Eastern hegemony? Though Bill Clinton once guaranteed that Hussein would indeed utilize his weapons “some day,” he appears to have changed his mind...