Word: iraq
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Your report on the crisis with Iraq was thought provoking [WORLD, Nov. 24]. Why has the most powerful free nation in the world allowed Iraq to become its nemesis? A few dictators now control world policies. The U.N. has become little more than a propaganda forum for those who wish to disparage the U.S. The U.N. must have all nations in agreement for its decisions to be carried out. It would be impotent if it didn't have its kicking dog, the U.S., to back up its resolutions for sanctions. FREDERICK A. CLARY Roseville, Minn...
...only U.S. leaders could see themselves as clearly as they purport to see Iraq's Saddam: punitive, authoritarian, armed to the teeth and prone to solve problems with violence. It is hard to say which side is more frightening. SUZY T. KANE Bedford Hills...
...mind. He is concerned not with world opinion but with becoming a leader of an Islamic jihad that will topple the "Great Satan" (the U.S.). In order to be successful, we must obtain open support from the Arab countries in the region before taking any action. We cannot allow Iraq's leader to be viewed as an Islamic martyr; he must be seen for the tyrant he is. Any assassination attempt on his life by the West would be counterproductive. MARK W. MCLAUGHLIN Walpole, Maine...
...assassination of Iraq's murderous dictator might be rationalized by the biblical injunction of "an eye for an eye," but it would not be the right kind of retaliation at a moment when the world needs a lesson in justified, legal criminal prosecution. Governments have acted ambivalently and timidly in recent "ethnic cleansing" atrocities in Bosnia, Iraq, Africa and elsewhere. Capturing Saddam Hussein and enumerating his evil acts in an international court of law could rekindle lapsed indignation about unconscionable behavior. Saddam's punishment under law, almost certainly a death sentence, would make it clear that moral imperatives supersede...
...Washington?s performance in the Mideast peace process. Many observers believe this gathering will reinforce calls within the administration for a rethink of Mideast and Gulf policies: The recent Gulf crisis showed not only that Washington has little support in Europe and the Arab world for its Iran and Iraq policies but also that President Clinton?s perceived failure to press Benjamin Netanyahu to comply with Israeli-Palestinian accords has made Arab governments leery of signing on with U.S. initiatives. Whatever the outcome of this week?s summit, the guest list alone is enough to confirm that Albright...