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...judgments requires context. First, the context of the war on terrorism, which means examining the entire post-Sept. 11 ledger. That includes more than just the past two weeks of bloodletting in Iraq. It includes overthrowing the Taliban, liberating Afghanistan, scattering and decimating al-Qaeda, deposing Saddam Hussein, disarming Libya and turning Pakistan from supporter of the Taliban (and by extension al-Qaeda) into perhaps our most significant ally in the war on terror. And though no one dares say this, it includes 2 1/2 years without a terrorist attack on American soil, something that in the days and weeks...
...tactical: the Middle East would be rebuilt according to American principles, and Iraq was the key. If Saddam Hussein could be replaced by a democracy (or perhaps just a pro-American government headed by every neocon's favorite Iraqi, Ahmad Chalabi), then there would be a "benign domino effect." Libya, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran and, ultimately, the Palestinians would be intimidated into moderation. Terrorism--which was, after all, just a tactic--would evaporate because the states sponsoring it would be transformed...
BRIEFS A7 Shell's game in Libya; Coke's global woes; a chip rebound; camcorder phones; the cheap skies...
...declining reserves are driving up oil prices, Gaddafi's mea culpa on his weapons program and open invitation to foreigners to explore for Libyan energy are gaining Western oil firms' interest. First to benefit: Royal Dutch/Shell, the Anglo-Dutch conglomerate, which last month signed a $200 million deal with Libya's state-owned oil-and-gas company to search for reserves and build a liquefied-natural-gas terminal. Shell could use a new partner: this year it has twice admitted overstating proven reserves. Officials from ConocoPhillips and Marathon have also visited Tripoli. "Libya is a nice market because...
...anything Bush was defiant. He clung to the claim that weapons of mass destruction might be found in Iraq. ?They could still be there like the 50 tons of mustard gas hidden on a turkey farm,? he said, referring to recent findings that Libya stored the lethal chemical before it renounced such weapons. He wished he?d created a Department of Homeland Security, but failed to mention that he had opposed it. Echoing what his advisers had said, he noted that he would have ?moved heaven and earth? had he known 9/11 was coming. Once again, the president portrayed...