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...Hardest of all to get rid of are the notebooks and computer hard drives filled with biochem recipes and nuclear designs that Saddam's scientists have compiled over the years. Even if all of Saddam's germ factories and the weapons made in them were eradicated, he would still possess the knowledge needed to rebuild after he "disarmed...
Though I'm not yet convinced that the large U.S. force contemplated for the operation is the best or only option, the President's war plans will be based on more information than I possess. He should seek congressional support soon--before staging large numbers of troops in advance of hostilities. Although the legal necessity for doing so is arguable, the political imperative is not. Public support, best measured by the extent of congressional support the President receives, is as important as the size and quality of our military force. The President should make his strong case for taking action...
...eyes of family members change too. My brother Ron's eyes show the sweet stoicism that men seem born to possess. But looking more intently, I see the bubble of pain beneath the surface. A father's helplessness has to tear at the fibers of a son's heart like a dull blade. My own eyes have too much history in them, I often think. I was the little girl who worshipped her father, and the young woman who hurt him the way daughters do when their love is needy and true. Now I look at him in a soft...
...humorists, Ogden Nash was the one who in my little reliquary acquired patron-saintance. Soon my Nashophilia had so far ripened That I plopped down 35 cents of my hard-begged weekly stipend And bought "The Pocket Book of Ogden Nash," for its was worth all that money To possess a collection of Nash's best poems, or at least those that the editor Louis Untermeyer thought were funny. Thus began the Nashomania Of a 10-year-old at 6910 Heyward Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While other kids sat soldered to a TV set that pummeled them with Ovaltine commercials...
...fourth component of any European plan would be a clear idea about what to do when Saddam is gone. In an interview with the daily Süddeutsche Zeitung, Foreign Minister Fischer highlighted the importance of an exit strategy: "The United States possess the military means for a forceful change of regime in Iraq ... [but] for the U.S. this might mean a decade-long presence in the region. If they ended their presence before the apropriate time, it would be we, the Europeans, who would be left to suffer the fatal consequences...