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...Administration, the principles that have shaped policy on Iraq are generally applicable; they could be used with other nations, like Iran or North Korea, that have or threaten to acquire terrible weapons. The least understood story of the Iraq crisis is how the idea behind it took root and eventually brought America to the edge of Baghdad...
Saddam long ago learned how to keep power, no matter what the cost. It wasn't just ferocious ambition that drove him from shepherd to dictator by age 42. His Darwinian outlook took root among the clan machinations of his native Tikrit, during the years when Arab nationalism began to flower. Freud would have had a field day with Saddam's tortured relationships with his family, including, Post says, a suicidal mother who tried to abort him. Saddam's father died before he was born, and after his mother married a man who brutalized Saddam, the illiterate 10-year...
...They do it so we know what kind of pain we can inflict on others,” Marinelarena explained. “It was like having 20 root canals. I would rather take Ec 10 all over again than have to do that...
Asking "Do you want this war?" is like saying "Do you want a root canal?" [COVER STORY, March 3]. Most people take care of a problem before it results in severe pain. We can deal with Iraq now or face an even bigger problem later on. BARRY G. BADGER Manheim...
...King, a local civil rights leader, said that Massachusetts was “exhibiting some of the same behavior we are trying to root out in other parts of the world,” and a number of other speakers also made references to the war in Iraq...