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...that war would be the end to the Iraqi situation. When Bush went before the U.N. Security Council last September to reiterate the importance of the Security Council’s enforcement of its resolutions, his strong words came after Vicen President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld had both described the inspections as a sham. At the same time, there was a continuous military build-up in the Middle East. These examples perfectly embody the hypocrisy and doubletalk of this administration. And while war may turn out to be the best way to solve this issue...
...claim to have popular support inside Iraq, and warn against preempting the Iraqis' choosing their own new leaders and installing a group viewed with considerable skepticism in the Arab world. Britain is also urging a speedy transition to an interim government. But its proposal is radically different from Rumsfeld's - it envisages such a government emerging out of a UN-sponsored convention of all of Iraq's political and social leadership once Saddam is ousted...
...forces move to envelope Baghdad in a vise grip, a second battle for Baghdad rages off-camera, sometimes with equal ferocity: The struggle to determine by whom, and under what authority, Iraq will be governed once the coalition pulls the plug on Saddam Hussein's regime. Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld is reportedly urging President Bush to install a "provisional government" of Iraqi exiles who "share the president's objectives for a free Iraq." The U.S. may not even wait for Saddam's ouster; Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Richard Myers said Thursday that rather than fight street-by-street...
...running of Iraq as a de facto U.S. protectorate. But it's also a political question. The Prime Minister has pointedly distanced his government from the wider neo-conservative agenda, insisting that the U.S. must do more to bring Israel into compliance with UN resolutions and rejecting Defense Secretary Rumsfeld's threats to Syria and Iran. Having gone to war on the principle of upholding international legality, the British public is unlikely to embrace the argument offered by Secretary of State Powell on Thursday that the coalition's willingness to go to war against Saddam should give it the dominant...
...like Rumsfeld more,” says Kabala matter-of-factly...