Word: saddamism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Baker earned great admiration for assembling, along with Bush, the coalition against Saddam Hussein. A crucial component of Baker's diplomatic maneuvering was bringing Syrian dictator Hafez Asaad on board with a token force. Baker placed great importance on gaining Damascus' support to emphasize the international nature of opposition to Iraq's belligerency...
Former federal judge Frederick B. Lacey, after a seven-week probe of Iraqgate, deemed it "arrant nonsense" to suggest that the Bush Administration derailed a probe of a scheme to funnel billions of dollars to Saddam Hussein. If there had been any corruption, he said, "I would have smelled it." Attorney General William Barr declared the case closed. But Bill Clinton may yet reopen...
...closest that the U.S. came to giving primacy to moral concerns was the postscript to the Persian Gulf War, when Saddam Hussein was prevented from slaughtering the Kurds. Two decades earlier, after secretly encouraging the Kurds to rebel, the U.S. had callously cut them off when they no longer served its interests; in explaining this decision to a closed hearing, Kissinger gave a classic exposition of realpolitik: "Covert action should not be confused with missionary work." Given America's moral streak, such an approach tends to require secrecy. Bush did not have that option: a barrage of pictures of suffering...
...northern Iraq, about 180,000 have been killed by Saddam Hussein's regime...
...ITSELF, THE COMMISSIONING OF THE TAREQ-901 seemed little cause for alarm. But Western defense analysts fear that Iran's first Russian-built Kilo-class submarine may be only the most recent sign of an arms buildup, the likes of which has not been seen since Saddam Hussein stocked his arsenal in the days before the Gulf War. In recent months Teheran has been negotiating contracts with Russia, Ukraine and China for everything from tanks to missiles and high- performance jet fighters. Iranian dissidents and Western analysts are also concerned about help the Iranians may be getting from Chinese technicians...