Word: saddamism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Instead, the chiefs want to ; keep all options open. When necessary, they want the U.S. to be the Lone Ranger who can go after a bandido like Manuel Noriega of Panama. But whenever possible, they would prefer to play the sheriff who leads a posse against the likes of Saddam Hussein...
...What if Saddam is overthrown...
...would depend on the nature of the regime. Clearly, a successor would not be as strong, would not have 20-some years to build a regime of intimidation and fear. Saddam himself is clearly not as strong as he was at the outset of the war. He has many problems that are growing, not shrinking...
...public relations effort on the part of the IRS. Think about it: 20% of federal spending goes to defense, for which a more appropriate term is protection. No protection racket has ever worked without some kind of a credible threat. Isn't it true that as soon as Saddam Hussein was beaten back and the U.S.S.R. became the pitifully hungry C.I.S., the Pentagon produced a new list of international bullies...
...affair -- she had a point. Why has Bush not been questioned incessantly about his son Neil's involvement with a savings and loan association that failed because of unsound banking practices? About his knowledge of possibly illegal and unconstitutional Iran- contra activities? About his flip-flops on abortion, taxes, Saddam Hussein and many other issues? About the widepread impression that he has no strong beliefs about anything except his own ability to fill the Oval Office? The answer, probably, is that Bush has been around long enough for people to feel they know as much about him, good...