Word: saddamism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...GEORGE BUSH ponders new ways to remind Americans of his two favorite wars, as Pentagon hawks try vainly to parley "successes" into bigger appropriations for high tech weapons, Saddam Hussein remains in power; Kuwait's democratic elite enslaves Filipino servants; Manuel Noriega gets ready for his acquittal; and America's domestic problems go unchecked, too big, too complicated and too politically explosive for the President who brought us Just Cause and Desert Storm to manage...
...November 1990, during the buildup to Operation Desert Storm, James Baker tried to shore up support on the home front for the dispatch of U.S. troops half a world away. "To bring it down to the level of the average American citizen," he said, standing up to Saddam Hussein "means jobs." Then, to make sure everyone understood, he said it again, "If you want to sum it up in one word, it's jobs...
...Baker's attempt to make the showdown with Saddam into a pocketbook issue backfired. He was widely clobbered for being patronizing; most Americans like to think their country's role in the world is more than just a matter of looking...
...Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990 until it was evicted nearly seven months later, Bush operated on the conceit that he was the leader not only of the U.S. but of the world. No one had elected him to the latter post, but almost no one except Saddam objected. Quite the contrary, the world was eager for someone to follow, and Bush obliged. For a long, proud moment, he conquered the vision thing. It was the high point of his presidency...
...pages that we spike the water with Prozac. The Administration chose to invade Iraq instead, which served much the same purpose -- lifting the national mood -- and was probably also a very good thing for the world. (The toll on the Iraqis was horrible, but so was the prospect of Saddam with the Bomb...