Word: saddamism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...inspectors, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright secretly pressured the U.N. to back off intrusive checks that might spark another confrontation with Iraq. The two-faced policy created "the illusion of arms control," Ritter complained in his resignation letter. Albright bristled at charges that she was being soft on Saddam Hussein: "It is not for nothing that I have earned from him the sobriquet of 'snake' and 'witch...
Terrorists know how to read weakness. So does Saddam Hussein. Six months ago, when Saddam blatantly violated the arms-inspection regimen he had agreed to after the Gulf War, Clinton let Kofi Annan broker a paper deal and called off the U.S. military buildup...
...talk was tough. "If Saddam refuses to accept full access for U.N. inspectors," declared Madeleine Albright, "we are prepared to use military force... If diplomacy fails, we will deliver a serious blow...
...Well, Saddam has called her bluff. Less than six months after giving Annan his word--in a "written commitment," stressed a comically satisfied Clinton at the time--Saddam took it back. He has summarily ended all inspections. The agreement is dead...
Albright's response? A huff and a puff and not a mention of the promised "serious blow." Not a hint, not a memory. And now we learn that after talking tough, Albright had been secretly urging the U.N. arms inspectors to hold off on searches lest they provoke Saddam. Seeing the U.S. throw in the towel, Saddam has grown even bolder, announcing now the effective end of even long-term monitoring. With America prone, he can resume building his doomsday weapons unmolested...