Word: saddamism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Saddam Hussein didn't exist, Bill Clinton would do well to invent him. Just as the President looks in danger of being overwhelmed by the Lewinsky scandal, Saddam -- as if on cue -- rattles his saber and launches a new crisis. The Iraqi leader on Wednesday suspended all cooperation with U.N. weapons inspectors, threatening the February deal forged by Kofi Annan that resolved the last tense standoff (which, conveniently for Clinton, coincided with the Monica eruption...
...Even though Saddam's provocation seems to play into the hands of Washington's attempts to maintain U.N. sanctions against Iraq, it may actually help Baghdad, says TIME reporter Stuart Stogel. After all, Saddam's international sympathy reached an all-time high earlier this year when he was under threat of U.S. military action. In that sense, if the U.S. Navy didn't exist, Saddam might be equally inclined to invent...
...Then again, Iraq's abrupt termination of talks with Richard Butler suggests that Saddam may be preparing to again suspend cooperation with the U.N. weapons inspectors. And that could be Washington's best hope: "If the Iraqis overplay their hand and get belligerent, that could provoke the Security Council into continuing sanctions," says Waller. Indeed, without Saddam Hussein's legendary capacity for overreaction, sanctions might already have been history...
...Americans and foreign nations should understand that the United States has not and does not use lethal nerve gas," Cohen said. Pentagon officials fear that the charge, even once dismissed, will be used by Saddam Hussein and others to justify their own alleged possession of what the Defense Department calls weapons of mass destruction...
...ever prove to every individual that [the use of sarin] was not the case? Probably not," Cohen said from the Pentagon. But "the retractions of both CNN and TIME should say it all." After mentioning pointedly that the story was welcome grist for Saddam Hussein in his propaganda campaign against the U.S., Cohen repeatedly praised the participants of Operation Tailwind for their valor and said that he hoped their reputations could be fully restored. Cohen looked relieved when the questioning moved on to other topics -- and he is certainly not alone in that sentiment...