Word: saddamism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...remove Saddam Hussein from power, mass destruction is not the most appropriate technique. The Gulf War caused significant Iraqi losses, but Hussein remains in office. Some commentators have suggested that the U.S. support an internal rebellion in Iraq and use domestic divisions to bring about a change in leadership. The examples of American involvement in Afghanistan and in Nicaragua indicate that Washington is familiar with using civil war to pursue its policy ends...
...veteran wanted to be assured that the U.S. would "not be half-assed" this time and finish the job, whatever it took. And from Cohen, Albright and Berger, the answers were not always convincing. Berger did manage a stirring final line: "Some things are worth fighting for." But if Saddam was watching from some Baghdad bunker, he was probably smiling...
...Peace Mission: Impossible The U.N. secretary general is heading to Baghdad to try and avert a conflagration. But even if Kofi Annan can reach an agreement with Saddam on weapons inspections, he'll still have to sell it to an equally tough-minded customer ? the United States...
Adiplomatic compromise would at best postpone such a reckoning. Yet when the dust of an attack cleared, the outcome might feel singularly unsatisfying. The U.S. would be lucky if it could destroy some of Iraq's lethal weaponry while keeping the international coalition signed on to continued sanctions. But Saddam and all the problems Iraq raises would still be with us. "We face a new cold war in the gulf," says Middle East expert Anthony Cordesman. The U.S. can't end its confrontation with Saddam by force, nor can it withdraw, nor can it ignore the threat. As long...
...Baghdad Wednesday by Secretary General Kofi Annan for a last-ditch peace bid. U.N. Security Council members meet today in search of ways to avoid a military strike. Baghdad's welcoming, yesterday, of a U.N. technical team sent to survey Iraq's eight disputed "presidential" sites may signal that Saddam Hussein is looking for a way to back down. Of course, it may be a lot easier for Saddam to do if reports prove true that Baghdad has moved it's biological and chemical arsenal to sympathetic Arab states for safekeeping...