Word: saddamism
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...Pearl Harbor, Harry Truman did not apologize for dropping atom bombs, and Bill Clinton did not apologize for the Oklahoma City bombing. But those men did not pre-emptively launch a war against another country. By invading Iraq unnecessarily, by misleading the American public about the WMD threat of Saddam Hussein and his so-called ties to al-Qaeda, Bush put American lives at risk and U.S. influence on the line. For that, he owes the American public an apology. Rita L. McKee New York City...
While nothing compared to the horrors of Saddam Hussein's regime, the actions of U.S. soldiers at Abu Ghraib unquestionably violated international law. What's more, for two years reports have piled up about "stress and duress" techniques military and CIA officers are using on al-Qaeda and Iraqi captives. Those tactics--torture lite--also go against international rules; their practice may have encouraged the crimes at Abu Ghraib. --By Mitch Frank...
...charge that Blair has supported the Americans in a bad war without "getting" anything in return is misconceived. Blair did not go to war to meet an American loyalty test - he was a willing and even enthusiastic participant. He had long been convinced of the need to deal with Saddam Hussein, and was quite sure that Iraq was reconstituting its chemical and biological weapons programs. During the Clinton years, he was if anything frustrated with the Americans for not being energetic enough when taking on international rogues. Nor is it the case that President Bush ignores his views. The prewar...
...found something to celebrate last week when the Iraq national soccer team beat Saudi Arabia, 3-1, to qualify for its first-ever Olympic berth. Baghdad's beleaguered residents reveled in their victory, firing tracer rounds and other ammo into the air. For a squad once routinely brutalized by Saddam Hussein's son Uday, the game was for once untainted by terror...
...under official cover." America's most famous NOC is Valerie Plame, the CIA operative exposed last summer after a columnist reported that Bush administration officials had said she was behind a 2002 trip by her husband, former Ambassador Joe Wilson, to Africa to investigate claims that Saddam had sought to buy uranium from Niger...