Word: saddamism
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...Although you described Wolfowitz as an "intellectual" and the first to push Bush to topple Saddam after 9/11, he has surely not mastered the subject of history [Dec. 29-Jan. 5]. If he had been in one of the history classes that I taught, he would have learned how democracy took root in England in 1215 with the Magna Carta and developed over the course of centuries. He would have studied the French Revolution and the travails of that country as it struggled to emerge as the France of today. Does Wolfowitz realize how difficult it is to bring democracy...
...Libya Comes Clean The Bush Administration scored a victory when Libya's Muammar Gaddafi agreed to dismantle his secret unconventional-weapons program [Dec. 29-Jan. 5]. Gaddafi may have seen Saddam's fate and become worried that the war on terrorism might be moving toward him. It is encouraging that Libya has come clean about its attempt to develop weapons of mass destruction (WMD). But there is a strong possibility that countries not listed as rogue states or part of the "axis of evil" may still be producing WMD. As we salute Gaddafi's cooperation, let us hope that nations...
...found a couple of semitrailers ... I would deem that conclusive evidence, if you will, that he did have programs for weapons of mass destruction." Dick Cheney, U.S. Vice President, asserting in an interview that former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had been developing WMDs...
...order to avoid making it a tourist attraction or a shrine, we believe the best course of action is to eliminate it." Robert Cargie, spokesman for the U.S. 4th Infantry Division in Iraq, after the group requested permission to destroy the hole in which its soldiers found Saddam Hussein...
...journalist should admire: the White House’s repeated dismissal of our own intelligence community. On Aug. 6, 2001, Bush received warnings about a possible al Qaeda attack in the U.S. and took a vacation. When the CIA objected to the inclusion of a false claim about Saddam buying uranium, it was ignored. Thursday, newspapers reported that CIA officials believe Iraq may be careening towards civil war. Will history repeat itself this time...