Word: strongmanism
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...assumes that all countries are fertile ground for democracy. The layers of tribal fabric that make up Iraq are too complex for Western leaders to handle. Once American troops leave?as they eventually must?the only alternative to a tribal war in Iraq would be the installation of a strongman, a surrogate for Saddam Hussein on a short leash. With an autocratic leader in place, in six months there would be social order in Iraq good enough to protect U.S. oil interests, which is what the war is all about. Chris Keating Quebec City, Canada...
...assumes that all countries are fertile ground for democracy. The layers of tribal fabric that make up Iraq are too complex for Western leaders to handle. Once American troops leave - as they eventually must - the only alternative to a tribal war in Iraq would be the installation of a strongman, a surrogate for Saddam Hussein on a short leash. With an autocratic leader in place, in six months there would be social order in Iraq good enough to protect U.S. oil interests, which is what the war is all about. Chris Keating Quebec City, Canada...
...White House naively assumes that all countries are fertile ground for democracy. The layers of tribal fabric that make up Iraq are way too complex. Once American troops leave--as they eventually must--the only alternative to a tribal war in Iraq would be the installation of a strongman, a surrogate for Saddam Hussein on a short leash. With an autocratic leader in place, there would be social order in Iraq good enough to protect U.S. oil interests, which is what the war is all about...
When Philippine strongman Ferdinand Marcos fled the country on Feb. 25, 1986, First Lady Imelda was forced to leave behind the 3,000 pairs of shoes that would place her in the record books. But she wasn't traveling light: when the couple landed in Hawaii, the U.S. Customs Service confiscated Pampers boxes stuffed with jewelry, including a gold crown and three gem-encrusted tiaras (not to mention $200,000 worth of gold bullion and $1 million in Philippine pesos). And that's just what they managed to load onto the C-141 cargo plane to Hawaii: back at Malaca?ang...
ASSASSINATED. MOUSSA ARAFAT, 65, security adviser to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and a nephew of Yasser Arafat; after gunmen stormed his house, dragged him into the street in his pajamas and shot him 23 times; in Gaza City. The hit on Arafat--a military strongman widely suspected of corruption--was tied to power struggles within the ruling Fatah Party. Facing near anarchy in Gaza, Abbas ordered security forces to find the killers, who also abducted Arafat's son during the assault but released him two days later...