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Administration officials quickly scrambled to undo the effects of Waller's candor. Secretary of State James Baker claimed that the general's comments were intended to keep Saddam guessing. Countered a U.N. diplomat: "When an official states publicly that something is disinformation, that's when you know it is not." Meanwhile, White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater told reporters that "what ((Waller)) really said is they might not be as ready as they would like...
History keeps its own peculiar rhythms, sometimes rewarding the lowly and punishing the mighty with a brutal speed that leaves spectators gasping. Once imprisoned playwrights suddenly become Presidents (witness Vaclav Havel); dictators suddenly become jailed pariahs (witness Erich Honecker, among others). And sometimes history conspires to undo a leader who had so completely embodied the spirit of the times that she seemed destined to govern forever...
...undo Saddam Hussein's human rights atrocities? Military confrontation over Kuwait will only increase the toll of suffering on the devastated Kuwaiti people...
Souter, of course, is no Bork. He is evidently much more moderate, endorsing both the right to privacy and the principle of affirmative action to "undo" past injustices...
Perhaps a better question is in which direction Harvard should move. Here the answer is more clear: toward openness. A University that thrives on free discussion and the exchange of ideas should undo the closed nature of its decision-making structures...