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Finally comes the critics' crunch question: Is war worth it? War is a grave matter. But in the Gulf War, not one U.S. tank was destroyed by enemy action. Since then, Iraqi forces have become much weaker, while U.S. forces have become much fiercer. While the prospects of urban warfare and of Saddam's unleashing chemical or biological weapons complicate the equation, they change none of the fundamentals. The benefit could be enormous. For one thing, the 22-member Arab League lacks any truly democratic government. Suppose "Iraq: The Rerun" ended with a transformed Iraq, standing as the sole democracy...
...score well in the midterm elections. The Senate is expected to begin considering a resolution this week authorizing Bush to use force to disarm Saddam Hussein; both chambers could vote as early as next week. The question is not whether Bush will win, but by how much: with a weaker resolution and a big majority, or with stronger language that makes for a closer vote? Hoping for a landslide, the White House has dropped language that could have allowed Bush to expand the use of military force beyond Iraq to other countries in the Middle East. But it is refusing...
...We’re not under the impression that our line is weaker than last year,” Rose said. “I’m expecting great things Saturday...
What ensures our success in this long struggle against terrorism is that our military strength is surpassed only by the strength of our ideals. Our enemies are weaker than we are in men and arms, but weaker still in causes. They fight to express an irrational hatred for all that is good in humanity, a hatred that has fallen time and again to the armies and ideals of the righteous. We fight for love of freedom and justice, a love that is invincible. We will never surrender. They will. All we must do is stay true to our faith...
...Instead, the weak get weaker, and hope is fading that relief will come from an economic rebound. Government economists on Aug. 30 estimated that the country generated zero GDP growth in the first quarter, revising an earlier estimate of a 1.4% gain. Ken Courtis, vice chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia, predicts no growth at all in calendar year 2002. "The only way to be optimistic about the Japanese economy," he says, "is to turn the charts upside down...