Lieberman: Saddam's next

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Mon Oct 29 06:29:55 PST 2001


Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> Wall Street Journal - October 29, 2001
>
> After bin Laden,
> We Must Target Saddam
>
> By Joe Lieberman, a Democratic senator from Connecticut.
>
> But there is a far greater price to pay if we
> blur the bright moral line the president has laid down. Our
> international credibility as well as our national and personal
> security are on that line.
>

Headline in today's Chicago Tribune (MY CAPS):

"Rumsfield denies 'QUAGMIRE,' hints at attacks during Islamic holy month"

Someone on this list a day or so ago noted that "quagmire" was alreay appearing in the media. I still have difficulty in really believing 'they' could be so stupid, but what I called the "Tarbaby Scenario" looks to be an increasing possibilty. Fear about "international credibility" was the fuel that drove the Vietnam War.

Carrol



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