Lieberman: Saddam's next

[Carl Remick]

>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

Yes, it was I who noted the media reappearance of "quagmire."  BTW, I would 
say there is no envelope now being handled by the US Postal Service that 
contains anything as toxic as the contents of Joe Lieberman's brain.

Carl

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