Category: Iraqi War

  • If Saddam blinks after Dec. 8th, its Gulf War II: The Vengeance

    Dennis Ross is in the Post today writing about Saddam and Iraq. In glowing praise of the Bush administration Ross seems to be under the impression that war with Iraq will only happen if Saddam blinks. Maybe I am the only one that thinks it, but I believe war with Iraq will happen come hell…

  • Colin Powell on Saddam

    Published in the Washington Post originally, this article appears in today’s Tribune. Powell argues in favour of the UN resolution recently passed unanimously. What I always find dubious is that Saddam using his weapons on his own people being put up as an example of how cruel a dictator he is. For reference to this…

  • Iraq need not be a Vietnam?

    This article I meant to post earlier. The LA Times, good on occasion for opinion/editorial pieces carries it. Robert Hunter (former US ambassador to NATO) points out that experience, information and knowledge will mean that any US endeavours in Iraq will be nothing like its Vietnam experience.

  • Invade Iraq?

    The Bishop Colin Bennetts makes some interesting point in his article on Iraq in the Guardian today. Regardless of Mr. Barretts religious views, I do agree with the points he makes. The British public will find it hard to accept an invasion of Iraq if Blair’s constant dodging of the issues persist. Some comparisons have…