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...Bush administration has dismissed Saddam's offer as a ploy designed to avoid a military strike rather than a signal of penitence and resolve to become a global citizen in good standing. Saddam's track record certainly supports Washington's skepticism, but most of the Europeans and the Arabs fear the consequences of a U.S.-Iraq more than they fear Saddam's regime, and they'll insist on taking Iraq's offer as an opportunity to address Iraq's weapons programs through renewed inspections. After all, they don't share the U.S. policy of regime-change, and appear to ready...
Welcome to the freshman activities fair, where first-years each September are accosted by a series of perky upperclass students who sound oddly like the Spare Change vendors and religious proselytizers they avoid in the Square...
...mail to House residents, the Cabot co-masters wrote, “We fully realize that this will be an inconvenience to many, but we want to be sure that we can avoid a repetition of this incident before putting the brain break area at risk again...
...reason? Readmitting the inspectors is the natural play for Saddam precisely because while the international community will back the Bush Administration's position on weapons inspection, most countries in the region want to avoid a war which they believe poses more danger to the region than Saddam does. And there's still little support for the Bush Administration's policy of regime change in Iraq irrespective of how Baghdad reacts on the arms-inspection issue. Saddam may have been relying on the fact that Washington's policy of regime change in Baghdad has won very little international support, but last...
...immediate response will be to persist in crafting a strong UN Security Council resolution demanding Iraqi compliance with various previous resolutions, and threatening military action as the price for defiance. But Saddam's letter has given Russia, France, the Saudis, Egypt and other European and Arab allies looking to avoid a war something to work with...