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ld," said President Bush. So much for accountability. Then, of course, there was Vice President Cheney: "We do know, with absolute certainty, that (Saddam Hussein] is using his procurement system to acquire the equipment he needs in order to enrich uranium to build a nuclear weapon." -- "No. I think we may wel

s liberators, and that will help us to keep requirements down ... It's hard to conceive that it would take more forces to provide stability in post- Saddam Iraq than it would take to conduct the war itself and to secure the surrender of Saddam's security forces and his army. Hard to imagine. And the bi

e do know, with absolute certainty, that (Saddam Hussein] is using his procurement system to acquire the e

bt crisis. This week in The Washington Post, Conservative columnist, Charles Krauthammer wrote this op- ed -- Why we give foreign aid -- supporting the Obama Administration and in particular, Secretary of State John Kerry, traveling to Cairo and handing President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt, a cool $250 million in foreign a

ons of dollars to strengthen Iraqi opposition to Saddam Hussein. Today, militant Islamist organizations s

dollars to strengthen Iraqi opposition to Saddam Hussein. Today, militant Islamist organizations such as

military action against Assad to remove him from power. These were the same two voices that lobbied the Clinton and Bush administrations to topple Saddam Hussein's regime. When the United States did exactly as these senators advocated, countless unintended negative consequences ensued. Such outcomes could be e

nhance the president's image. "Israeli officials know that it's an election year," says Melman. "They believe the information was leaked to glorify the Obama Administration. Israeli officials are not going to rock the boat and ruin the party." The Times story is part of a larger narrative being driven by the Obama tea

for Assad's promise not to threaten Israel. The Palestine issue has been the last refuge of many scoundrels for more than six decades: in his time, Saddam Hussein used it to justify his own murderous regime. The eleventh objection is that military intervention would dash all hopes of a political solution. So

taken lightly. After all, his fellow Ba'athist, Saddam Hussein, did use poison gas to kill thousands of

lightly. After all, his fellow Ba'athist, Saddam Hussein, did use poison gas to kill thousands of Kurds i

ticle 6. The New-Yorker Obama's Brain Gary Marc February 18, 2013 -- According to an article on the front page of this morning's New York Times, the Obama Administration is planning to seek three billion dollars from Congress to map the human brain's activity. What will Obama's proposed investment in neuroscience l

zen of the world." For all these reasons, Barack Hussein Obama has — by virtue of his identity, his biogra

port specifically recommended an additional defense site on the U.S. East Coast to augment interceptors in California and Alaska. Three years ago, the Obama Administration pulled the plug on a site in Poland and the Czech Republic, bending to Russian pressure. In its place, the White House decided to protect Europe f

990. When faced with a build-up of Iraqi forces along its border, Kuwait decided not to mobilize its military out of fear that the move would provoke Saddam Hussein. The incentives for Gulf states to make similar strategic calculations in the future will be greater when Iran has an inventory of nuclear we

en faced with a build-up of Iraqi forces along its border, Kuwait decided not to mobilize its military out of fear that the move would provoke Saddam Hussein. The incentives for Gulf states to make similar strategic calculations in the future will be greater when Iran has an inventory of nuclear weapons to

. One of the great strategic lessons drawn from the long history of conflict in the Middle East is this: Do not go to war without nuclear weapons, as Saddam Hussein did when he invaded Kuwait. The corollary is: Do not allow the United States to methodically build-up forces in the Gulf prior to invading, as Saddam

) that contained the sanctions provisions despite having hinted earlier that he might veto the NDAA over a host of measures contained in the bill. If the Obama administration believes that ever-tougher sanctions will cause Iran to cave in at the talks, it's likely that they are badly misreading Iranian politics. For many o