How it has begun. We are at war with Saddam Hussein-without UN authorization, with a fragmented alliance, and with a "coalition of the willing" whose principal role may be rhetorical. There is no reasonable doubt that the U.S. military will prevail against Iraq. There are doubts about the cost- human and economic-the war will impose. There is even more uncertainty about the m (...)
Short Take
An unnecessary war
How will it be conducted?
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