Bush’s administration says time is running out for Saddam Hussein, but he hasn’t convinced most people that all the hurry is justified.
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Getting rid of Saddam Hussein would be the most ambitious regime change the U.S. has tried to force by far.
Asking religious questions is the genuinely spiritual — and democratically necessary — task. Insisting on answers, however, is profoundly dangerous.
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About those weapons…
Without evidence of weapons of mass destruction — especially nuclear weapons — what does Bush’s public case rest on?
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Wrong ANSWER.
It is deeply counterproductive for liberal or religious groups to endorse (even implicitly) the agenda of a group like ANSWER.
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Buehrens direct.
I share Buehrens’s opposition to the Bush administration’s stated policy of pre-emptive war. But finding things to admire about Saddam’s regime hurts his pragmatic argument.
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How to justify an exit.
The Boston Globe walks a tight rope in endorsing attempts by Iraq’s neighbors to encourage Saddam Hussein’s exile.
“Every citizen in America is now a citizen soldier”
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Getting away with it.
How does the international community hold Saddam Hussein to account while seeking a humanitarian solution?
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Apology for a tyrant.
Because human freedom is our ultimate goal, we should not pretend that the status quo — the “peace” that avoiding war with Iraq represents — is even remotely close to true peace or true justice.