Axis of Hypocrisy? You’ll never guess who said this.

National Review Online ^ | September 9, 2002 @ 9:00 a.m. | Compiled by Steven Eros and Sherry W. Eros, M.D.

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DOCUMENT: You’ll never guess who said this. 9/09 9:00 a.m.

National Review Online

Axis of Hypocrisy? Times have changed.

Compiled by Steven Eros and Sherry W. Eros, M.D.

http://www.nationalreview.com/document/document090902.asp

QUESTION:

Who made the following statements suggesting that the U.S. take unilateral military action against Iraq?

The continued rule of Saddam Hussein poses a danger to the stability and security of the region. He has threatened his neighbors while doing everything possible to acquire weapons of mass destruction in direct violation of international law, even during the last several years, when subject to the most restrictive supervision in the history of international arms control.

The United States should be prepared to maintain Iraq's military containment unilaterally should the will of others falter.

if and when Saddam's regime crosses clearly drawn lines of appropriate behavior, particularly with regard to its weapons of mass destruction programs and its threats to other countries, the United States should punish it severely and effectively.

For several years the United States has responded to Iraqi provocations with more bluster than action; the precedent of Operation Desert Storm shows the reverse is a better strategy.

With his behavior incurring militarily insignificant penalties, Saddam may have concluded that he can continue to maneuver with relative impunity to heighten the contradictions in the allied coalition. This cat-and-mouse game should stop.

Forceful American action can and should build on multilateral consultation and a sense of purpose and necessity; it should not be conditioned on allied approval, but neither should the United States be perceived as ignoring allies' concerns or taking their support for granted.

ANSWER:

The foregoing statements are taken from an article authored by some of the principal accommodationist opponents of President Bush's strategy of regime change in Iraq: Brent Scowcroft; Zbigniew Brzezinski; Richard Murphy ("Differentiated containment," Foreign Affairs, May/Jun 1997).

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Thank you......that explains a lot........

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"U.S. citizens are prohibited from traveling to Iraq under an embargo imposed after Iraq invaded Kuwait. Violators face up to 12 years in prison and $1 million in fines, though there is an exemption for journalists, which Ritter maintains he meets."

Yeah, riiiiiiight. I suppose Louie the Loonie meets the exemption for journalism too.

[GraniteStateConservative]

These chicks aren't Arabs, though.