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Stay the Course in Iraq, Says Reagan's Defense SecretaryBy Susan JonesCNSNews.com Morning EditorNovember 04, 2003 (CNSNews.com) - The Bush administration got an assist from former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger Tuesday, when Weinberger told a Fox News interviewer, "We have to just keep on doing what we're doing" in Iraq. Weinberger, who served under President Ronald Reagan, called the post-war occupation a long, difficult and unpleasant task - but the problems are not unexpected, he said. "People who say we didn't plan for it properly simply don't understand the problems involved in occupying a country such as Iraq." "Occupation duty...

Former Reagan Defense Secretary Casper Weinberger warned Sunday that waiting too long before taking action against Iraq could leave Saddam Hussein in a position to blackmail the U.S. and its allies in the Mideast with nuclear weapons. "Once he's got these weapons, then he can practice nuclear blackmail," Weinberger told WABC Radio's Steve Malzberg. "Time is not on our side. We gain nothing by waiting." "The fact that action (against Iraq) may have to come before there's been a thousand percent guaranteed certain set of proofs that (Saddam) helped the al Qaeda, if you don't take that action you're going...