Tuesday, February 4, 2003

Voices from Iraq in favor of war Give Us a Chance to Build a Democratic Iraq. The international community should help liberate Iraq and build a postwar democracy that is peaceful, stable and based on the rule of law. By Barham A. Salih. [New York Times: Opinion] Best line: "Under our autonomous regional government, we have used our share of oil revenues to invest not in chemical and biological weapons, but in education and health." 10:10:13 PM    comment []  trackback []

The Times notices the Picasso problem. Powell Without Picasso. The administration's argument for war has shifted in a dizzying Cubist cascade over the last months. Dissident voices are either ignored or veiled. By Maureen Dowd. [New York Times: Opinion] Best line in the piece: "It was Mr. [CIA Director] Tenet who warned Congress in a letter last fall that there was only one circumstance in which the U.S. need worry about Iraq sharing weapons with terrorists: if Washington attacked Saddam." 10:07:57 PM    comment []  trackback []