[Peace-discuss] War-is-the-Health-of-the-State quiz

[Ron Szoke]

Jeffrey Goldberg:  Political views
[From Wikipedia, q.v.]  

[edit]Iraq
In "The Great Terror", the article that Goldberg wrote for the New Yorker 
in 2002 during the run-up to the Iraq war, Goldberg argues that the 
threat posed to America by Saddam Hussein is significant. The article 
opens with a vivid description of Hussein's Al-Anfal Campaign, including 
his regime's use of poison gas at Halabja.[9] Goldberg goes on to relate 
detailed allegations of a close relationship between Hussein and Al 
Qaeda, which Goldberg claims he "later checked with experts on the 
region."[9] Goldberg argues that: "If these charges are true, it would 
mean that the relationship between Saddam’s regime and Al Qaeda is far 
closer than previously thought."[9] Goldberg concludes his article with 
allegations about Hussein's supposed Weapons of Mass Destruction:

Saddam Hussein never gave up his hope of turning Iraq into a nuclear 
power ... There is some debate among arms-control experts about 
exactly when Saddam will have nuclear capabilities. But there is no 
disagreement that Iraq, if unchecked, will have them soon ... There is 
little doubt what Saddam might do with an atomic bomb or with his 
stocks of biological and chemical weapons.[9]

In a late 2002 debate in Slate, Goldberg described Hussein as "uniquely 
evil" and advocated an invasion on a moral basis:

There is consensus belief now that Saddam could have an atomic bomb 
within months of acquiring fissile material. ... The administration is 
planning today to launch what many people would undoubtedly call a 
short-sighted and inexcusable act of aggression. In five years, however, 
I believe that the coming invasion of Iraq will be remembered as an act 
of profound morality.[19]