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

[C. G. Estabrook]

Excellent.  And he's only gotten worse.

On 11/29/10 7:29 PM, Ron Szoke wrote:
> 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]