Friendly or Fauxy
In early 2003 Saddam Hussein had, at the very least, access to materials and designs for producing of weapons of mass destruction; further he would soon have had at his disposal the unfettered wealth of Iraqi oil fields. At that time President Bush appeared to be faced with a dilemma: either live with the coming critical mass of oil and homicidal mania, or launch a preemptive war.
Posted in Defense, Globe, Middle East, Obscured motives, Terrorism, United States
Tagged aggression, defense, motives, terrorism, WMD
When Chile and Argentina were ruled by brutal generals, I would gladly have had their regimes toppled. But our (U.S.A) executive branch had chosen instead to lay down with dictators and—not surprisingly—it rose up with a contorted sense of the legitimacy of its actions. Continue reading
Posted in Defense, Globe, Middle East, Obscured motives, United States
Tagged Al Qaeda, defense, Iraq, motives, Saddam Hussein, suicide, terrorism, WMD
I write here of distortions in terrorist relationships to heritage and to self, not about their finding my country, the United States, to be a detriment to either. Stripped of these distortions, any disappointment in our involvement would not be constantly upstaging its own agenda.
Posted in Defense, Globe, Middle East, Obscured motives, Psychology, Suicide, Terrorism, United States
Tagged aggression, death, defense, motives, suicide, terrorism, WMD
Nuclear stockpiles
There is something missing from the current confrontations with Iran and North Korea: a clarification of those less obvious actions constituting a nuclear assault. Likely to be misconstrued as saber- rattling, in fact, such a declaration would bring with its openness a fairness both to those who might be otherwise confused and to those down wind from that confusion. Remember that détente was grounded in an ongoing mutual clarity.
Posted in Defense, Globe, Homeland Security, Middle East, Terrorism, United States
Tagged aggression, defense, North Korea, nuclear, Nuclear warfare, terrorism, Yalu River
