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- -03-15-03 Poll: Bush Has Solid Support for War (Guardian Unlimited)
"Americans support President Bush on national security issues, pollsters say, but the nation's political balance could easily shift if a war with Iraq goes badly for the United States." 3-03
Papers
- -National Security Strategy of the U.S. (Whitehouse.gov - Bush)
 Outlines the Bush administration's approach to national defense in a 33-page paper.
"The great struggles of the twentieth century between liberty and totalitarianism ended with a decisive victory for the forces of freedom—and a single sustainable model for national success: freedom, democracy, and free enterprise. In the twenty-first century, only nations that share a commitment to protecting basic human rights and guaranteeing political and economic freedom will be able to unleash the potential of their people and assure their future prosperity." Justifies the use of preemptive strikes and working unilaterally as official U.S. strategies when the U.S. administration determines that U.S. interests are served by such approaches. 9-03
- -New American Empire (CBC News)
"Long before Sept. 11, influential neo-conservatives wanted to see America as an enlightened ruler, unchallenged, astride the world. Long before Bush was elected president, they got together and they wrote down a manifesto."
"The document was effectively a charter of the Project for a New American Century, a neo-conservative think tank in Washington." According to the article, the founding members included Vice-President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz of the Defense Department, Richard Perle, head of the defense advisory board, Louis Libby, Cheney's chief of staff; John Bolton, undersecretary of state for arms control, and Elliot Cohen of the defense policy board.
"They wanted the U.S. as a global 'constabulary' – their word – unburdened by the United Nations or world opinion, preventing any challenge to U.S. dominance."
"But, they wrote a year before Sept. 11, such aspirations are unlikely to be realized without 'a catastrophic and catalyzing event. . .like a new Pearl Harbor.' " 3-03
- -New American Empire (NewAmericanCentury.org)
"The Project for the New American Century is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to a few fundamental propositions: that American leadership is good both for America and for the world; that such leadership requires military strength, diplomatic energy and commitment to moral principle; and that too few political leaders today are making the case for global leadership."
"The Project for the New American Century intends, through issue briefs, research papers, advocacy journalism, conferences, and seminars, to explain what American world leadership entails. It will also strive to rally support for a vigorous and principled policy of American international involvement and to stimulate useful public debate on foreign and defense policy and America's role in the world." 3-03
- -New American Strategy (Christian Science Monitor - Chaddock)
"National strategy, released Friday, calls for US dominance to expand global peace."
"More broadly, the 31-page document asserts American dominance as the lone superpower – a status no rival power will be allowed to challenge."
"And it provides a reason the world should accept this state of affairs: the expansion of peace and more freedom. A Pax Americana will be 'in the service of a balance of power that favors freedom.' "
" ' We cannot let our enemies strike first.... To forestall or prevent such hostile acts by our adversaries, the United States will, if necessary, act preemptively.' " 4-03
- -Reasons For War Against Iraq (U.S. State Department - Powell)
 Provides key reasons the U.S. administration believes that the U.S. should wage war on Iraq very soon. Includes Secretary of State Colin Powell's presentation to the United Nations on February 5, 2003, including slides, the full video, and video clips.
"Numerous human sources tell us that the Iraqis are moving not just documents and hard drives, but weapons of mass destruction, to keep them from being found by inspectors. While we were here in this Council chamber debating Resolution 1441 last fall, we know, we know from sources that a missile brigade outside Baghdad was dispersing rocket launchers and warheads containing biological warfare agent to various locations, distributing them to various locations in western Iraq." 2-03
- Blix : "Odd" Iraq Cannot Prove Weapons Destruction (Yahoo - Mroue)
"Amin repeated Iraq's claims that it is 'clean' of weapons of mass destruction, and said Iraq is cooperating with the inspectors in an attempt to prove it."
"An example, he said, can be seen in trenches Iraqi has begun to dig at sites where it says it unilaterally destroyed chemical and biological weapons. He said a U.N. team will come to Iraq on March 2 to check the soil for proof of the weapons' destruction."
"Blix expressed skepticism over Iraq's claims to have destroyed the stocks of anthrax and VX nerve agent. Blix told Time magazine in an interview to be published Monday that he found it "a bit odd" that Baghdad, with 'one of the best-organized regimes in the Arab world,' would claim to have no records of the substances' destruction." 2-03
- Bush Administration Urges Action Against Iraq (CNN News)
Provides arguments by Bush administration officials for taking action, possibly military intervention, against Iraq. Officials noted that Iraq had recently attempted to gain metal cylinders believed to be useful primarily for developing nuclear fuel. 9-02
- Bush Aides Claim No Iraq War Vote Needed (MSNBC News - Allen and Eilperin)
"Lawyers for President Bush have concluded he can launch an attack on Iraq without new approval from Congress, in part because they say that permission remains in force from the 1991 resolution giving Bush’s father authority to wage war in the Persian Gulf, according to administration officials." 8-02
- Bush Asks for U.N. Support on Iraq (BBC News)
"US President George W Bush has made his case against Iraq in a key address to the United Nations. " Lists the key points from the speech. 9-02
- Comparison of Views For and Against War (Awesome Library - Adams)
Provides arguments for and against a pre-emptive strike by the U.S. against Iraq, without the support of the United Nations. Although the paper presents both sides of the issue, it provides a stronger case that U.N. support is needed before the U.S. takes action. 2-03
- Justification for War With Iraq Now (TruthOut.org)
Provides the position that the USA should make a pre-emptive strike against Iraq soon. 9-02
- Report Speculates About Iraq Military Possibilities (CNN News - Goldberg)
Summarizes a report from the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) on possible military capabilities of Iraq. The co-author of the report, Gary Samore, speculates on how long it might take Iraq to acquire nuclear weapons. Samore also speculates that Iraq could have already stockpiled chemical or biological weapons. The author discusses Iraq's ability to attack other countries with weapons of mass destruction.
9-02
- Report Speculates About Iraq Military Possibilities (MSNBC News)
"John Chipman, co-author of a study on Saddam’s weapons of mass destruction program, said the Iraqi leader is trying to build nuclear weapons. He said the Iraqis are developing machines to make nuclear material for weapons, but would need assistance and material from foreign sources to build a nuclear bomb soon."
"Iraq possesses a small force of missiles capable of delivering a nuclear weapon despite international efforts to destroy such weapons, Chipman said." 9-02
- Washington's Case Against Saddam (BBC News)
Describes why the USA is interested in toppling Saddam Hussein from ruling Iraq. 8-02
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