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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran

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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (1029)6/4/2003 7:55:34 PM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (3) of 22250
 
Brilliant article!

A weapon of mass destruction in normal speech is a device capable of being delivered over a long distance and exterminating a strategic target such as a capital city. Saddam had neither a long-range missile system nor a warhead capable of mass destruction.

Indeed. This distinction has been ignored even by many anti-war folks.

its renunciation of the fatwa on Salman Rushdie

I was completely unaware of this. The U.S. media has certainly not trumpeted this event.

Tom
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