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To: LindyBill who wrote (55778)	11/5/2002 2:47:36 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Interesting article, just pointing out that those who like deterrence now are not quite facing up to what it means: Look Who Likes Deterrence Now The Left's new love affair with containment. by Max Boot 11/11/2002, Volume 008, Issue 09 IN THEIR EAGERNESS to stop a U.S. invasion of Iraq, antiwar activists have adopted an interesting argument. Containment and deterrence worked against the Soviet Union, they say, and they will work against Saddam Hussein. Now they tell us. The Left's enthusiasm for containment and deterrence was, to put it mildly, a lot harder to detect during the Cold War. To hear born-again cold warriors tell it, everyone agreed in the old days on a get-tough approach to communism. If only. cont. at weeklystandard.com