Column: Is war with Iraq a just solution?
"Initially there was at least an implication," said Gen. Anthony Zinni, as reported in Newsweek, "that Iraq was linked to terrorism, when that link couldn't be made, it was possession of weapons of mass destruction. When that case couldn't be made, it was lack of cooperation. Right now, it's down to 'You won't let us talk to your scientists' as the reason for going to war. And 'we know what Iraqis have, but we can't tell you.'" Recently, Iraq started destroying Al-Samoud missiles, but the White House dismissed it as "a game of deception." No matter what Iraq does, it is insufficient. It sounds a bit like La Fontaine's tale of The Wolf and the Lamb, where the wolf accuses the lamb of mischief, and when all the accusations prove false, eats the lamb anyways. Similarly, America seems hell bent on war with Iraq. Why?