The ticking clock. (Devil in the Details).(possible war between the US and Iraq)(Brief Article)

OF LATE, THERE IS A NEW argument for going to war: Time, the president and his underlings tell us, is running out. And what dread apparition becomes real when time runs out? Is Iraq on the brink of making nukes? No, that's North Korea--where time, apparently, is not running out because the administration wants a negotiated settlement on the peninsula.

Is Iraq about to fire its missiles at Israel or loose chemical weapons on invading Americans? Well, not unless or until we start the war. So which time, exactly, is it that's running out? Certainly the time before we have ...

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