Unilateralism disgraced: the price we all have to pay for Bush's botched tack.(Dispatches)
American Prospect, The, October, 2003 by Daalder, Ivo H.; Lindsay, James M.
GEORGE W. BUSH'S DECISION TO GO to war against Iraq was based on three fundamental assumptions: Saddam Hussein's possession of weapons of mass destruction posed an imminent threat to the United States; turning Iraq into a stable and viable self-governing state would be far easier than previous nation building efforts; and, once weapons were found and postwar normality returned, even those countries opposed to the war would want to contribute to Iraq's reconstruction.
Unfortunately for Bush, Iraq and the world, every one of these assumptions has proven wrong. No weapons of mass ...
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