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MEMORANDUM
TO: OPINION
LEADERS FROM:
GARY SCHMITT SUBJECT: Iraq I’d like to draw your attention to two items: the lead story in the current issue of the Weekly Standard, “The Coming War with Saddam,” by Stephen F. Hayes and Project director Robert Kagan’s op-ed in Sunday’s Washington Post, “Iraq: The Day After.” Hayes’ “The
Coming War with Saddam” makes two important points: first, recent
news reports suggesting the administration is backing away from a war
with Iraq are wrong, according to administration sources; and second,
the administration is slowly but confidently building the case for ties
between Saddam Hussein and Bin Laden’s al Qaeda. Removing Hussein
from power is no longer a question of if, but when. In this connection,
Kagan also makes two key points. The first is that Europe’s opposition
to an American military operation against Iraq has all but disappeared.
Second, what concerns our allies now is whether the Bush Administration
has “a workable plan for a post-Saddam Hussein Iraq? And...does the
United States itself plan on sticking around long enough to build a new
Iraq that is reasonably stable, peaceful, and democratic?” As Kagan
correctly notes, “whether a post-Hussein Iraq succeeds or fails will
shape the course of Middle East politics, both now and for the remainder
of the century.” |
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