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Article: Carrots, sticks and status quo; Saddam won't fold under current policies.(OPED)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- November 18, 2002
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Byline: David C. Isby, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The course of the U.S. diplomatic offensive against Iraq - in the U.N. Security Council and elsewhere - has concentrated on preventing the emergence of a threat armed with weapons of mass destruction (WMD) that may not be contained or deterred. While pre-emption remains a critical element of that strategy, less publicized has been a willingness to emphasize the carrot as well as the stick, to consider the use of incentives as well as deterrence to avoid the emergence of WMD-armed threats.
Anyone looking at the U.S. diplomatic activity in recent weeks saw the continued emphasis on working with allies, ...