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Article: Our Man in Iraq: Hero or Crook?(Politics&Opinions)
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- The New York Observer (New York, NY)
- Article date:
- April 14, 2003
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Byline: Joe Conason
Whether the physical demise of Saddam Hussein has been achieved or not, his political destruction is nearly complete. Once the United States committed military force against him, Saddam's eventual defeat was never in doubt. But what follows in the wake of his unlamented dictatorship will determine the success of the war that ousted him.
For advocates of the war, the justification for this enormous expenditure of blood and treasure is the liberation of the Iraqi people and the establishment of democracy as a light unto the Arab world. And now those of us who opposed the war must hope that project succeeds--or at least avoids ...