Why We're Fighting
Book Review: "The War Over Iraq: Saddam's
Tyranny and America's Mission," by Lawrence F.
Kaplan and William Kristol
[This is the article I spent the weekend
writing. It
appears today on the Web site of FrontPage
Magazine.]
With U.S. troops currently engaged in Baghdad,
it would be an understatement to call "The War Over
Iraq: Saddam's Tyranny and America's Mission"
timely. The frequency and vehemence of antiwar
protests may have lessened somewhat since
hostilities commenced, but Americans continue to
question why the United States is undertaking a
regime change in Iraq. In their compelling book,
authors Lawrence F. Kaplan and William Kristol
handily answer this and similar questions by first
detailing the atrocities of Saddam Hussein's
regime, then comparing and contrasting the
different approaches that the past three
administrations have followed in dealing with Iraq.
Finally, they outline the post-9/11 foreign policy
of the Bush administration as expressed in the
"Bush Doctrine," contending that the war against
Iraq is just the first step in a redefinition of
America's role in the world. As President Bush
vowed before Congress on September 20, 2001, "this
country will define our times, not be defined by
them."
Read
the full review on FrontPage Magazine's Web
site.
Development note: I've
noticed that this site doesn't look like it should
in Netscape Navigator. Rather than waste time
jury-rigging it to look right in a
soon-to-be-obsolete browser, I'll just add the
cliché "This site best viewed with Internet
Explorer."
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