The March 17 edition of the New York Times has an analysis piece by David E. Sanger called "Bush's Doctrine for War". Bush's justification for the impending war on Iraq is a whole new national security strategy, as advocated by hawks like Paul Wolfowitz. Where will it lead? Nobody knows (but it sure doesn't look good.)
And in today's (March 18) Chronicle, Jon Carroll has a column called "The paranoia of the left". The title will likely piss many people off, but he has sensible things to say... namely that despite Fox News and other programs and publications masquerading as news, it is possible to get good information. In fact, there's a lot of it. Maybe too much.
--> www.nytimes.com/2003/03/18/ international/middleeast/18ASSE.html?pagewanted=1
--> www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/03/18/DD34710.DTL
Excerpts from the Times article:
What has surprised the world is the audacity with which Mr. Bush has pursued that vision — to the point today of drawing up detailed plans for making Iraq an American protectorate, for as long as it takes to transform it into a peaceful nation.
Many, including some Republican leaders on Capitol Hill and some people inside the administration, fear that that process could become a trap for Mr. Bush's new doctrine.
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