Saddam and the World: Time is Not On Our Side

September 9, 2002 Topic: Security

Saddam and the World: Time is Not On Our Side

Is an invasion of Iraq the best possible solution to the threat posed by Saddam Hussein? In the National Interest's Nikolas Gvosdev sought the opinion of Richard Perle, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute who served as assistant se

Our immediate objective, however, should be to mitigate the threat posed by Saddam Hussein As long as he is there, he will be single-minded in his dedication to increasing and improving his capabilities. I also think that it is increasingly difficult to maintain the sanctions regime, so I don't believe time is on our side.