Baghdad is once again on the brink of civil war. The old Iraqi politics of backroom deals, corruption and violence are alive and well. An early exit may look like a bright idea now, but Iraq will be lost to us forever.
Explaining Saddam's motivations could be an asset for dealing with other tyrants.
SINCE WE last wrote for The National Interest--in the Winter 2003/04 issue ("
In order to deal effectively with America's predicament in Iraq, it is essential to understand that we had begun to walk down the road to Baghdad long before September 11, indeed, quite before the Bush Administration came to power.
Despite the rhetoric, the new administration's foreign policy bespeaks not change, but continuity with the Clinton era.