| ID | 022407 |
| Title Proper | Getting serious about Iraq |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Gordon, Philip H ; Indyk, Martin ; O'Hanlon, Michael E |
| Publication | 2002. |
| Description | 9-22 |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The regime in Iraq can be changed, and Saddam deposed. But it is a much bigger, more complicated and more costly task than the Afghan model – or much of the discussion in Washington – would suggest. America would be taking pre-emptive action to remove a regime in the heartland of the Arab world. If it succeeds, it would end or at least greatly diminish the Iraqi WMD threat. It could also reduce Western dependence on Saudi Arabia (as well as Saudi dependence on the West), and remove the need to keep American troops there, thus dramatically changing the dynamics of the Middle East. But America would also be shouldering a responsibility that the Bush administration has been reluctant to assume, at a time when the war in Afghanistan is not over and that nation has yet to be rebuilt. If America decides to go into Iraq, it had better do so with its eyes wide open. |
| `In' analytical Note | Survival Vol. 44, No. 3; Autumn 2002: p9-22 |
| Journal Source | Survival Vol: 44 No 3 |
| Key Words | Iraq-International Relations-United States ; United States ; Iraq ; WMD |