The reluctant hawk: the skeptical case for regime change in Iraq.
Washington Monthly › Vol. 34 Nbr. 11, November 2002
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The Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq - Book Review
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The reluctant hawk: the skeptical case for regime change in Iraq.
THE THREATENING STORM: The Case for Invading Iraq by Ken Pollack Random House, $25.95
LATE LAST SPRING, I ASKED ONE OF Washington's more notable Iraq hawks, Danielle Pletka, her opinion of Ken Pollack. "Oh, Ken `my-mind-has-changed-so-often' Pollack?" she zinged back with satisfied ridicule. Pletka has a flair for the sound bite. But behind that barb lies a tale. From 1992 until earlier this year, Pletka was Jesse Helms's chief senior professional staff member for Near East and South Asia on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. In that role, she was one of the key players using any means necessary to press a deeply reluctant Clinton administration to adopt the policy of "regime change" for Iraq. During the 1990s, Iraq cut through the surface of American political life only at those occasional moments whe...See the full content of this document
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