Maureen Dowd doesn’t really get it. The issue is not that the testosterone-laden Bushies need to “save face.” But, rather, that there is a legitimate problem with Saddam, that has resulted in the US (and the UN, for that matter) threatening consequences if certain conditions aren’t met. In the face of continued defiance, there are only two alternatives, whether the French like it or not: Iraq must comply, or they must be forced to comply. There really is no middle ground.
Further, there will be damage done, far greater than embarrassing the US administration, if Saddam wins this confrontation—something that Chatterbox noted in a recent Slate column.
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