Way Up in the Sky

New York City asked for $20 billion of federal aid after losing the World Trade Center. What would New York, or Washington, or Los Angeles, need after a dirty-bomb blast, courtesy of Saddam and al-Qaeda?

Since the goal of a second Gulf War would be regime change, the peace will be more complicated. Deputy defense secretary Paul Wolfowitz assured Iraqi exiles in Dearborn, Mich., that we would not replace “one dictator with another.” In his speech to the American Enterprise Institute, President Bush repeated the pledge: “All Iraqis must have a voice in the new government, and all citizens must have their rights protected.”

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David Gelernter

New York City asked for $20 billion of federal aid after losing the World Trade Center. What would New York, or Washington, or Los Angeles, need after a dirty-bomb blast, courtesy of Saddam and al-Qaeda?

Since the goal of a second Gulf War would be regime change, the peace will be more complicated. Deputy defense secretary Paul Wolfowitz assured Iraqi exiles in Dearborn, Mich., that we would not replace “one dictator with another.” In his speech to the American Enterprise Institute, President Bush repeated the pledge: “All Iraqis must have a voice in the new government, and all citizens must have their rights protected.”