How We Can Win

BILL TAYLOR

THE U.S. has two vital interests in the present Gulf crisis: regional stability and access to energy resources at a reasonable price. These cannot be achieved without the destruction of a significant part of the offensive capability of Iraqi armed forces. Even if Saddam Hussein ceased to be president of Iraq, a successor in command of Iraq’s huge military establishment (arguably the fourth or fifth largest in the world) would have the capability to put the world through repeated Gulf crises, which the industrial democracies simply cannot afford. In brief, Iraq must be defanged by American and allied military attacks and its offensive military capability destroyed.

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BILL TAYLOR

THE U.S. has two vital interests in the present Gulf crisis: regional stability and access to energy resources at a reasonable price. These cannot be achieved without the destruction of a significant part of the offensive capability of Iraqi armed forces. Even if Saddam Hussein ceased to be president of Iraq, a successor in command of Iraq’s huge military establishment (arguably the fourth or fifth largest in the world) would have the capability to put the world through repeated Gulf crises, which the industrial democracies simply cannot afford. In brief, Iraq must be defanged by American and allied military attacks and its offensive military capability destroyed.