![]() But I couldn't disagree more strongly about the grave costs of avoiding a confrontation with Iraq." And I respect their service to our country. "Many of those questioning the president's policy have served America well for many years. Delay's unblinking, yet magnanimous, criticism of President Bush's detractors raised this speech above the normal rhetorical exchanges we have come to expect in Washington. His sparse, factual, yet vivid recitation of Saddam's history of dangerous militarism, starting with "the great bloodbath that announced his regime," recalls to mind similar cadences seven decades ago on the floor of the British House of Commons. Delay's detractors would have to confess that the speech had Churchillian echoes. It may well have accomplished its objective. It was a powerful, jarring speech, intended to snap Washington's political class out of the complacency into which it has drifted. ![]() ![]() The majority whip of the House of Representatives, Tom Delay, delivered yesterday in Houston what was, in effect, the opening congressional speech on behalf of empowering the president to make war on Saddam Hussein's Iraq. The Bush administration does Moscow no favors by muting its criticism of Russian human rights violations in Chechnya in the name of antiterrorist solidarity. Putin hopes to give Russia effective armed services tailored to deal with the country's security concerns.Ĭhechen separatism, organized crime and Islamic terrorism are genuine problems, but the answers are more political than military. ![]()
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