'Spinning Into Control'

The New York Times ^ | 1/12/2004 | William Safire

[kellynla]

The strategic reason for crushing Saddam was to reverse the tide of global terror that incubated in the Middle East.

Is our pre-emptive policy working? Was the message sent by ousting the Baathists as well as the Taliban worth the cost?

Set aside the tens of thousands of lives saved each year by ending Saddam's sustained murder of Iraqi Shia and Kurds, which is of little concern to human rights inactivists. Consider only self-defense: the practical impact of American action on the spread of dangerous weaponry in antidemocratic hands.

[kellynla]

I didn't see this already posted. Excellent piece by William Safire. He hits a grand slam home run!

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[kellynla]

oops! LOL The title of the piece should be 'Spinning out of control' is that a Freudian slip or what! LOL Please correct. Thanks

[Travis McGee]

Can you correct the title of this Safire piece to "Spinning?" Thanks.

[kellynla]

Correct link http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/12/opinion/12SAFI.html?pagewanted=print&position=

[optimistically_conservative]

Already posted here.