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The Folly of Containment

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NO MATTER what finally happens in our con- frontation with Iraq, the use of force against Saddam Hussein is a subject that is bound to be de- bated for years to come. Any proposed resort to war carries great risks and entails unforeseeable consequences; this particular resort to war, having occasioned months of impassioned and often bitter discussion at home and abroad, and having run up against determined resistance on the part of some of America’s democratic allies, invites repeated re- assessment.



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