Iraq (2004)
Iraq (2004) | Chapter 2 Preface
In a November 2002 cover story in the Atlantic Monthly titled “The Fifty-first State,” journalist James Fallows noted that a decision to go to war with Iraq with the purpose of destroying the regime of Saddam Hussein would mean that Iraq would “have claims on American resources and attention . . . comparable to those of any U.S. state.” Predicting (correctly) that in the event of war the United States military would be victorious and that Hussein’s government would be overthrown, Fallows argued that once the war was over, “Iraq would become America’s problem, for...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1
- Chapter 1 Preface
- An American Attack on Iraq Is Justified
- An American Attack on Iraq Is Not Justified
- Liberating Iraq’s People from a Cruel Regime Justifies War
- Liberating Iraq’s People Does Not Justify War
- A Failure to Find Iraq’s Weapons Calls into Question the Justification for War
- War Was Justified Even If No Weapons of Mass Destruction Are Found
- The War on Iraq Heralded a Positive New Direction for American Foreign Policy
- The War on Iraq Heralded a Dangerous New Direction for American Foreign Policy
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Chapter 2
- Chapter 2 Preface
- The United States Is Failing to Establish Order in Iraq
- The United States Is Successfully Establishing Order in Iraq
- The United States Should Embrace an Imperialistic Role in Iraq
- The United States Should Reject an Imperialist Role in Iraq
- America Must Involve the United Nations in Rebuilding Iraq
- America Should Limit the United Nations’ Role in Rebuilding Iraq
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Chapter 3
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Iraq Should Have a Secular Democracy
- The Iraqi People Do Not Want a Secular Democracy
- Iraq Needs Transitional Rule by a Strongman
- Iraq Needs a Transitional Government with Dispersed Powers
- The United States Should Permit Iraqis to Elect an Islamic Regime
- The United States Should Not Permit Iraqis to Elect an Islamic Regime
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Chapter 4
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Iraq’s Prospects for Democracy Are Good
- Iraq’s Prospects for Democracy Are Poor
- Iraq Needs a Federalist System of Government
- Iraq May Need to Divide into Separate Countries
- Iraq’s Oil Resources Can Lay the Foundations for Future Development
- Iraq’s Oil Resources May Hinder Future Development
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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