President Bush has had enough of the sidestepping, the wheedling and the crawfishing. He wants action in Iraq. And this hour, the U.S. President takes the UN podium, making his case against Saddam Hussein, condemning years of defiance and demanding the UN start taking itself seriously, “Or Else” is thus far only implied. But it’s clearly understood.
Today is the high point of what’s been called, even by administration officials, a marketing campaign for regime change in the Gulf. The speech itself has been kept under wraps, but already, the UN Secretary General is reacting, cautioning against war, advocating for the world body’s “unique legitimacy” in resolving conflict.
It’s time-tables and the gnashing of teeth, Generals and the General Assembly.
Guests:
Bill Emmott, editor of The Economist
Mustapha Kamel El-Sayed, Professor of Political Science at Cairo University
Constanze Stelzenmueller, political editor for Die Zeit
and Judy Keen, reporter for USA Today.