Spectator's Journal / Iraq's Phony War
Train, John
ideological diplomacy, while Ball is an agnostic persuaded that foreign relations should be conducted from largely rational economic and strategic considerations. Nevertheless, it is probably more...
...Astonishing...
...We stopped in the main square...
...No...
...President Saddam Hussein Decorates Soldiers for Bravery...
...No tanks...
...There was no trace of damage...
...This vehicle is too conspicuous...
...Paul Bator, Prof...
...Occasionally there was a crash of artillery to the rear, and from time to time shells would burst on distant hills...
...Here, indeed, one saw vast preparations: line after line of sandbagged gun emplacements, tanks dug in behind protective earth shelters...
...Russian T-62 tanks, Brazilian Cascavel armored personnel carriers, antiaircraft weapons, Mercedes trucks carrying infantry...
...No...
...President Saddam Hussein Decorates More Soldiers for Bravery...
...the President, in magnificent official John Train is author of The Money Masters, Remarkable Names, and other books, and is a columnist in Le Matin (Paris), Harvard Magazine, and Investors Chronicle (London...
...Charles Rice...
...Let's walk...
...The next day we set forth on the five-hour drive to another part of the front, near Asmara...
...No...
...Both were keenly aware that economic separatism and protectionism were ultimately disastrous to Western prosperity and political strength...
...You shall see everything...
...All I request is that you tell the truth," responded the President...
...Finally, we reached Mandali itself, a prosperous town...
...William Kristol, and Prof...
...S P E C T A T OR' S J O U R N A L...
...Behind those hills"-about five miles away-"and in that grove of trees"-about seven miles...
...Clearly, there had been no action in the area...
...President Saddam Hussein, who has been in power in Iraq since 1979 (although the Baath Socialist Party has ruled since 1968), is always with you as you travel in his country...
...A day later, the Baghdad Observer carried an article with the following words: "The delegation The Federalist Society for law and public policy studies presents A Symposium on Judicial Activism APRIL 8-10 Univ...
...The tanks and APCs were carried on transporters: a tank fights on its own wheels in battle, but like a heavyweight boxer, it is if at all possible carried to and from the scene of the match...
...Moreover, there was not one plane in the sky...
...Near where three tanks are burning...
...of Chicago Law School J. MADISON The Federalist Society is a nationwide organization of conservative and libertarian lawyers and law students dedicated to the principles of limited government and a limited judiciary...
...Frank Easterbrook, Prof...
...That's more than the Allied dead in the initial Normandy landings on D-Day...
...At an observation outpost, I asked an officer, "Where are the Iranians...
...Have you been able to see everything you want...
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...GUEST SPEAKERS Symposium participants include Judge Robert Bork, Solicitor General Rex Lee, Judge Antonin Scalia, Judge Dalin Oaks, Hon...
...Three thousand...
...Still, he delivered on his promise...
...President Saddam Hussein Declares War Will Be Continued Until Total Victory Achieved...
...How about visiting the front...
...You shall see it...
...The soldiers waved cheerfully and I waved back...
...After a while, the escort returned...
...Delegations of law students are especially welcome...
...Has there been any war damage...
...But President Saddam himself told me I could see the front...
...Not in person, but through his photographs, which, as in all dictatorships, are posted in every restaurant, every hotel, almost every shop and office...
...I borrowed a huge spotting scope from an officer and searched the area...
...Richard Epstein, Prof...
...The President, in uniform (he is actually a civilian), is exhorting the troops...
...the President poses with his family...
...As the escorts trotted off to the local military commander's headquarters for further instructions, I interrogated the townspeople...
...Nevertheless, it is probably more important that both men came to international relations from the perspectives of global law practices...
...Having taken the Germans by surprise at D-Day, did the Allies withdraw back across the channel to England...
...In today's demoralized world, with many Western nations dangerously lured by the superficial attractions of neutralism and economic isolationism, the assumptions they held in common appear far more critical than those which divided them...
...But wait a minute...
...The Society is represented at over 65 law schooLs...
...the President, surprisingly for an Arabic country, is smoking a cigar (perhaps provided by the fraternal government of Cuba...
...And something else: there was not the slightest mark on any of the vehicles...
...One might as well have been on a picnic...
...No...
...Except for dirt on the treads, they might have been on parade...
...Chicago, IL 60615 (312) 753-2415 regalia, rests his hand on his sword...
...Has there been fighting here...
...We cannot go by John Train beyond here," our escort announced...
...Travel scholarships will be available to defray student expenses...
...Delegation of Workers Praises Wisdom and Courage of President Saddam Hussein...
...My field glasses revealed no tanks...
...Enemy is 7 kilometers away...
...On the way to the scene of this prodigious feat of arms we pulled over to let a miles-long cavalcade of armored vehicles roar past in the opposite direction-away from the front...
...We cannot...
...Both spent much of their careers advocating Western political and economic unity against barbarous threats from without the main stream of Western civilization...
...It would attract shelling...
...Then let's go in one of those camouflaged vehicles...
...The area is under observation...
...Have they shelled the town...
...IRAQ'S PHONY WAR The President was in a singular humor...
...Off we went that very afternoon to Mandali, east of Baghdad, scene of a battle a day earlier in which, we were assured by the Lieutenant General commanding the area, out of 8,000 Iranian attackers, 3,000 had been killed...
...he continued...
...When you win a victory don't you follow up your advantage...
...We have nothing to hide...
...Have the Iranians been here...
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...And again, all these sandbags, these revetments, those gun emplacements, were impeccable...
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...You need only ask...
...Every newspaper is filled with fervid encomiums to the President, at least three on each front page: "Iraqi Masses Demonstrate to Show Solidarity with President Saddam Hussein...
...Tell me your criticisms of my country," he began our meeting...
...Since I had only been there for a day, it was hard to respond...
...We cannot take you beyond this point...
Vol. 16 • April 1983 • No. 4
