"Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war."

James Wolcott quotes extensively from Eliot Weinberger including:

"I heard the president say that Iraq is 'a threat of unique urgency, and that there is 'no doubt the Iraqi regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised'"

"I heard the vice president say: 'Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.'"
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The show-stopping bon mot of the title is by the inimitable Rummy, having one of his blonde moments.