Preface

Introduction: Twenty-Twenty Foresight March 18, 2003

Arguments for war

Machiavelli in Mesopotamia November 7, 2002

The case against the case against ``regime change'' in Iraq

``Armchair General'' November 11, 2002

The ugly idea that non-soldiers have less right to argue for war

Terrorism November 18, 2002

Notes toward a definition

Anti-Americanism November 27, 2002

Varieties right and left, foreign and domestic

Imperialism December 10, 2002

Superpower dominance, malignant and benign

Multilateralism and Unilateralism December 18, 2002

A self-canceling complaint

``WMD'' and ``Inspection'' December 26, 2002

Are Saddam's weapons really so unconventional?

``Evil'' December 31, 2002

Scoff if you must, but you can't avoid it

Prevention and Preemption January 8, 2003

When is starting a war not aggression?

``Regime Change'' January 14, 2003

From evasion to invasion

Exile and the Kingdoms January 21, 2003

Iraq's neighbors want Saddam to flee. Should we?

Chew on This January 22, 2003

Saddam's crimes, al-Qaida massacres, Kurdish freedom, oil worth fighting for . . . and a few other things Seattle's potlucking peaceniks might want to think about

``Cowboy'' January 27, 2003

Bush challenged by bovines

``Recruitment'' February 5, 2003

Will an Iraq war make our al-Qaida problem worse? Not likely

The Rat That Roared February 6, 2003

On France, the French, Chirac, and the difference between them

Inspecting ``Inspections'' February 13, 2003

The United Nations is still playing Saddam's game

``Drumbeat'' February 24, 2003

Bush rushing to war? Nonsense

Not Talking Turkey March 4, 2003

An ally we're better off without

Pious Nonsense March 10, 2003

The unholy ``Christian'' case against war

(Un)Intended Consequences March 17, 2003

What's the future if we don't act?

Giving Peace a Chance April 9, 2003

The war critics were right---not in the way they expected

Oleaginous April 18, 2003

People who prefer Saddam Hussein to Halliburton

Epilogue: After the Fall . . . April 16, 2003