The War Against America (Chapters 9, 10)
These two chapters further the authorÆs thesis that the first World Trade Center bombing was state sponsored, an outcome of the actions by Saddam Hussein and Iraq. In the first chapter, Question of State Sponsorship, the author provides convincing evidence that the first bombing was sponsored by Iraq. She does so by tracing the backgrounds of the two main actors in the bombing, Ramzi Yousef and Abdul Rahman Yasin. After a logical eliminate of the usual state suspects, the author concludes it ôleaves only two possibilities: Iran and Iraqö (Mylroie, 2001, 109). The chapter then makes a close study of the character of Saddam Hussein that is often misunderstood by the American mentality. His utter contempt for the United States and his brutal tactics pale only in comparison to his thirst for revenge, something he swore would be his after the first Gulf War.
In chapter ten, Bill Clinton, America, and Saddam Hussein, the author argues that wishy-washy United States policies under President Bush after the end of the first war and those furthered by President Clinton after taking office did much to position Saddam Hussein as someone who could virtually thumb his nose at the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM). Saddam resorted to a ôcheat and retreatö policy while Bush maintained a ôthreat and forgetö policy according to the author (Mylroie, 2001, 120). Over the next decade Saddam did everything in his power to build weapons of mass destruction while continually lying about his regimeÆs continual breeching of United Nations resolutions.
The Greatest Threat (Chapters 9, 10)
Chapter nine, The Road Map to Nowhere, shows the pattern of deceit, weapons buildup, and contempt for United Nations resolutions exhibited by Saddam Hussein in the years after the first Gulf War. As Butler, former UNSCOM head, argues, the United Nations undermined UNSCOM efforts by accepting the abs...