(Beirut Daily Star) Jamal Ahmad Khashoggi - The Arabs have become weaker than they were in 1990. We wasted a lot in the last few decades: wars that future generations (once they have learned the concept of accountability) will not forgive us for; economies that have gone from bad to worse; nonexistent public liberties; culture that has lost all creativity and leadership; and educational systems that have been churning out half-literate graduates. Saddam will undoubtedly accept the new UN resolution; he will open his gates to the inspectors; he will submit to the most humiliating of American conditions in the hope that Washington might allow him to remain in power. But it won’t, no matter how many concessions Saddam makes.
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