"Madman." "A Demon from
the Netherworlds." And the
ultimate insult of all — "the
new Hitler."
Some journalists worry
that the Iraqi leader is being
blown out of proportion.
Syndicated columnists
Rowland Evans and Robert
Novak advised that
"overkill against Saddam
Hussein as a Hitlerite mad-
man thirsting for world con-
quest endows the Iraqi
strongman with powers he
does not possess, adds to his
mystique and reinforces his
Arab nationalist claims as
successor to Saladin, who
expelled the Crusaders in
1291."
Washington Times colum-
nist Georgie Anne Geyer
claimed that Hussein's "evil
is causing the White House
to underestimate the extent
of disillusion and anger
against the United States in
the Middle East."
And Boston Globe TV critic
Ed Siegel fretted about the
television networks' "knee-
jerk reaction to walk in lock-
step with any military ac-
tion and to portray anyone
we disagree with as mental-
ly defective."
Mr. Siegel recalled Uni-
versity of Massachusetts'
professor Michael Milburn's
observation that portraying
America's enemies as
loonies is "lazy journalism"
because "it obviates any ne-
cessity to understand the po-
litical motivations of in-
dividuals or to understand
what effect the political
situation may have in terms
of motivating their behav-
ior."
• U.S. Strategy and Pur-
pose. While most polls in-
dicate that up to three-
quarters of Americans ap-
prove of the Bush Ad-
ministration's handling of
the Persian Gulf crisis, some
writers have faulted the
White House for not being
clear on the purposes of
American intervention.
"One reason Bush Ad-
ministration officials have
not clearly articulated what
is stake," wrote Thomas L.
Friedman, New York Times
chief diplomatic correspon-
dent last Sunday, "is that
the real political and econ-
omic interests are not quite
so lofty as some of the broad
principles used by the Presi-
dent to explain the opera-
tion."
The U.S., stated Mr.
Friedman, "has not sent
troops to the Saudi desert to
preserve democratic prin-
ciples," or to "make the
world safe for [the] feudalism
[symbolized by the Saudi
monarchy]."

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