Dan Senor is a political analyst, author, and former senior adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq. He contributed articles to The Weekly Standard on Iraq policy, Middle East security, and defense matters. He is co-author of "Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle" and has served as a foreign policy adviser to Republican political campaigns.
In September 1993, Secretary of Defense Les Aspin received a request from the U.S. commander in Somalia for extra tanks, armored vehicles, and AC-130 Spectre gunships to support U.S. operations in Mogadishu. Aspin refused the request. The White House was not involved in the decision. Days later, 18…
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MUCH LIKE Iraq's "purple finger" election in January, a trial will begin in October that could help change the lens through which Arabs see their world. For the first time, an Arab despot, Saddam Hussein, will be tried by his own people. The trial will be beamed by satellite into millions of Arab…
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