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Rufus Jones

1 article 2002

Rufus Jones contributed to The Weekly Standard, writing about Middle Eastern politics and geopolitics. His 2002 article examined Iraq in the lead-up to the debate over military intervention.

Iraq's Crazy Uncle

November 19, 2002 · Blog

FOR AS LONG as there has been a Saddam Hussein, Saddam scholars have been confronted by a question with no easy answer: just what kind of crazy is he? He reigns by terror at home, while preying on anti-American sentiment among the conflict-averse abroad. So is Saddam calculated-crazy, crazy like…