strengthen his alleged chemical and biological weapons capabilities, he will be an

even more alarming figure, and presumably even more difficult to deal with. It is

this fear of the future, this concern about the possible growth of Saddam’s

weapons of mass destruction (WMD) capabilities, that are at the heart of the case

for war now. Indeed, this is the essence of the logic of preventive war: better war

Some topics in this essay:
, Security Council, unavoidable war, preventive war,