Clinton and Saddam Hussein: brothers in arms.(Originated from Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: February 17, 1998 | Copyright information

KRT FORUM

By Michael T. Klare

President Clinton and Saddam Hussein need each other.

No two world figures express more hostility toward each other than these two. But however genuine their mutual dislike, Clinton and Hussein have become unintended allies: Each now relies on the other to provide an external threat that can be used to mobilize domestic support.

This mutual dependency has been operating for some time. But the sexual scandal now engulfing Washington, combined with the deteriorating economic environment in Iraq, has given fresh urgency to the ...

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