Like a wolf on the fold. (MIddle East crisis; includes related article on Saddam Hussein) From: National Review | Date: September 3, 1990| Author: Kelly, J.B.; Crozier, Brian | COPYRIGHT 1990 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Generations of Western leaders helped make Saddam Hussein the scourge of the Middle East. President Bush can make amends by restoring the status quo ante: the status quo ante Suez, that is.

THERE IS a fable by Aesop about a wolf and a lamb who are drinking from the same stream. The wolf, with an eye to something substantial for lunch, attempts to pick a quarrel with the lamb by accusing it of polluting his drinking water. when the lamb reasonably points out that this can...