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If you like Richard Perle, you'll love Hardball tonight...He'll be with us for much of
the front half of the show...For those who don't know, Mr. Perle is widely considered
one of the intellectual godfathers of the "regime change" movement...He chairs the
Pentagon's Defense Advisory Board, is associated with a number of think tanks and used
to work for Reagan (Asst. SecDef for International Security Policy) and for legendary
Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson...Mr. Perle is, not least of all, a whiz in the kitchen
and has a fondness for making dessert souffles...He explained his culinary methodology
last time he was in the House...
An intellectual sampling of Perle: Why the West Must Strike First against Saddam
Hussein http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.14187,filter./pub_detail.asp
We'll go deep and big picture with Perle over the meaning of the coming war, the
motives behind it and what happens in a post-Saddam Iraq...
Former U.S. ambassador to Iraq circa Bush '41, Joe Wilson, will be here afterwards for
a rejoinder...
The D block debate will center around Dore Gold's latest book, Hatred's Kingdom, which
alleges new evidence connecting Saudi Arabia to terrorism...Mr. Gold is a former
Israeli ambassador the U-N...Samer Shehata, Georgetown University will play
defense...What's the new evidence and what, if anything, should the U.S. do about it?
In the Buzz, we take a look overseas at Tony Blair, his political situation, a couple
of SOTs (sound on tape) from his address to the House of Commons earlier today and
where he stands in his own Labor party...Plus, is the Bush administration playing
Hardball behind the scenes with other Security Council countries? Time Mag's Michael
Elliott and UPI's John O'Sullivan will be here...
Mortman weighs in on the burning SUV controversy...I want my SUV!...Don't knock sport
utility vehicles during a snowstorm http://www.msnbc.com/news/874636.asp
Erratum: Yesterday the Briefing mistakenly misspelled the name of our guest last
night, a true American hero and Hardball Briefing reader, Norman Schwarzkopf...We
apologize and can only say that in the heat of battle sometimes mistakes are made...
A special Briefing welcome to our latest subscriber Drew Miller...Thanks for signing
up Drew...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing deep inside the
Beltway...
Iraq must fully disarm to avoid war, President Bush said Tuesday, as he urged the
United Nations to "honor its word" and back potential U.S. action against Saddam
Hussein. But in a possible setback to U.S. ambitions, chief weapons inspector Hans
Blix said Baghdad has shown new signs of substantive cooperation in recent days.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/842500.asp
Iraq must fully disarm to avoid war, President Bush said Tuesday, as he urged the
United Nations to "honor its word" and back U.S. action against Saddam Hussein. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&ncid=703&e=1&u=/ap/20030225/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iraq
The president is scheduled to give a major speech Wednesday laying out his vision of a
new Middle East, beginning with the disarmament of Iraq, as the cornerstone of the
U.S. push to convince both skeptical Americans and the outside world of the need to
use force, if necessary, to disarm Iraq, U.S. officials said Monday. (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/la-fg-assess25feb25001450,1,1986852.story
President Bush is leading a quiet, persistent campaign to gain international support
for using force to disarm Iraq ahead of an unprecedented collision with France,
Germany and Russia over their plans to extend weapons inspections. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&ncid=693&e=4&u=/ap/20030225/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iraq_strategy
Saddam Hussein has "one further final chance" to disarm in compliance with U.N.
demands, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=518&ncid=732&e=1&u=/ap/20030225/ap_on_re_eu/britain_iraq
"You are not going to decide whether there is war in Iraq or not," the diplomat said
U.S. officials told him. "That decision is ours, and we have already made it. It is
already final. The only question now is whether the council will go along with it or
not." (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62438-2003Feb24.html?referrer=email
The United States fired a warning shot Tuesday across the bows of France, the leading
critic of its Iraq policy, saying it would view any French veto of a new U.N.
resolution authorizing force as "very unfriendly." (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=YL53ND33DSR4SCRBAELCFFA?type=topNews&storyID=2283327
Four U.S. soldiers were killed in Kuwait on Tuesday when their helicopter crashed
during desert training in what U.S. officials said was an apparent accident. The UH-60
Blackhawk helicopter went down near Camp New Jersey, a temporary U.S. military base 30
miles north of Kuwait City, while conducting night training, a U.S. military statement
said. The four were the only people aboard. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=2285149
Public Backs U.N. Assent on Iraq...A majority of Americans believe the United States
should work to gain the support of the U.N. Security Council even if it means delaying
war with Iraq, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61856-2003Feb24.html
U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham said on Tuesday the United States was ready to
act quickly to release emergency oil reserves if necessary to offset any disruption to
Middle East supplies in the event of war with Iraq. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=2284882
North Korea's test-firing of a missile was "bizarre," President Bush's spokesman said
Tuesday, joking that it was a novel way for the communist nation to mark the
inauguration of South Korea's new president. (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&ncid=693&e=2&u=/ap/20030225/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_north_korea
Saudi Arabia has arrested seven Saudi youths suspected of links to Osama bin Laden's
al Qaeda network, the Interior Minister was quoted Tuesday as saying. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=2284436
Gertz: Saddam seen using proxy groups to attack the U.S...A recent CIA analysis
concluded Saddam Hussein is highly likely to use a "third party" terrorist group to
conduct a proxy attack on the United States.
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20030225-830684.htm
Arms control advocates say the Bush administration is taking a dangerous new approach
to nuclear arms by exploring a new class of bunker-busting nuclear bomb and
threatening nuclear retaliation for a chemical or biological weapons attack. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=3J1YDUI4D5DVUCRBAELCFFA?type=politicsNews&storyID=2284795
N. Korea launches missile into sea...Roh Moo-hyun was sworn in as South Korea's new
president Tuesday, pledging to pursue warmer ties with North Korea despite the
communist state's test firing of an anti-ship missile on the eve of his inauguration.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/876929.asp
Michael Moore was named surprise winner of Britain's Book of the Year award Monday for
"Stupid White Men" -- a satirical anti-war attack on President Bush. (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=638&ncid=579&e=11&u=/nm/20030225/en_nm/arts_book_awards_dc
President Bush recently told Sen. Peter Fitzgerald he would order the assassination of
Saddam Hussein "if we had intelligence on where he was now and we had a clear shot,"
the Illinois senator said Monday (Arlington Heights Daily Herald)
http://www.dailyherald.com/main_story.asp?intid=37677337#
Treasury Secretary John Snow said Monday the administration would mount an intense
lobbying effort to convince Congress that slashing taxes investors pay on stock
dividends would boost the country's long-term growth potential and was not a tax break
for the wealthy (AP)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=536&ncid=536&e=10&u=/ap/20030225/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/snow_taxes
Saying high times are over for those who sell pipes and bongs favored by pot smokers,
federal agents raided more than 100 homes and businesses throughout the nation Monday,
including a glass-pipe company owned by actor- comedian Tommy Chong of Cheech and
Chong fame. (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/02/25/MN171982.DTL
Steve Johnson: Fire officials say nightclub patrons must rely on their own common
sense and alertness for protection against tragedies like the ones that left at least
96 people dead in a nightclub fire Thursday night in Rhode Island and 21 dead after a
stampede four days earlier at a club in Chicago.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/875610.asp?0cb=-215138135
A senator on Tuesday accused CBS of peddling "bigotry for big bucks" by planning a
"reality" show based on "The Beverly Hillbillies," which portrayed a family of simple
country folks suddenly transplanted to a posh neighborhood. (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=FXPG4SDA32EIUCRBAELCFFA?type=topNews&storyID=2286050
Opinion/Editorial
John O'Sullivan: Tonto Tony...Blair's opposition is his own party.
http://www.nationalreview.com/jos/jos.asp
The plot thickens between Gaffney v. Grover:
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/gaffney.html
Jesse Jackson: Media give Bush free pass to Iraq
http://www.suntimes.com/output/jesse/cst-edt-jesse25.html
May: When Is Terrorism Justified?...When the intellectual elite tell you it is,
stupid! http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-may022503.asp
The ads of war...What do war against Iraq and war on terror have in common? Television
ads. By Rob Walker.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/876765.asp
Mondo Washington...Dennis Kucinich (the Menace) Cuts Down Bush; Meanwhile, Crude
Behavior by Oil Companies; Mother of Mercy, Is This the Start of RICO?
http://villagevoice.com/alertrd.php3?article=42144
Charon: Time for Nation Building...I'm for war. I know I'm not supposed to say that.
War is hell. War is unpredictable. War is evil. It is all those things. But war is
sometimes better than the alternative http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/charen.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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