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Go to war with Iraq?<br />
.Congress .weighs .costs<br />
8 questions shape <strong>de</strong>bate on resolution<br />
By David Von Drehle<br />
The WIshiugton Post<br />
WASHINGTON: Congress plans this<br />
week to <strong>de</strong>bate a joint resolution that<br />
would give Presi<strong>de</strong>nt George W. Bush<br />
broad powers to disarm Iraq, including<br />
the authority toinva<strong>de</strong> the country and<br />
<strong>de</strong>pose Presi<strong>de</strong>nt Saddam Hussein.<br />
The resolution is expected to PliSS<br />
easily, in part because leading Democrats<br />
want to g<strong>et</strong> the issue of war behind<br />
them, and in part because there is wi<strong>de</strong>spread<br />
agreement on Capitol Hill that<br />
Saddam must be <strong>de</strong>alt with. , '<br />
"We begin with the common belief<br />
that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a<br />
threat to the peace and stability of the<br />
Middle East," said Senator Carl Levin,<br />
Democrat of Michigan, chairman of the<br />
Armed Services Committee.<br />
There is also general agreement that,<br />
if it comes to war, the United States<br />
would win.<br />
But beyond this first level of agreement<br />
lie major disputes over important<br />
questions - about alternatives to war,<br />
timing and, most of all, outcomes.<br />
Although these questions might not be<br />
answerable without a crystal ball - experts<br />
have <strong>de</strong>bated them without reaching<br />
consensus incongressional hearings,<br />
op-ed and journal articles - they frame<br />
the risks and the as- , '<br />
sumptions of the U.S.<br />
approach.<br />
Here are eight, of<br />
the most important: .<br />
1. Can Saddam<br />
be "contained"<br />
and "<strong>de</strong>terred"?<br />
During the Cold<br />
War, the United<br />
States faced an enemy armed with thousands<br />
of high-yield bombs mounted on<br />
sophisticated missiles and avoi<strong>de</strong>d a direct<br />
military confrontation.<br />
How? By "containing" the enemy -<br />
that is, trying to prevent Communist expansion<br />
,- and "<strong>de</strong>terring" attacks with<br />
threats of apocalyptic r<strong>et</strong>aliation.<br />
Some experts believe this strategy,<br />
applied aggressively, can work with<br />
Iraq. Containment and <strong>de</strong>terrence are<br />
the U.S. policy for <strong>de</strong>aling with Iran,<br />
which is wi<strong>de</strong>ly believed to be more ad-'<br />
, vanced in nuclear capability and <strong>de</strong>eply<br />
involved in supporting terrorists. '<br />
Many people - among them Presi<strong>de</strong>nt<br />
Bush - 'believe <strong>de</strong>terrence is no<br />
longer enough after Sept. II, 2001, not<br />
when weaponsmight be <strong>de</strong>livered<br />
secr<strong>et</strong>ly to fanatics willing to vaporize<br />
themselves in an ;lttack. Senator John<br />
Warner, Republican of Virginia, put it<br />
this way: "The concept of <strong>de</strong>terrence<br />
that served us well in the 20th centu,ry<br />
~ changed" Ao