Ben is a nice, quirky fellow... but
Click here: Ben Stein: Iraq Better Off With Saddam
Ben Stein is a fine fellow, with a law degree and wide-ranging knowledge --- if somewhat quirky.
He was the son of Herb Stein, a prince of a man and former Chairman of the Council of Economic Adivisors, an AEI colleague of mine who once said, "sharing a secretary with Wattenberg, is like sharing a canoe with an elephant."
I think he is wrong about Saddam --- a murderous thug, intent on building WMDs, including nukes (on tape to subordinates) and who used poison gas (a WMD) on his own people.
Ben
Ben Stein is a fine fellow, with a law degree and wide-ranging knowledge --- if somewhat quirky.
He was the son of Herb Stein, a prince of a man and former Chairman of the Council of Economic Adivisors, an AEI colleague of mine who once said, "sharing a secretary with Wattenberg, is like sharing a canoe with an elephant."
I think he is wrong about Saddam --- a murderous thug, intent on building WMDs, including nukes (on tape to subordinates) and who used poison gas (a WMD) on his own people.
Ben
posted by Ben Wattenberg at 9:17 AM
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Even if what he says is true, and I disagree -- Saddam was a threat to his people and the entire region -- we can't leave now, because it will be worse than before, a failed state ripe for use as a base of operations for terrorists. We need to take a colonial attitude and settle in for the long run, but that also means using local resources to cover the cost of our occupation.
By the way, I believe Ben's dad's name was Herb Stein.
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