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UK foreign secretary Jack Straw said before the war that what he wanted was for Saddam Hussein to make a TV broadcast admitting that he had lied about having weapons of mass destruction, and saying that he had now decided not to produce or retain such weapons. It's a strange world when the Great Powers are expected make pathetic attempts to assert their will by cajoling their enemies into making confessional statements on TV: Like an alcoholic. Perhaps the Iraqi leader should also have set up an Owners of Weapons of Mass Destruction Anonymous, to complete his repentance

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