68^th in continuing blog series on the Bush administration push to war with Iraq. At the beginning of March 2003, the bombing and invasion of Iraq will commence in seventeen days. Fasten your seatbelts; it’s going to be a bumpy ride: A barrage of statements for public consumption by the White House intensifies the only-too-easy propaganda attack on Saddam Hussein. Behind the scenes, preparations for invasion are more than completed, obviating the public claims that Saddam can and must ‘disarm’. The nearly hysterical public relations campaign includes in its wake measures taken by the White House and the ...   more »