Would Attacking Iraq Increase or Decrease U.S. Security?
HILL BRIEFINGFriday, September 20, 2002
12:30 p.m.
Featuring Ivan Eland, Cato Institute; and Charles Peña, Cato Institute.
B-338 Rayburn House Office Building
Ivan Eland and Charles Peña powerpoint presentation. (PPT, 85 Kb)
Read the event transcript (PDF, 28 pp, 53 kb)
On the surface, a U.S. military invasion of Iraq would appear to be unrelated to homeland security. But Iraq possesses chemical and biological weapons. If the rag-tag al Qaeda terrorist group could infiltrate the United States, so might highly trained Iraqi agents. If the United States invades Iraq to take out Saddam Hussein’s regime, the dictator would have no incentive to refrain from using those weapons against the American public. Cato scholars will discuss whether an invasion of Iraq increases or decreases U.S. security, including implications for the U.S. homeland.