The rollback fantasy

The honest foreign policy idea in Washington today is using the Iraqi oppos ition to topple Saddam Hussein. But all the current rollback plans are mili tarily ludicrous, anathema to key U.S. allies, or unacceptable to the Ameri can public. Relying on airpower would require a Desert Storm-sized air war and even then would probably flop; seizing enclaves from Saddam's grasp ask s far too much of the feeble opposition army, and none of Iraq's neighbors will host guerrillas out to oust Saddam. Rollback's advocates are indulging in either wishful thinking or cynical politics. The only real option is re newed containment to keep Iraq in its box. Delusions of grandeur about topp ling Saddam will lead only to another Bay of Pigs.