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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61786-2002Dec1.html
The Havel Test For Iraq
(Washington Post) Jackson Diehl - At the recent NATO summit in Prague, Vaclav Havel, the outgoing Czech president, said, "Evil should be combated in its germinal stages rather than in its developed form." That, he pointed out, is the first great lesson of Czech history, because the country was a victim of Western Europe's decision to appease rather than confront Adolf Hitler. Intervention, Havel concluded, is justified - provided "an envisioned action would really be an act helping people against a criminal regime and protecting humankind against its weapons." By that standard, there should be little doubt where the overthrow of Saddam Hussein would fall.