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...thing, moral persuasion is not very foolproof. It might result instead in a situation where lip service is paid to minority hiring (putting a token black candidate on a list of candidates, for example). To go after a college, any college, you’ve got to aim right for the pocketbook...
...diplomatic and economic pressure. It has concealed weapons production facilities and traded nuclear technology with Pakistan while remaining one of the world’s worst missile proliferators, suspected of selling to Iraq, Iran and Syria. North Korea fired a test missile over Japan in 1998 with an obvious aim to intimidate, and were it not for the 37,000 US troops stationed in South Korea, they might have even shown less restraint...
...resolution authorizing force. Now comes the how. If war erupts, the work of the weaponsmakers in both countries may be more central to the outcome than in any previous conflict. In a battle between the two armed forces, the U.S. is plainly equipped to prevail. But to achieve its aim of pacifying Iraq once the fighting is done, America must triumph over Baghdad without thrashing the country--which is why hitting the right targets and little else is so important. For Iraq, given the depleted state of its military, the odds can be shifted in its favor only...
...would be a lot more of them raining down on Iraqi targets. In 1991's Desert Storm, precision-guided munitions accounted for 7% of the bombs used. That share jumped to 30% in 1999's Kosovo conflict and to 60% in Afghanistan last year. Pentagon officials say they would aim for 100% in the opening days of any war with Iraq...
What would U.S. forces program the JDAMs to hit in Iraq? Aside from the normal targets--suspected weapons facilities that could be safely hit from the air, air-defense installations and command-and-control centers--a new air war would take aim at Saddam's palaces and other manifestations of his power, such as television transmission stations. Saddam and his most loyal troops in Baghdad and his hometown of Tikrit would be key targets. "The U.S. is going to be applying some pretty awesome military technology," says Steven Simon, assistant director of London's International Institute of Strategic Studies...