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...tormentor himself. There was Saddam, who once said he would run a sword through the rebellious Talabani before permitting him to return to Iraq, pressing his lips against the cheek of the Kurdish representative. It was enough to make even the most cynical Middle East watcher blink hard and move closer...
Many of the speakers also called further negotiations futile. "Debate will not do what two weeks of bombing has not been able to do," said Karl W. Lampley '93. "The only way to make Saddam Hussein blink is to put out his eyes...
...like George Bush and [Iraqi President] Saddam Hussein are calling each others' bluff, and I don't know who's going to blink first before this crisis," Dajani said. But she added that international pressure and increased sanctions, without resort to armed conflict, could probably have convinced Hussein to pull out of Iraq...
Bush's bluster and bellicose rhetoric could indeed cause Saddam to blink--but don't bet on it. Saddam has staked his career and his life on this confrontation. Giving in to Bush's demands would likely mean discredit and deposition for a dictator of his stripe. If Saddam called our bluff, Bush would be left with two choices: to suffer the humiliation of backing down or, more likely, to go to war in the desert...
...hips." Then, literally and metaphorically, he abandoned the playing field. He later said he would wait for Congress to clear up the confusion he had helped engender. / Bush's vacillation confounded his allies and delighted his opponents. Newspapers across the country bannered headlines studded with words like WAFFLE, RETREAT, BLINK and ZIG-ZAG. Bush's approval rating, which stood in the mid-70s only a month ago, plummeted 10 to 15 points. It was, said a senior Administration official, "the worst week of his presidency." The outpouring of criticism reflected long-held doubts about Bush's approach to domestic affairs...