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...double-bluff approach has worked precisely because Europeans, along with Americans, flinch at the thought of risking a single one of their soldiers in confronting such an ugly, inscrutable and remote enemy. The allies have all sought to dodge the question and posture. Margaret Thatcher was one Briton who would probably have asked for support and perhaps...
...combat planes -- had survived Desert Storm. Two weeks ago, when Saddam dispatched 20,000 of his elite Republican Guard south to join 50,000 regular army troops on the Kuwaiti border, Pentagon officials did not share the view of many diplomats that it was all part of a bluff to pressure the U.N. to ease economic sanctions. They were surprised at how efficiently the troops could be deployed. "This just wasn't some innocent exercise," argued General John Shalikashvili, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. The Iraqis' heavy ammunitions loads and the presence of extensive supplies convinced officials that Saddam...
...country after Haiti's military junta leaves. "The multinational force is going to Haiti," Deputy Defense Secretary John Deutch vowed. At the same news conference, Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott said the use of force would be "a last resort." Confused? The renewed U.S. saber rattling prompted some bluff calling from unofficial intermediary Randall Robinson, executive director of the TransAfrica, who demanded the Administration give the junta 48 hours to get out. BTW: Robinson complained that the Clinton Administration's policy was in disarray. For evidence, he cited a TIME Daily report of July 13, in which a senior...
...word bluff, spelled bluf, has now entered the Creole language. Cedras thinks he can outbluff Clinton. He will play for time, negotiate with anyone who comes along, and point to the delay to convince his followers that the U.S. is not really coming. So far, he is succeeding. Invasion fears are fading, and many of Haiti's wealthy backers of the 1991 military coup against Aristide have begun their August vacations in the cool mountain valleys. In Washington Clinton's advisers seemed no closer to a decision, and most will be heading off for their vacations as well...
...Muslim-led Bosnian government and the Serb rebels on July 6, it came with an ultimatum: if they turned it down, they would be punished. The Bosnian government signed on without conditions. But the Serbs, who have never met a peace plan they liked, coolly called the bluff. Foreign ministers of the five would-be peacemaker states are to meet in Geneva on July 30 and try again to muster the political will to punish Serb defiance...