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Upon his return from Vail, Gravink wrote a letter to Sununu at the White House, describing the expansion he wanted. Sununu passed the letter to the EPA and the Forest Service and followed up with what one well-informed Washington official described as "a lot of bullying and bluster" that "made clear what outcome the White House wanted in this case...
That kind of bluster is wearing off, and other generals are drawing pointed lessons. Defense Minister Dmitri Yazov told the Supreme Soviet in Moscow that Iraqi air defenses "failed in most cases." Furthermore, "we have weak spots in the antiaircraft system, and we need to examine them." The success of the American F-117A Stealth fighter, of course, throws into question the effectiveness of the whole $100 billion Soviet radar- and missile-defense network...
...landed in southern Israel Saturday caused no reported injuries. His Persian Gulf oil spills have incited more world condemnation than fear, and his threats of triggering worldwide terrorism remain unrealized so far. Well before last week's withdrawal statement, the tone of Baghdad's propaganda had changed from swaggering bluster about blood and death to pleas for sympathy for Iraq as the victim of a savage bombing campaign...
...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...
...redraw the map of the world by force -- to rectify border disputes, reclaim "unredeemed" territory, seize a neighbor's natural resources. What lesson would these others draw from a failure to stop Saddam? Go ahead. The U.S. certainly will not stop you. Oh, it may shout and scream and bluster. But if it did not use force when a vital economic interest was threatened, when it had a clear moral justification and the support of a worldwide coalition, when would it? Letting Iraq's aggression stand is a recipe for a world of endless aggressions, of local...