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Proponents of the "wait and see" policy believe that the economic sanctions imposed on Iraq will eventually prove effective in forcing Saddam to capitulate. We doubt, however, that the costs of sanctions, as high as they are, will ever exceed the costs in Saddam's mind of withdrawing from Kuwait...
Eager to avoid criticism, Matsushita offered to sell the park-concession company to a U.S. firm within a year. But that pledge was not enough to satisfy Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan Jr., whose department includes the Park Service. Lujan threatened to cancel the Yosemite company's contract, which still has...
Ministries that once occupied whole buildings in Kuwait function out of single rooms. One can find the Finance Ministry, for example, in Room 311. Surrounded by six chairs, two card tables in the middle of the room offer all the flat work space available. Several phones and a single fax...
While no one is about to argue that Saddam's concession absolves his hostage taking in the first place -- his apology last week for behavior that "may not have been correct" notwithstanding -- it does demonstrate that he responds to pressure. That somewhat undercuts the belief that nothing short of war...
But what exactly will the U.S. and Iraq talk about? Everything and nothing, it seems. During his midday press conference last Friday, Bush said Baker would be prepared "to discuss all aspects of the gulf crisis," words that appeared to telegraph the possibility of a face-saving compromise. But there...