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...lucky if it could destroy some of Iraq's lethal weaponry while keeping the international coalition signed on to continued sanctions. But Saddam and all the problems Iraq raises would still be with us. "We face a new cold war in the gulf," says Middle East expert Anthony Cordesman. The U.S. can't end its confrontation with Saddam by force, nor can it withdraw, nor can it ignore the threat. As long as he endures, the U.S. is in the gulf to stay...
Others argue that experimentation could be in order. "For two years," says Anthony Cordesman, professor of national-security studies at Georgetown University, "Bush fixated on ousting Saddam, without defining U.S. goals in case he didn't." If compliance with the U.N. resolutions could earn Iraq some easing of the sanctions, even with Saddam still in power, he should be told...
...Anthony Cordesman. Professor of national-security studies at Georgetown University...
...News Tonight), the only established late-night analysis program (Nightline) and the deepest bench of star correspondents. During the war, that army of talent simply outgunned its rivals. The network boasted the most coolly authoritative anchor (Peter Jennings), the sharpest interviewer (Ted Koppel) and the best military analysts (Tony Cordesman, General Bernard Trainor). For lucid wrap- ups of the day's events, ABC was the place to turn -- and judging from its wide lead in evening-news ratings during the most heavily watched weeks, the place most people did turn. When ABC ran a late-night rebroadcast of General Norman...
What helped make the changes possible was the advent of the all-volunteer military, which lured educated and motivated young men and women with promises of good pay, first-class training and career advancement. As a consequence, says Anthony Cordesman, professor of national-security studies at Georgetown University (and now something of a minor celebrity as a result of his sophisticated military analysis on ABC television), the Pentagon can boast of "an unprecedented level of professionalism that in every way is superior to the old conscript." This, says Cordesman, has bred "a new civil-military relationship" that permitted Schwarzkopf...