Word: counterattack
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There are political conundrums too: Would Saddam Hussein respond to American air raids by bombing or missile attacks on Israel, and if so, would the inevitable Israeli counterattack speed a U.S. military victory or be outweighed by the defection of Arab governments and armies so far committed to the anti-Saddam cause? "War is an unpredictable art, not a calculable science," says Admiral William Crowe, former chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a comment that in relation to a Persian Gulf war seems an understatement...
Meanwhile, Saw Maung was preparing his counterattack. After a pious prayer to the Buddha, he outlawed then abolished some Buddhist sects. Saw Maung then sent his troops into Mandalay's monasteries "to clean out unlawful organizations...
...Israel occupied the West Bank in 1967 in a counterattack against an armed assault by Jordan, which intervened in the Six-Day War despite Israeli warnings to stay out. Not even Saddam Hussein would dare to claim that Kuwait attacked Iraq. His invasion of the emirate was sheer unprovoked aggression...
...resolution authorizing the use of force, however, is something the ) U.S. is exploring, though for the moment not pushing. It would further turn up the heat on Saddam and might spur him either to withdraw from Kuwait or to launch a pre-emptive strike that would justify an allied counterattack. But dovish allies want other options pursued first. In addition, the U.S. and its allies would need ironclad assurances that China would not veto the resolution in the Security Council, and they have yet to begin seriously exploring conditions for Beijing's approval. The U.S. is counting on other...
...Most impressively, The Civil War manages to convey the horror of war in understated words. After the calamity of George Pickett's charge at the Battle of Gettysburg, General Lee asked the shaken commander to regroup his division to repulse a possible counterattack. "General Lee," Pickett replied, "I have no division now." Following one bloody battle, a Massachusetts soldier's diary was discovered with this entry: "June 3, 1864, Cold Harbor, Virginia. I was killed." With American soldiers poised to fight once again, vignettes like these strike the strongest chord...