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...weightier things, lost in a flurry of well-publicized scandal. Watching "Husbands and Wives" was alternately painful for those of us who were unable to forget how miserable he seemed going to court or defending himself publicly, or infuriating for others who saw him as a creep who had gone too far. The spectacle of his life's woes on network news took away his carte blanche to detail them in 35mm film. By turning to a style whose emphasis is on the comic, rather than emphasizing something through the comic, Allen succeeds, at times, in making us forget about...
This week: "Mission-creep" vs. "Gridlock...
Since troops are policing the streets as they had vowed not to do, some Pentagon officials concede privately that "mission creep" -- a term of deep opprobrium since Somalia -- has occurred. But General John Shalikashvili, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, does not think so. "Our mission has not changed from the beginning," he insists. "We have just changed our capabilities and adjusted our procedures slightly, consistent with the changed circumstances on the ground." Retorts Senate Republican leader Bob Dole: "This is not just mission creep; it's mission leap...
...Political and military goals never meshed. Initially presented as a purely humanitarian mission, Operation Restore Hope gradually shifted from feeding Somalis to fighting them. Unaware of the "mission creep," the public was outraged when 18 U.S. soldiers died in an October 1993 fire fight...
...lead a military mission. "The U.S. has to lead like we did before the Gulf War and let everybody else follow," says an Army officer. Flournoy agrees, adding that U.S. allies in Somalia often declined to conduct even routine operations. That forced "the U.S. to choose between U.S. mission creep and U.N. mission failure." In Haiti the U.S. military will be watching President Clinton's every move and hoping he -- and the nation's troops -- doesn't end up with such a bleak choice...