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...skilled in guerrilla warfare. The weapons they would use against an intervening force are small, portable and abundant. Western analysts point out that the fathers and grandfathers of today's fighters tied down 30 Axis divisions for four years during World War II. The generals would prefer another Desert Storm: an obvious enemy, a clear military objective, wide-open terrain suited to air attacks and fast armor sweeps, an overwhelming preponderance of force. What they see in Bosnia is Vietnam, Lebanon, a quagmire of murky goals and slogging infantry combat, where air power cannot be decisive and enemies, allies...
...crisis over Bosnia. Eight years ago, Sarajevo attained the Olympus of international favor, playing host to the snowy elite from the rest of the world. Today bobsledding down a slippery slope is exactly what Western leaders fear most about intervening in the former Yugoslav republic. Even short of a Desert Storm-scale operation, how can the deployment of multinational firepower be justified here and now when other peoples are also in mortal peril -- starving Somalis, say, or junta-persecuted Burmese? And if intrusion is justified, what force could conceivably sort out a vicious blood feud among hill folk who have...
...same characteristic that dominates every military operation: the ground. In Desert Storm there was a relatively sophisticated infrastructure on which to develop your force. There were tremendous areas of land on which to put it together and to train and sort out problems -- and that took four months. Where are you going to do that in Bosnia...
...declared the U.S. to be the world's only superpower and outlined his concept of a new world order under its aegis. The essence of that order was to be the rule of law and collective action to preserve international security and roll back aggressors, as in Operation Desert Storm...
Most Saddam watchers believe that he does not want to risk a suicidal death grip with Bush. Saddam's leadership since Desert Storm has been a case study in guile, ruthlessness and careful timing. The clash over the Agriculture Ministry is the fifth time the allies have had to cock their guns to ensure compliance with U.N. sanctions; each time in the past Saddam backed down. "He is trying to nickel-and-dime us until he can erode the sanctions and regain his sovereignty," says Phebe Marr of the National Defense University in Washington...