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Katz takes a rather cynical view of Desert Storm supporters: "Pro-war students at Harvard, it seems, are willing to stand firmly behind Desert Storm--so long as they do not have to leave precious Cambridge to do it...If these privileged young men and women truly believe the national interest demands that American blood be shed in the Arabian desert, they should not shy away from doing their duty to America...
...from Afghanistan, bringing home the pieces of the Warsaw Pact and supervising commando raids against civilians in restive republics. That makes them all the more dyspeptic about their principal rival's pummeling a longtime Soviet client whose northern border is only about 400 miles from the U.S.S.R. Moreover, Operation Desert Storm is decimating a military establishment made up largely of Soviet equipment -- MiGs, T-72 tanks and the suddenly famous Scuds...
...just of armies but of arms, and the big loser is already clear: France. During the Iran-Iraq war, Baghdad laid out $16 billion for Mirage jets, Exocet missiles and other French-made weapons -- close to a third of the Iraqi arsenal. But when the dust settles from Operation Desert Storm, French arms makers may find they have taken as bad a beating as Saddam's soldiers. While American jets and missiles and British aircraft have dazzled the world, Iraq's French-supplied firepower has been drubbed or simply withdrawn...
...this is the toughest trial world arms buyers have seen in years. A recent report from the French Parliament warns gingerly that in the global weapons market, "France's place risks being reduced." It already has been. Overseas orders for French military hardware have shrunk 45% since 1988. The Desert Storm debacle is unlikely to bring them back...
...PetroMizer ran out of gas. But war-related come-ons continue. A fierce dispute between New York City consumer affairs commissioner Mark Green and Florida's Home Shopping Network has broken out over a print ad that urged consumers to "support our armed forces" by purchasing "Authentic Operation Desert Shield Armed Forces Fatigue Wear." Green challenged the authenticity of the palm tree-bedecked clothing and the claim that a "portion of the proceeds" would assist American troops. HSN killed the ad and sent a check for $25,000 to Army Emergency Relief -- five days after Green's complaint...