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...tens of thousands of American troops employed in the Saudi desert and on ships in the Persian Gulf waited anxiously for more details...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Iraq Agrees to Withdraw from Kuwait; Bush Skeptical, Says Offer Is a 'Hoax' | 2/15/1991 | See Source »

...seriousness of war is belittled by the flag-waving and chants and most particularly by the persistent commodification of the battle. Shop windows display "Operation Desert Storm" shirts, badges and buttons. The hot new fashion statement includes American flag earnings and pins with little yellow ribbons tied around their poles...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: War Is No Cause to Celebrate | 2/13/1991 | See Source »

Recently, some stores have begun to market Operation Desert Storm condoms...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: War Is No Cause to Celebrate | 2/13/1991 | See Source »

That sign was recently displayed at a Students United for Desert Storm (SUDS) rally on the same grass where once walked Ralph Waldo Emerson, author of the immortal words "Whosoever would be a man must be a nonconformist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Love It, Don't Leave It | 2/12/1991 | See Source »

There was a moment in the great ovation to U.S. desert forces when the cameras in the House chamber caught the face of Senator Ted Kennedy, as enraptured as everyone else by the applause that would not cease. But in the din came a tiny echo from more than two years ago at the Democratic Convention, when Kennedy fevered his audience with his litany of Bush's ditherings, following each charge with the taunt "Where was George...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: George Was There | 2/11/1991 | See Source »

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