Word: deserts
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...inhabit different centuries. There are many centuries still loose in the world today, banging against one another. The war in the gulf was in part a collision of different centuries and the cultural assumptions that those centuries carry with them. Camus's beasts are still wandering around in the desert and in the sometimes fierce nationalisms reawakening in the Soviet Union. They are alive and vicious in blood feuds from Northern Ireland to Sri Lanka...
...strategy got its first real test in Operation Desert Storm, when 228,500 Guard members and reservists were called up for active duty in the biggest mobilization since the Korean War. More than 100,000 of these part-time soldiers were sent to the Persian Gulf, while the remainder filled in Stateside for the departing regular forces...
However the argument over funding is resolved, Desert Storm illuminated shortcomings, especially in the Army National Guard, that must be corrected if the weekend warriors are to play an effective role in the nation's defense. The problems fall into three overlapping categories...
Sagging Morale. The Desert Storm call-up confronted many in the Guard with an obligation they thought they would never have to fulfill: abruptly leaving their jobs and families to march off to war. Untold numbers of recent recruits had enlisted mainly for the pay and never expected to face combat. Moreover, since many Guard units are assigned to logistical and other support duties needed to transport the massive amounts of military supplies sent to the gulf back to the U.S., they were forced to remain in the war zone long after virtually all the regular troops were sent home...
...encouraged me to keep a low profile," she says, explaining how her mother fears American support for Israel and nationalist fervor. As Abu-Ghaida speaks, sipping a water at Au Bon Pain's outdoor cafe, a man approaches wearing an Operation Desert Storm t-shirt and hawking "Support the Troops" decals...