Word: deserts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...post-cold war era. Even the Pentagon concedes that the Soviet Union is in such a state of internal disarray that it is unlikely to launch an offensive against the U.S. or any other NATO country. As for the rest of the world, Operation Desert Storm has just delivered an indelible lesson in the superiority of America's existing technology...
...current political climate, these arguments are not likely to carry much weight. The entire debate over the ATF has been skewed by the Air Force's impressive performance in Operation Desert Storm. Congressional Democrats who opposed the use of force against Iraq are looking not for defense projects to oppose but for defense projects they can support. The ATF in its current configuration is a lot of airplane -- probably too much airplane for the job it has to do. But the smart money in Washington says that when the votes are in, the Pentagon will get most...
...Stormin' Norman takes America by Desert Storm...
...strands of our foreign policies knotted together. Self-interest rose to the defense of our oil supply. Saddam's treatment of Kuwait and his casual lobbing of Scuds into Israel stirred Bush to outrage. Our diplomats had rounded up a sheaf of United Nations resolutions to give Operation Desert Storm a firm foundation of paper...
...liberation of Kuwait sent a powerful message: here at last was a leader who was blunt, not glib; passionate, not packaged, with the carriage of a man of courage and principle. Even then, it was hard to imagine that he would willingly trade the high challenges of the Saudi desert for the sandbox that is American politics...