Word: deserts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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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...
Campbell says that past experience in desert warfare supported the belief that a ground war must necessarily cost many American lives...
That's what National Review said a few weeks ago about Operation Desert Storm...
...signees' accusations that The Crimson's policy reflects a "pro-war bias" are simply unfair. This policy cuts across the political spectrum. We would not list the 700 signees of the Students United for Desert Storm petition on the opinion page, either. That would be a boring waste of precious space. And if there's anything an opinion page shouldn't be, it's boring...
...deaths, many of the victims dying miserably after coughing up mouthfuls of yellow fluid. Since then, chemical weapons have grown more sophisticated, but so have the techniques to combat them. Says Lieut. Colonel Glenn Tripp, a doctor at MedBase America, a medical evacuation center in the Saudi desert: "The chemical threat is overrated...