Word: deserts
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According to another grumble, Bush is betraying his earlier commitment to multilateralism and the new world order. That too is a bum rap. The international alliance, which Bush has been praised for assembling, could have taken shape only behind Desert Shield. The coalition against Saddam will evaporate the moment its members become convinced that Bush is not serious about going to war if necessary. When he sent more troops to the gulf, he was saying, simply, I'm prepared to go to war if necessary...
...trendy department-store chain is offering a $60 package called "Operation Desert Shield from Home." The goody bag includes a sweatshirt carrying a quotation from General George S. Patton, a Bloomies minibear, six magnetic travel games and 150 pieces of Bazooka bubble...
...Riyadh, Prince Salman Bin Abdel-Aziz, assembled a commission that rapidly decided that the women hadn't actually committed a crime. The committee found there was no specific prohibition in the Koran on driving. In fact, during the time of the Prophet, women regularly led camels across the desert. Even now, Bedouin women have regularly been permitted to drive cars and trucks in isolated parts of the kingdom. The committee nevertheless gently advised against repeating the experiment...
...restoration of the security and stability of the Persian Gulf. The confusion lies in how and when these objectives might be reached and at what cost. No wonder many Americans echo the question posed to Secretary of State James Baker last week by a lonely G.I. in the Saudi desert: "Mr. Secretary, why are we here...
...Saddam may read the need for the U.S. to hold off for a while in order to bring the allies along as a sign of weakness. The G.I.s in Saudi Arabia would rather fight now, get it over with and go home than continue to wait in an inhospitable desert. If discontent with Bush's policy ever becomes rife inside the U.S., it could begin with these troops and spread to civilians impatient with the game of feints and threats...