Word: deters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...need 34,000 soldiers to provide the enclaves with real security. The council balked and mandated only 7,600. In fact, not even that many were ever assigned to the safe areas. So the resolution approved a month later did not mention their "defense" but called on unprofor "to deter attacks" on them. "They were indefensible from the start," says a U.N. official in Zagreb...
...safe-areas policy has been a gamble from the beginning," agrees a U.N. official in New York City. "The international community thought a lightly armed presence would be enough to deter attacks." The deterrence lasted only as long as the Serbs allowed themselves to be deterred. Why they changed their minds and decided to move against the eastern enclaves is another matter the Western governments are trying to figure out. Many military officers, including some on the U.N. staff and at nato, believe the Serbs are acting to pre-empt the new 10,000-troop Rapid Reaction Force the French...
...Bill Zeliff (R-N.H.) demanded that former Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen explain why he apparently did nothing to deter federal agents under his jurisdiction from using tear gas at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, even after his deputy, Roger Altman, had warned of "the risks of a tragedy" in a memo. "Isn't this an alarm crying out for some responsible action?" Zeliff asked. "Didn'tRoger Altmansound the alarm?" Bentsen responded: "The responsibility at that point was the Justice Department and the FBI. That was their jurisdiction. I had other responsibilities to attend to. I thought...
...lead to clashes with the Serbs, the French government seemed to be ready to accept a firefight as a legitimate exercise in self-defense. Without going on the offensive, the French seemed willing to push a bit to carry out the mission. But if the reinforcements do not soon deter the Serbs from attacking, and no sign of a political solution appears, the French are prepared to end the effort. "There is no formal deadline," says a government official in Paris, "but if everything is blocked and there is no prospect of a resolution in, say, two months, we would...
There was a time when capital punishment was a legitimate issue in national politics. The debate could be found in the mainstream media, in political journals, and in academic discourse: Did the death penalty deter? Was it applied fairly or in a racially-biased manner? Was execution just punishment, or was it barbaric...