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...worldwide embargo against Iraq working? Depends partly on what is meant by working, an ill-defined concept. But if State Department spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler is correct in stating that "the aim of these sanctions is to change the behavior of the government of Iraq," the answer is no. The embargo is causing hardship all right, but the deprivation is probably not severe enough to force Iraq to pull out of Kuwait, at least not within any time frame that the Bush Administration could accept...
...applauded Shamir for unintentionally underscoring Israel's pre-1967 borders. Says Peace Now activist Tzaly Reshef: "It's a first and positive step toward building separate entities." The policy was also welcomed by Palestinian strike enforcers, who have beaten and executed Arabs in an unsuccessful effort to impose an embargo on Israel...
...says the antiwar faction, Saddam can be turned back without war, by persistence in the embargo. If only that were true! All too probably, those who make this argument are deluding themselves. Far more likely, if Iraq is still occupying Kuwait next Aug. 2, a year after the invasion, much of the world will conclude that Saddam has won. The embargo will begin leaking badly; nation after nation will start casting around for a diplomatic solution; Washington itself will be under growing pressure to bring G.I.s home from Saudi Arabia where they will have been "sitting around in the sand...
...Washington also seems genuinely undecided on some points, notably when and on what evidence it might conclude that the embargo has failed and war should be the next step. Some experts insist that the sanctions are working; others contend it will take months to a year or more before their effect is felt. Who really knows? And are they saying what they know...
Companies and consumers struggle to reduce their debts and brace themselves for a slump. The Iraq embargo is hitting Western firms too. A peacock revolution in men's suits...