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Sanctions mandated by the Security Council would be compulsory for all members. That would make it easier for Japan and some European countries heavily dependent on Middle Eastern oil to take a stand against Iraq. Articles 41 and 42 of the U.N. Charter allow the imposition of a total embargo against an offending state and "action by air, sea or land forces" to restore peace and security...
...entire embargo plan would come apart if the Saudis did not give it full support. Shutting down the pipeline would be only the first step for Riyadh. An effective halt to Saddam's oil exports would eliminate 10% of the free world's supply from the market. Saudi Arabia would be expected to increase its output to help make up the shortfall and keep prices from soaring. That would be another red flag to Saddam. In short, if an embargo is to work, the U.S. must provide credible guarantees of military protection to Saudi Arabia. Already there were proposals...
Fully loaded supertankers are anchored offshore awaiting space to unload their cargo. Even if Iraq's daily production of 3.1 million bbl. or Kuwait's 1.9 million bbl. were cut off, either by military action or by a U.S.-led embargo, a serious shortage would take time to develop. Countries like Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, which are producing below their capacity, could quickly fill...
...children of convicted drug users to be taken from their parents and turned into wards of the state. Meanwhile, the fundamental aspects of America's drug problem are ignored. Rather than allowing President Bush to pour billions of dollars down the bureaucratic rathole of seizure and drug embargo, perhaps the public, a majority of whom believe the War on Drugs cannot be won, should look more askance at the War's leaders. And they should begin to understand that habitual drug users, rather than vicious fiends deserving punishment, are people who desperately need our help...
While a repeat of the Arab oil embargo of 1973 seems a distant prospect, Saddam's sudden pre-eminence within OPEC does make it conceivable. The Iraqi despot has made clear that he believes oil should be used as a weapon in the Arab fight against Israel and its supporters, notably the U.S. If Saddam were gradually able to absorb Kuwait -- and Baghdad has long claimed, without any historical basis, that the country should rightfully be part of Iraq -- he would command an additional 10.3% of the world's proven oil reserves, making his country the unrivaled...