Word: embargoing
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...hard not to suspect that the help had their hands in the humidor too.) Not that Bibi hadn't sacrificed enough already: During his opposition days, he smoked 'em Cuban; once elected, he had to switch to a Dominican brand to stay on the right side of the U.S. embargo...
Saddam Hussein looms over the square; an overly realistic statue gives him a sizable paunch. Yet where once Iraqis indicated at least in subtle ways how they despised him, the years of the embargo have turned almost all their ire against the enemy outside. If Saddam doesn't give them food, at least he stands up for Iraq's national dignity, stoking their patriotism and resentment. "Why do Americans only want war?" asks one of the funeral mourners. "We have nothing left. We cannot hurt you. But you still want to kill us." She turns away, then adds defiantly...
...does he do it? He begins by refusing to allow the inspectors into his far-flung compounds and intelligence-service headquarters. Saddam is trying to persuade the Security Council that the inspections as well as the embargo must come to an end. Failing that, he can endure and survive an American bombardment, emerging to greet a world newly sympathetic to Iraqi suffering and outraged by American bullying. His defiance brings him admiration; his resistance rallies his people to his side. The U.N. inspectors will be gone, and the embargo will be shakier than ever. He probably figures that even...
...issue of whether to remove the embargo with Cuba by the year 2000, Kristol did not take a definitive stance...
...American embargo of Cuba is passe. The U.S. should be sending volunteers to work with the Cubans and help them lead normal lives. One may agree or not with the Pope's religious doctrine, but as a world leader John Paul II should no more be compared to Castro than Churchill should be compared to Mussolini. RALPH E. WALTER Munich...