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Rather than end the shooting, the U.S.'s large military presence in the Gulf has intensified it. Before the administration decided to send a carrier battle group and assorted escort ships to the region, the tanker war between Iran and Iraq subsided. But our presence in the Persian Gulf put the spotlight on our allies--the Kuwaitis and the Saudis--and the U.S. as new targets in the war. The unnecessary intervention into the area didn't silence the guns so much as give them something...
...like an oxygen tank and was smoking in the rear," he recalled later. "I told the captain 'Look!,' but it was too late." Seconds later the missile slammed into the ship. The warhead exploded in the officers' quarters of the vessel, which two days earlier had left behind its escort of U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf and sailed into Kuwaiti waters to load up with refined-petroleum products. Eighteen crew members were injured, including the American captain and radioman...
...escort fee would cover the full $94 million the committee is required to come up with by the Budget Committee...
...Herbert H. Bateman (R-Va.) said it is simply not "the American way of doing business," and questioned what impact such a move would have on western allies helping in the escort effort...
...Unless we get out of there right away, there are going to be American servicemen killed in this action and what are we going to say, that we were selling commercial escort services?" he asked...