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...Rourke's evolution has taken him from juvenile lampoonery and sophomoric one-liners to a bitterly funny, and fairly astute, analysis of the Federal Government. Though a draft dodger during Vietnam, he saw firsthand the flaws of the 1960s ethic when the self-styled Balto-Cong raided his underground newspaper in Baltimore and claimed the paper was not radical enough. That, coupled with the fact that a huge chunk of his first paycheck went to the government, began to steer him away from liberalism. "A little government and a little luck are necessary in life but only a fool trusts...
...fend off sniper fire from an unexpected front: defense intelligence analysts based in Washington. Both the CIA and the Defense Intelligence Agency thought Schwarzkopf's bomb-damage assessments in the final stage of the air campaign were inflated as much as 50%. Though Schwarzkopf based his information on firsthand pilot reports as well as satellite photos, the Beltway desk jockeys were convinced that Iraqi tanks, armored personnel carriers and artillery were in far better shape than field commanders claimed and could inflict great damage in ground combat. Bush Administration officials were so irritated by the continuing bureaucratic controversy that they...
...dearth of uncensored, firsthand information about the war is forcing the press -- especially television -- to focus on the few parts of the story reporters can witness. The TV networks have continued (though with less frequency) to break in with live shots of reporters under Scud missile attack in Israel and Saudi Arabia. Some correspondents learned the hard way the pitfalls of that approach. For many viewers, the week's most memorable moment came not when General Powell unveiled his diagrams of damaged Iraqi targets but when CNN's Charles Jaco scrambled for his gas mask on the air in Saudi...
Such confidence, widely shared by rank-and-file soldiers, contradicts the more cautious assessments of some senior commanders. They maintain that it will be mid-February before their troops are fully prepared for combat. But a firsthand inspection of the frontline forces suggests that Myatt's optimism is justified. The U.S. and allied soldiers already in place seem capable of delivering an overwhelming blow against the Iraqis. Even worse from Saddam's viewpoint, the alliance is growing stronger with each passing day. By K-day, 430,000 U.S. and 245,000 allied soldiers will square off against 605,000 Iraqi...
...World Report for promoting the views of a nuclear-industry coalition. Redesigned to enhance its appeal to general readers, the 28-page journal, which sells for $1.95, still resembles a house organ more than a slick consumer magazine. It is packed with reporting on the politics of nuclear testing, firsthand accounts of Greenpeace nautical confrontations with the Soviets and surprisingly attractive graphics. But it suffers from an overreliance on unnamed and Greenpeace-connect ed sources for its allegations and opinions...