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...Reported by William Dowell/New York, Dean Fischer and Mark Thompson/Washington and Scott MacLeod/Paris
...Whether a touching display of unity or a recognition of realpolitik, Butler's action puts the crisis on a new plane. The U.N., as well as the U.S., has been snubbed. Will Clinton now launch a long-awaited air strike? Not just yet, says TIME State Department correspondent Dean Fischer. ?In the short term, the administration is going to continue going the diplomatic route. They?re not likely to mount an attack on Iraq at this stage...
...this means going back to the Security Council ? as Ambassador Bill Richardson will do Thursday afternoon ? to seek stronger action. The reason for sustaining diplomatic efforts, says Fischer, is that key Gulf War allies like France and Russia still remain opposed to military action. ?The U.S. will demonstrate to the world that it has exhausted every diplomatic possibility before using force.? Then again, there can't be many steps left on that extra mile for peace...
...Clinton administration to make enthusiastic noises about an early visit to China as soon as 1998. Of course there?s still that $44 billion trade surplus, the status of Taiwan and Richard Gere to deal with. But substantive issues aside, thus far in what TIME State Department correspondent Dean Fischer calls "the biggest challenge facing the U.S. for the foreseeable future," everything's coming up roses...
...While Clinton needs to be able to show a skeptical America that engagement with China is yielding results, Beijing isn't likely to give him much to work with, says Fischer. While Clinton would like to be able cite progress on human rights, Taiwan, Tibet, religious freedom and nuclear non-proliferation, "Jiang is not really in a position to comply with the American wish list without appearing, at home, to be caving in to Washington," says Fischer. "Besides an agreement on non-proliferation -- which is significant, of course -- I don't think Clinton is likely to get much...