Word: gelb
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...Gelb also voiced concerns that the Bush administration's post-war policy was not very well-formulated...
...Gelb said that the U.S. strategy, which included the coalition of Arab and other states, depended on much luck as well as the stupidity of Saddam Hussein...
...What made the Persian Gulf War a military success was not the brilliance of the strategy, but the personal skills and character of the people who implemented it," Gelb said...
...Gelb added that in the process of nurturing Hussein, the administration refused to keep his military buildup in check...
...Gelb said, however, that he did support Bush's decision to use military power in addition to economic sanctions against Iraq in January. Sanctions alone would have significantly delayed Iraq's withdrawal from Kuwait and possibly broken the allied coalition, he said...