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Since Bush also cherishes his popularity at home, he pays close attention to the polls. A TIME/CNN survey last month found 59% support for the proposition that the U.S. should wait for sanctions to work rather than launch a pre- emptive attack. The White House is picking up the same message in its own soundings of public opinion...
...resolution authorizing the use of force, however, is something the ) U.S. is exploring, though for the moment not pushing. It would further turn up the heat on Saddam and might spur him either to withdraw from Kuwait or to launch a pre-emptive strike that would justify an allied counterattack. But dovish allies want other options pursued first. In addition, the U.S. and its allies would need ironclad assurances that China would not veto the resolution in the Security Council, and they have yet to begin seriously exploring conditions for Beijing's approval. The U.S. is counting on other...
Israel is also relying on its ability to detect, with the help of U.S. satellites, any Iraqi preparations for a missile launch. Once Baghdad begins placing its missiles on launchers, Israel and the U.S. expect to have five or six hours to coordinate a response before the missiles can be fired. To keep Israel out of the fray, Washington may volunteer to take out the missiles, but Shamir will require some convincing. Says Defense Minister Moshe Arens: "Nobody will do the job for us. We can do it, and we should...
...option." Come mid-November, when the allied military buildup in the gulf will be complete, the Administration will assess whether the economic sanctions are pushing Iraq toward capitulation. Judging from Baghdad's behavior last week, the answer may be no. For the first time, the bellicose ; state threatened to launch a first strike against Saudi Arabia and Israel should the sanctions begin to "strangle" Iraqis...
...first time, Iraq threatens to launch a first strike. Should Bush exploit a legal loophole to order a hit on Saddam? From shopkeeper to minister, Iraqis believe battle is unavoidable. Perhaps that is why so few seem truly enthusiastic about their leader. Israel steps up its defenses...