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This is American planners' worst fear. City combat blunts the U.S. military advantages of speed and knowledge. What the Pentagon calls "urban canyons" offers hideouts for foes and civilians as well as sniper nests and underground lairs from which combatants can strike. Buildings create vast "dead spaces" for an enemy...
At the center of debate is the question of whether progressive forces can embrace the market without compromising their social priorities?or losing their political souls. The inability to resolve that conundrum has bled France's once-mighty Communist Party to near extinction. Disgruntled working-class voters have increasingly sought...
But calling for new inspections is also, as the hawks insist, potentially a trap that gives Baghdad plenty of room for maneuver. Although Iraq has consistently rejected the demand for unconditional return of the inspectors, Saddam's regime now says it's ready to work with the U.N. over the...
The experts While its snazzy look was an initial magnet, younger kids found it heavy and difficult to maneuver. --C. B.
The strongest argument in favor of the "Desert Storm II" scenario is that the U.S. can't afford the political consequences of failure, or even of a stalled offensive. Hawks say it fails to take sufficient advantage of U.S. technological advantage, and that the slow buildup of forces that would...