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Before they launched their ground attack, allied commanders were concerned that Iraqi artillery might inundate their troops with poison gas and nerve agents. In fact, not a single chemical weapon was fired, even though U.S. Marines found stocks of poison-gas shells in frontline positions. General Schwarzkopf said he did...
If Saddam had intended the raid to lure allied forces into a ground war before they were ready, he failed. Not only did troops from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the U.S. repel the invaders, but Saddam's ploy actually contributed to the success of the allied ground offensive. The battle...
This false everywhere-nowhere dichotomy is the moral pillar of American isolationism. Wherever the American banner has been raised in the past decade -- Grenada, Panama, Nicaragua and now the Persian Gulf -- isolationists have demanded to know, How can we in good conscience oppose bad guys there and not land Marines...
The other service branches have also been drained. Ninety thousand Marines -- nearly half the corps's manpower -- are in the gulf. The Air Force has sent in more than 1,400 tactical aircraft, about a fourth of its inventory, as well as nearly all of its B-52Gs. Of the...
The timing seemed almost as significant as the wording. The offer, broadcast by Baghdad Radio last Friday, came just as allied correspondents in the Saudi desert were making book on how soon the long-awaited U.S.-led ground offensive would begin. Most were guessing a day or two; a week...