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While the U.S., European and Arab forces arrayed in the gulf are not yet strong enough to mount an overpowering offensive against the 430,000 Iraqi troops in and around Kuwait, Bush clearly counts military force as one of those options. He has pledged to liberate Kuwait and restore its government, which means that if necessary Operation Desert Shield can become Desert Sword. The buildup and the war that may ensue have cast the spotlight on two men who may be the most important policymakers in the Bush Administration: Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and General Colin Powell, Chairman...
...contingency plans call for heavy use of air power against Iraqi targets. At some point, however, ground forces would surely be needed to drive Saddam's army out of Kuwait. The U.S. would mount this attack as a lightning strike at night -- a style of warfare the Arab allies are not equipped or trained for. In that moment, American planners in Washington say, they hope the Islamic units can move aside and leave the way clear for a U.S. dash forward...
...John Silber has contended. For Silber, who has been labeled in these pages the "Mount Vesuvius of Massachusetts politics," the press's venomous influence has been his dogma since the day he announced his candidacy. It remained so until--and even past--the bitter end: Last Wednesday, the disillusioned Silber told the Boston Globe that the press deserved an "F" for their coverage of his campaign...
...Shamir is not the only obstacle to compromise. The gulf crisis has reduced the conflict between Arabs and Jews to its basest level of hatred and anger. Even before the Temple Mount tragedy, moderates on both sides were running for cover as the region's turmoil radicalized the Palestinians and hardened Israeli attitudes. Frustrated by their inability to budge Israel after three years of revolt, many Palestinians have embraced Saddam's militancy on the mistaken theory that they have nothing to lose. In turn, a growing number of Israelis have concluded that Palestinian treachery somehow excuses Israel's occupation...
...Temple Mount riot stripped the conflict to its molten core and convinced many Arabs and Israelis that there is nothing left to talk about. The clandestine leadership of the intifadeh has called for the "liquidation" of Jewish soldiers and settlers, while hard-line Israelis have demanded harsher countermeasures against Palestinians. When a West Bank Arab took revenge by stabbing three Israelis to death in a quiet Jerusalem neighborhood last week, a senior Palestine Liberation Organization official heralded the new "war of daggers." An angry Israeli mob responded with assaults on Palestinians and even Israeli leftists...