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...that was not exactly the most warlike battle cry ever issued, it was typical of a week of confusing and contradictory signals on whether the U.S. is preparing to launch an armed attack to oust Iraqi forces from Kuwait. After Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recommended that 100,000 U.S. troops be added to the 210,000 already deployed along the Persian Gulf, there were widespread rumors and speculation that the offensive would start soon after this week's congressional elections -- or before Christmas, or early in the new year...
...that a war to oust Saddam Hussein from Kuwait, to invade, contain and ultimately neutralize Iraq as a military threat, would take 1 million American troops. To anyone familiar with the war planners' imperative to be ready for any contingency, the figure is not startling. The White House has been told of the Pentagon's estimates; the figures reflect the fear generated by the U.S. failure in Vietnam that without massive battlefield superiority at specified points, the U.S. could easily get bogged down in the Persian Gulf...
Some students said they supported Silber's candidacy as a way to oust him from his B.U. position...
Late last night, the Associated Press reported that based on early returns, Clapprood had garnered 53 percent of the vote in the statewide primary. That was more than enough to oust her two opponents--state Rep. William B. Golden (D-Weymouth), who garnered 29 percent, and state Sen. Nicholas A. Paleologos (D-Woburn), who won 18 percent...
...called pragmatists around Bush convinced him that a U.S. drive to oust Saddam and weaken his military might bring a host of nasty repercussions, including seething Arab resentment against the U.S. "imperialists" and their ruling Arab cohorts, a radical Shi'ite takeover of Iraq and the weakening of Iraq as a military counter to Iran and Syria. The pragmatists added a kicker -- probably wishful: just forcing Saddam out of Kuwait would humiliate him so badly that it might lead to his overthrow. Said Bush last week: "It wouldn't disappoint me if the Iraqis got up and said, 'Look, this...