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This optimistic scenario assumes the war is quick and relatively painless. A more plausible scenario is that war will be so costly to the United States and its allies that politicians will be promising never to involve their countries in such entanglements in the future. That equals no deterrent for future aggression and a failure of the post-Cold War world order...
...people should realize that it won't be easy. We need to avoid cultivating the fallacy that what a citizen should do is painless. Such notions only make the already daunting task of saving the Earth that much more difficult...
...Someone even figured out that by removing all those little armrest ashtrays -- since passengers can no longer smoke on domestic trips -- Continental can reduce aircraft weight by 50 lbs. a flight. While that is a minuscule portion of a 737's unloaded weight (70,000 lbs.), it is a painless saving. In all, Continental estimates that the measures will save it tens of thousands of dollars...
This much is clear: the battle for my scalp has begun. It won't be quick, easy or painless. But in the end I will win. Thick, wavy curls of brown hair will once again cascade over my youthful scalp...
...tempt Bush to break the stalemate by trying for a quick military victory. If Saddam's seizure of U.S. diplomats last week is any guide, Iraq is capable of an action so provocative that the U.S. would be forced to retaliate. But war is never as quick, clean or painless as the planners say. Patience and determination might still avert the increasingly inevitable tragedy. Those qualities are in alarmingly short supply...