Word: persian
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Neoisolationist voices in Congress argue that forces should be deployed only when our security is directly at stake. While such threats may include an attack on Persian Gulf oil resources, they have little tolerance for humanitarian concerns or international...
...Persian Gulf war helped Bush's credibility, but when that euphoria faded, the 1992 election left the way open for President Clinton's claim that he was a "new Democrat," D'Amato said...
...ironic that Powell owes his fame to the arguably successful outcome of the Persian Gulf War. As The New York Times Magazine pointed out in a piece earlier this summer, Powell was reluctant to commit U.S. forces to the war. He only offered military options to Defense Secretary Dick Cheney after they were demanded...
...seen "no evidence of any civilian casualties" after a personal review of over 100 targets struck by Allied fire since the raids began on Aug 30. Perry said the accuracy of the airstrikes in Bosnia was so good it surpassed even the performance of Allied bombers in the Persian Gulf War. "Of course Serb television is always reporting that civilians are being killed," Alexandra Stiglmayer reports from Sarajevo. "But they never give any numbers of how many were hurt. Probably a few have been hurt when their cars have been close to where a bomb fell. But if a number...
...lies haven't worked, Saddam has revealed information, but only those facts that he knew U.N. inspectors would eventually discover on their own. Pentagon officials have come to call the ploy "cheat and retreat." Last week, in a major retreat, Baghdad confessed that it could have made the 1991 Persian Gulf War far more horrific than had been imagined...