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...years ago, a train strike derailed Marilyn Manassee's plans to tour the Spanish countryside. Then, this winter, just when she was ready to try again, the Persian Gulf war came along, and she delayed putting her money down. "It was not fear of terrorism as much as uneasiness," says the retired music teacher from Denver. "It was the idea of spending this much money and having to look over my shoulder to see if it was safe." With the war over, Manassee is finally set to take her long-postponed trip. "I have been dreaming about this," she says...
Clearly, we Americans have forgotten that fundamental lesson: Our victory in the Persian Gulf came only at great human cost to the Iraqis. I do rejoice at the punishment of aggression; I am relieved that my friends who are members of our armed forces are safe. However, I am disgusted at the disregard for Iraqi life by American policymakers, military strategists and news media. Most of all, I am shocked at the way most Americans are ignoring the carnage in Iraq. The dead Iraqi soldiers, civilian men, women and children must be mourned. We must take responsibility for their deaths...
...What made the Persian Gulf War a military success was not the brilliance of the strategy, but the personal skills and character of the people who implemented it," Gelb said...
When the United States government placed restrictions on press coverage from the Persian Gulf they had a very practical reason for doing so. That policy, however misguided, was explained to the public in careful detail. The reasons for Harvard's secrecy were never explained and were, I suspect, more psychological than practical. Granted, it might be unreasonable to subject the three final candidates to public scrutiny. But why not release a long list to the press? (After all, there's no shame in being considered, along with 50 others, for the Harvard presidency.) Why not at least tell the community...
...Turk and Persian and Arab...