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...classic example of the anti-war movement's new attitude toward American soldiers appeared in a column in this month's Perspective. "The American men and women fighting in the Persian Gulf and their families are heroes," the columnist wrote. "They deserve every bit of support and honor we can give them... They are there because Bush asked them to be, and we must respect the fact that they have no choice but to follow orders...
...Iran, the only neutral country in the Persian Gulf region, announced an unexpected peace initiative. President Rafsanjani said he was willing to resume direct contact with the United States...
...immediate financial cost of the war will depend on the length of the fighting and the generosity of its allies. But the expense of maintaining peace in the Persian Gulf will scarcely end once the guns fall silent. Even if Pentagon planners decide against replacing most lost equipment, the services are likely to clamor for more high-tech weapons like the Stealth fighters and Patriot antimissile systems, which have become media stars of the conflict. Moreover, the U.S. will probably need to keep a large garrison force in the region. Washington may soon have to stop dithering and decide...
Here, finally, was a Saddam surprise, an Iraqi action that U.S. contingency planners had minimized before the war began. When Iraqi troops began pumping oil into the Persian Gulf from Sea Island, an offshore loading facility near Al-Ahmadi last week, Baghdad's motives were instantly clear to Saudi Arabia and to the Kuwaiti government-in-exile. In Taif, Saudi Arabia, where the Kuwaiti administration has settled for the time being, experts plotted the prevailing currents in the gulf and concluded that in only a few days the giant spill could reach Jubail, Saudi Arabia. That is where a mammoth...
...Powell displayed a map showing only five of 66 airfields at which the U.S. spotted any activity last week. When the Iraqi planes do fly, their performance in dogfighting is miserable. Last Friday two Iraqi jets tried to stage an attack with Exocet missiles on British ships in the Persian Gulf; a Saudi pilot shot down both. In any case, the U.S. and Britain claim to have achieved practical air superiority...