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...edge of recession. He snarled that Congress had "turned its back on our police officers." Later he boasted that Republicans had "held the line against reckless cuts of our armed forces" sought by Democrats, adding that "we owe that much to our men and women in the Persian Gulf...
Thus, after vowing to "crisscross the country" savaging Democrats, Bush ended the week saying he wanted to "finish on a positive note." He began to talk extensively -- and belligerently -- about the Persian Gulf. But that shift hardly mollified the Democrats; citing the campaign-trail venues for the President's tough talk on the gulf, they accused him of using the crisis for Republican advantage. Bush indignantly denied the charge. Yet two polls released late last week suggested the new approach might be paying off: Bush's approval ratings appear to be leveling...
Even more muscle is on the way. An additional 100,000 U.S. soldiers have been earmarked for the Persian Gulf. Military commanders in Saudi Arabia say no limit has been placed on the number of troops that might be sent. George Bush says, "We must keep all our options open...
...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...
While most people are still worrying about the consequences of a war in the Persian Gulf, a few are looking ahead to the division of spoils of a vanquished Iraq. Last month officials representing the U.S., Turkey and the Kurdish tribes of southern Turkey and northern Iraq met in Europe to discuss just what a postwar Iraq might look like. In their view, an independent Kurdistan could be carved out of Iraqi territory, and a good bit of the northern part of the country could be ceded to Turkey. There could also be significant "border adjustments" between Iraq...