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Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu is apprehensive about his scheduled meeting with George Bush in New York City this week. Both men know that many Americans want Japan to play a larger role in the Persian Gulf. After the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, Kaifu's government dithered for nearly a month before offering $1 billion to help finance the multilateral response. "Contemptible tokenism!," harrumphed Senator John McCain, an Arizona Republican. The U.S. ambassador in Tokyo, Michael Armacost, was more diplomatic, but just as tough. Two weeks ago, Kaifu raised the figure to $4 billion -- serious money but eminently affordable...
Despite the mounting tensions in the Persian Gulf, Harvard seniors in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) said yesterday that they remain committed to the armed services...
...nothing else, the crisis in the Persian Gulf has served to remind us that our supply of energy is critically important and chronically unreliable. While everyone is still conscious of the crisis at the gas pump, it's time to re-establish reliable and renewable energy as a top national priority. A few suggestions...
America's "What--me worry?" energy policy led directly to the current jam in the Persian Gulf. As long as we maintain our gluttonous consumption of energy, we can never wean ourselves from dependence on Gulf oil or reduce our vulnerability to capricious despots like Saddam Hussein. The time has come to fix the roof--before the big storm hits...
Poor Paul Pawlak, Part II: Send him to bed without dessert. Send him to the Persian Gulf. Just don't send him to Harvard. He does not like this place...