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Today the words of Cato, slightly altered, embody the necessary solution to the current Persian Gulf crisis. Put simply, Iraq must be destroyed...
Barring a typhoon in the Sea of Japan or a full-scale war in the Persian Gulf, a squadron of American warships will steam into Vladivostok's Golden Horn harbor this week for the first visit by the U.S. Navy in more than 50 years. Last week, while a pinafored band practiced The Stars and Stripes Forever in Revolution Square, Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze was a few blocks away, addressing a conference of about 100 experts on Asia from 19 countries. "Not bad for what is still officially classified as a closed city," remarked Vladimir Kuznetsov, the provincial governor...
Bush has been willing to take huge risks, make tough decisions, spend money quickly and put American soldiers in danger in the Persian Gulf. By contrast, his domestic posture has been low profile, low risk and largely ineffectual. Why is there this contrast in the President's performance...
Although Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait failed to keep George Bush away from Kennebunkport, prospects of war in the Persian Gulf are changing many other vacation plans. The crisis has sent the world travel industry into a spin. Vacationers and commercial travelers are hastily scrapping plans to visit not only the affected Arab states but also the entire Middle East and eastern Mediterranean. Major airlines are improvising detours for regularly scheduled flights, and airlines and airports have tightened security in anticipation of a possible rise in terrorism...
Meanwhile, former presidential candidate and frequent Harvard visitor the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson was in Cambridge last month, making a token effort at relieving tensions in the Persian Gulf crisis. He met with Prince Turki Bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, a member of the Saudi royal family, at the Prince's posh suite at the Charles Hotel. Details of the meeting were sketchy but it does not appear that the conference has helped solve the international crisis...