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...this, the 65,700-man military is simply too small. Pentagon experts reckon the country should have a standing army of at least 100,000. Fahd's family has been leery of a powerful military; for internal security it relies on the 35,000-man National Guard, a tightly knit organization based on tribal loyalties. Still, the government has moved to expand the regular military. Earlier this month, Fahd asked for volunteers. Thousands of Saudis responded, displaying a degree of patriotism not often seen in the heterogeneous state...
...sending out such contradictory messages, Saddam must reckon that some of his opponents might be more willing to accept peace on his terms than others would be. And as the crisis moves into a period of stalemate, Washington faces real difficulties holding the united front together. For the first time, Moscow openly criticized the American military effort in the gulf. Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Belonogov disavowed the U.S. decision to send in troops and questioned whether they would ever leave the area...
Even the word summit is a questionable description of where the two leaders stood. The peaks they each dominate are much lower now, and there are other leaders on other mountains with power and influence to reckon with...
When you disagree with The Truth, you have to reckon with divine justice. Are you sexually attracted to people of your own gender? Remember Sodom and Gommorrah...
...like Shel Silverstein in The Devil and Billy Markham, presume that Mr. Scratch has nothing to teach mankind: the sensible response is to spot the fiend's tricks and escape perdition. Other dramatists, like David Mamet in Bobby Gould in Hell, recall that Beelzebub is a fallen angel and reckon he must be something of a moral philosopher. Both authors seem to think nothing could be more instructive than a sojourn in Hades to enhance the remainder of a life back on earth. They give that opportunity not only to the title characters of their two one-act plays...