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...much bleaker than that put forward by the White House. In recent weeks the Bush Administration has been closing ranks to offer a suddenly more downbeat assessment of whether sanctions can work. In late October, George Bush was still expressing the hope that the embargo could force Saddam to retreat. But last week, a few days after the United Nations Security Council approved the use of military force in the gulf, he declared, "I've not been one who has been convinced that sanctions alone would bring him to his senses." On the same day that Webster spoke before...
Will Saddam proceed shrewdly? Might he seize on Baker's visit to claim victory and retreat? Those who have dealt with him most closely in the past, his Arab neighbors, think not. "He believes in American weakness and sees everything through that prism," says an Egyptian official. For example, according to Administration officials, the Iraqis saw the firing of U.S. Air Force chief of staff Michael Dugan as an act that might precipitate a military coup against Bush. Similarly, Baghdad is reported to have understood the President's budget troubles, Republican setbacks in the midterm elections and even Margaret Thatcher...
...continue the policies of his predecessor. But Kolvenbach has proved conservative enough, or diplomatic enough, to placate the Pope, even while earning the loyalty of his subordinates. John Paul's warmer attitude was first signaled in 1988, when Kolvenbach was chosen as the preacher for the Vatican Lenten retreat, an honor that was bestowed upon John Paul himself just before he was elected to the Throne of St. Peter. Kolvenbach has been meticulous in carrying out papal directives to the letter, aides say, and he shrewdly picked the Pope's man, Pittau, as his liaison with the Holy...
...purpose is, quite explicitly, to give American commanders the offensive capability they have so far lacked and that Saddam knows they have lacked. But the buildup does not necessarily bring war closer. Bush was explicit about that too. Maybe, just maybe, the reinforcements will finally make Saddam beat a retreat. Besides, the biggest U.S. deployment of forces since Vietnam won't be ready to fight until January at the earliest. That gives everyone an additional two months to mull over the options...
Faced with such stiff opposition, Kaifu was forced to retreat. He dropped the idea of sending soldiers, but to stem American criticism of Japan's inaction in the gulf, proposed creating a unit of nonmilitary personnel, similar to Scandinavian peacekeeping forces, which could be sent overseas in response to a U.N. request. Rallying public support for even this modified plan may be just as difficult. The poll found 54% opposed to the dispatch of anyone to a war zone...