Word: saddamism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...high of $40, those earnings rose 77% above 1989's level. "We are protecting their oil with American boys," complains Senator Howard Metzenbaum, the Ohio Democrat who introduced a bill earlier this month calling for a surtax on the profits of the largest companies. "As quick as Saddam raised his sword, the oil companies raised their prices...
...Baghdad, expressions of relief mixed with skepticism from allied troops and burgeoning peace hopes around the world. At the White House, however, there was surprise at the move and concern that a hastily arranged cease-fire might scuttle Washington's goal of neutralizing the Iraqi military and toppling Saddam Hussein. By attaching impossible conditions to the | proposal, Baghdad ensured that it would be rejected by the coalition and that hostilities would continue -- for now. But Saddam may soon find it necessary, particularly after the start of a ground battle, to make a serious peace offer that Washington can't refuse...
...postwar scenario, of course, would depend on the details of the Iraqi proposal and of the negotiations that would follow. But it is possible to sketch the broad outlines. The most significant fact is that Iraq will emerge from battle with the menacing, bristling war machine that Saddam built up over the past decade substantially defanged, if not yet completely tamed. The allies have seen to that from the first days of the war, knocking out Iraq's ability, at least for the time being, to produce chemical, biological and nuclear arms and later obliterating about a third...
...country that is only defending its territory generally needs less firepower than its attacker, Iraq's weaponry could still use considerable trimming, say U.S. military planners. As for manpower, though it is not known exactly how many Iraqi soldiers have been killed by allied bombardments, no one believes that Saddam's forces, once 1 million strong, have yet been drawn down to the levels of the other regional powers...
Consequently Iraq's neighbors are far from ready to trust Saddam again -- even if he withdraws completely from Kuwait. The gulf states and Saudi Arabia must find better ways of defending themselves than they had before Aug. 2. One possibility is that they will offer Egypt financial inducements to remain in the region as a deterrent force. Cairo sent two of its crack armored divisions to Saudi Arabia and does not expect them back in the foreseeable future...