Word: saudi
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Control of Kuwait and the subsequent intimidation of the other oil-bearing Arab nations gives Saddam Hussein virtual hegemony over OPEC. Control of Saudi Arabia would give Saddam Hussein one-half of the world's oil reserves and would elevate Iraq to superpower status...
These demonstrators advocate immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces from Saudi-Arabia. I've heard their reasons, I've listened to their chants--I've even laughed at their slogans. But all the while I've been a little bit uncomfortable with them. When they stand outside, shouting and singing and protesting, something just doesn't click...
...from some rather basic arithmetic. By last week the U.S. had 280,000 troops in the gulf theater. An additional 150,000 are scheduled to join them. But because the military's transportation systems are overloaded, some ground forces now in Europe and the U.S. are not due in Saudi Arabia until late January. Even if all of them were in place by the U.N.'s cutoff date, it would take two or three weeks to acclimatize the new arrivals...
Desert Warrior Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, became America's most saluted soldier as he guided the swift deployment of 280,000 U.S. troops in Saudi Arabia. His tough-guy image and smooth deskside manner have pundits speculating that Powell would be the perfect running mate for Bush...
What is clear is that some of the most critical Americans seem satisfied with Saudi Arabia's contributions. Three other states have largely escaped criticism. Britain has committed 35,000 of its best troops, or about 11% of its total military personnel, to the multinational force facing Iraq. Turkey has risked Saddam Hussein's vengeance by turning over air bases to American planes that might bomb Iraq and by shutting off one of Iraq's most important oil pipelines, at great economic cost to itself. Egypt -- which is sending two mechanized divisions totaling 30,000 personnel to Saudi Arabia...