Word: saudi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Aside from all the bloodshed, wars waste vast quantities of money -- which this government hasn't got. Just preparing the intervention to protect allegedly threatened Saudi Arabia is costing about $46 million a day (and has just about killed all hope of a post-cold war peace dividend). So far, the valiant resistance to higher oil prices has substantially increased the price of oil, and an actual war with Iraq would undoubtedly increase it a great deal more. The impending recession would deepen and spread around the world. So how is President Bush, who can't even keep the budget...
...Saudi Arabia the pool members weren't delivered to the area until at least five days after the U.S. deployment began. Pentagon "escorts" sat in on interviews. The pool had to abide by a long list of rules, including a ban (later rescinded) on using the name and hometown of any soldier interviewed...
...very height of the military airlift to Saudi Arabia, Bush cleared his Kennebunkport table and for 2 1/2 hours pondered whether a recession could be prevented, what to do if it occurred with the Iraqi crisis still unresolved. There was no certainty unless it was Bush's undimmed faith in America. "Well," he said with a sigh, "I just think the country is basically strong, the people can handle...
Reservations are mounting in Moscow over the U.S. decision to send a large force into Saudi Arabia. The Soviets are concerned the military buildup could increase the chances of an armed conflict in a region already bristling with weapons. They particularly fear what a besieged Saddam might do if left without any face-saving form of retreat. For this reason, Moscow favors combining U.N. diplomacy with regional peace efforts, particularly Arab-led initiatives. Shevardnadze reminded Arab foreign ministers last week that their "ability to unite largely determines whether or not a war in the Middle East can be averted...
...force but "did not approve." Said he: "We cannot be overjoyed at the stepping up of American military power in the region -- in the short term, because the situation is becoming more and more explosive; in the long term, because there is no guarantee that the U.S. will leave Saudi Arabia after the crisis is over...