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...might be tempting to think that such a scenario is not any worse than what might happen if the United States goes to war soon after January 15. After all, some might think, Israel can take care of itself and better that Israel bear the costs of neutralizing Iraq than American troops...
...collapse. The trigger could be a protracted war in the Persian Gulf, which could, in turn, deepen the recession and force debt-laden companies into massive loan defaults. Collapsing banks would aggravate the downward spiral by drying up credit and leaving taxpayers with another painful bailout bill. The disaster scenario may be plausible, but most experts doubt that bank failures will come close to the magnitude of the S&L fiasco, which will cost Americans as much as $1 trillion over the next 30 years. Despite the banking industry's problems, 89% of U.S. commercial banks were profitable in last...
While most scholars contacted agreed that nothing could stop a war at this point, they had different ideas about what role Israel would play in a war scenario. In a press conference on Wednesday, Aziz promised to attack Israel if a war started. But Haggard said Saddam might think twice before launching a strike against the Israelis...
...only difference between this scenario and the real world is the country invaded. The Swiss are Western. They share the same socio-political values as us. Their cities are beautiful, often visited by Americans. They wear Western clothing, they speak Western languages, their literature is similar. They drive Western cars--not camels, and they look the same as us. We feel an affinity for them...
...markets. Our economy was based on specific trading patterns within Comecon. Hundreds of enterprises were working to produce goods for the Soviet economy, goods the West would not buy because of quality or other factors. We could not switch overnight, and we still cannot do it today. Imagine the scenario had the opposition ((Solidarity)) taken over in the autumn of 1981 and inherited such an economic situation on the eve of winter, when there were already serious shortages in the marketplace. It would have been a catastrophe and may have even made impossible all the changes that have taken place...