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...that is a frightening scenario for Western Europe, it is a terrifying one for the East European countries. So terrifying, in fact, that some may accept half-measures and muddling through rather than take the risks involved in marching toward the goals about which they were so enthusiastic a year ago. If last year's question was "What price freedom?" next year's may be "Can we afford...
...Syria is betting that this scenario will never occur and that Saddam will not emerge victorious from the crisis. "In the case of war, Saddam will be toppled," says a government official. "If there is peace, Saddam will be in trouble internally because the Iraqis will demand to know why he pushed them into Kuwait just to give it up. Either way, he will not come out of this as strong as he was." Assad may well prefer the first outcome, especially if his soldiers are not called upon to do any fighting. "If there...
This optimistic scenario assumes the war is quick and relatively painless. A more plausible scenario is that war will be so costly to the United States and its allies that politicians will be promising never to involve their countries in such entanglements in the future. That equals no deterrent for future aggression and a failure of the post-Cold War world order...
Would such a strategy be appeasement? Since Hussein would be withdrawing from Kuwait and American armies advancing, it could hardly be counted as a huge victory for Iraq. But more importantly, in any negotiated scenario, a permanent U.N. military presence in the Middle East would be necessary to prevent future Iraqi agression. Such a strategy would rely on military doctrines of deterrence--not goodwill--to keep peace in the Middle East...
Scali said the commission could go so far as to suspend the inn's lodging license, either temporarily or permanently. He cautioned, however, that such a scenario is unlikely...