Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...work. They cared as little for politics, or less, than most people in the world. They were, precisely, not Saddam Hussein. Which means, since Saddam was the coalition's one true target in all of this, that those 100,000 corpses are, so to speak, collateral damage. The famous smart bombs did not find the one man they were seeking...
...America's smart weapons make Soviet hardware look bad, there is another lesson for Moscow and Beijing to learn -- one far less pleasing to the West. Saddam Hussein's mobile missile launchers proved very difficult to counter, and even his primitive Scuds, though little more than terror weapons, indicated the potential effectiveness of ballistic missiles. As a result, the Soviets and Chinese are now likely to base their defense even more heavily on missiles and nuclear weapons...
...After you've been to Judgment City, the second alternative is not entirely appealing. The highly evolved locals jocularly refer to earthlings as "little brains," because they employ only 2% or 3% of their mental capacity. A step backward becomes particularly dispiriting to Daniel after he meets a brave, smart woman named Julia (played by a sexily beaming Meryl Streep). She is a sure shot to move on to a higher plane of existence, and he would desperately like to join...
...sides. But Washington is poised to rearm its friends heavily, in some cases as the payoff for their membership in the alliance against Iraq. It doesn't help matters that Western arms dealers are ready to capitalize on a war that sometimes seemed like a giant trade show for smart bombs, Patriot missiles and F-16s. As the eager buyers reach out to the no less eager sellers, the chance for meaningful arms control slips away...
...entitled to vote as full citizens. Certainly those who stayed and fought for Kuwait while the cowards fled deserve to participate in their government. But I am not optimistic. Many will collaborate to restore the old order because it is so comfortable for so many. The Sabahs are smart. They have bought the loyalty of most with a system that makes all comfortably lazy. What has changed is that we who stayed no longer fear those who rule, and they fear us because we do not fear them. But if we don't change, then the answer to the question...