Word: tocsins
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sometimes in the same speech, that allies and the American public alike were bewildered. One can only guess at the effect on Saddam. Bush announced that he had "had it" with Iraq's treatment of American diplomats in Kuwait, but later added, "I'm not trying to sound the tocsin of war." He also said that "we're prepared to give sanctions time to work" but that for Iraq the "sand is running through the glass." Which implication was authentic; which was for public relations consumption? And by whom...
...impending recession and end his own slump in the opinion polls? Bush branded those suggestions as "the ultimate of cynicism and indecency." When questioned by reporters about whether he was attempting to prepare the American people for war, Bush denied it. "I'm not trying to sound the tocsin of war," he said. "I want to have a peaceful resolution to this question. I've indicated we're prepared to give sanctions time to work, and I'll repeat that. But I'm not ruling out further options...