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...commanders had too often proved unimaginative and bureaucratic, their troops uninspired and all too frequently undisciplined. After the fall of Saigon, still more fiascoes fairly shouted of Pentagon ineptitude. An attempt to rescue American hostages in Iran broke down in the desert in 1980. In 1983 a terrorist's truck bomb killed 241 American servicemen, forcing the U.S. to beat an embarrassing retreat from its peacekeeping role in Lebanon...
Bentonville could be an option; after all, the wealthiest person in the United States lives there and really does drive an old pick-up truck. And from the size of Fort Wal-Mart, the gargantuan office complex of the nation's largest discount retailer, I would guess that Sam Walton owns more office space in Arkansas than the state does. But chances are that Walton will not talk to tourists. Those who want to see a large office building can go to the Pentagon. It's closer to Harvard, and Colin Powell works there...
...polls are cited in detail not only by political advisers but also by war planners like National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft. Even high casualties might not make much of a dent. "To win this war we've got to hit 'em on the ground," says Isaac Freeman, a delivery-truck driver in Washington. "To hit 'em on the ground we're gonna have to accept that a lot of people will...
...staging a fake attack on fellow warriors to jump-start the war. The Japanese, however, prove to be inept on the battlefield. In one scene a band of soldiers engrossed in pornographic magazines take a wrong turn in the desert and manage to get out of their explosives-laden truck just before it accidentally blows...
...modern Chinese who fret about political malaise and economic stagnation, Mao symbolizes the promise of the '50s, when the leadership appeared to be incorruptible and struggle -- political and otherwise -- seemed to have a purpose. The new Mao cult has even imbued the Chairman with talismanic powers. In Guangdong province, truck drivers and shop owners display Mao posters, believing the image will ward off ill fortune and bring profits to their businesses -- an ironic twist for an anticapitalist who imposed radical egalitarianism on China...