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That's not how the theologians predicted the campaign would unfold. The theory was that the initial display of military might by U.S. warplanes and ground troops would "shock and awe" the Iraqi military and high-ranking officials into the conviction that resistance was futile. The despot's regime, Administration officials insisted, was too "brittle" to survive such an onslaught. Iraqi troops would defect en masse, they suggested. Intelligence and military officers had selected likely turncoats among the military's highest echelons. Just two days before the opening salvo, Richard Perle, a leading war booster on the Pentagon's Defense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside The Strategy: 3 Flawed Assumptions | 4/7/2003 | See Source »

Watching the 24-hour war coverage on CNN is more reminiscent of watching Evan Marriott’s love life unfold on Joe Millionaire than of a war that has the potential to change the worldwide order. It is like watching the ultimate reality TV show, only this time, when people get voted off the island, they don’t come back. For the first time, the nation saw network-arranged interviews between mothers and sons who are about to join the front lines of battle, and taped conversations between new fathers leaving their young wives and children. Such...

Author: By Zachary K. Goldman, | Title: Survivor: The Real Game | 4/3/2003 | See Source »

...present the debate continues. It is likely that the fate of the national smallpox vaccination program will be determined by events yet to unfold. If substantial numbers of vaccinees experience serious side effects, or if a number of secondary cases appear in family members or patients, it is likely that the program will never be widely accepted by the medical community. The CDC recently added additional restrictions on individuals who could receive vaccination after four experienced heart attacks, three of them with fatal outcomes. On the other hand, if another bioterrorist event occurs within the United States it is likely...

Author: By Bruce S. Ribner, | Title: Smallpox Complications | 4/1/2003 | See Source »

...their close-knit Mormon community, the Smarts' joy at Elizabeth's return was everyone's. Yet even as the Smarts feted their daughter, the grim epilogue to her ordeal was beginning to unfold. For now it remains a swirl of dark allegations and questions. How could police, who twice had nabbed Mitchell on petty crimes, not have seen the kidnappers living so conspicuously in their midst? "All we had was a description and a sketch," said Salt Lake police chief Rick Dinse at one point. And, perhaps most confounding, how did this young girl with the toothy, all-American smile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Missing Nine Months | 3/24/2003 | See Source »

Earlier this week, students convened in common rooms across the campus and at the Institute of Politics (IOP) to watch the Iraqi conflict unfold. Some students then stayed to discuss Bush’s ultimatum and the consequences of war on Iraq...

Author: By Nalina Sombuntham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Poll: Majority Against Military Action | 3/21/2003 | See Source »

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