Word: withdraw
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Saddam probably based his opinion as much on U.S. actions over the past decade as on anything Glaspie said. He had watched the U.S. withdraw from Lebanon after its embassy and Marine barracks were truck-bombed in 1983, benefited from Washington's tilt toward Iraq in the war with Iran, and noted the relative lack of outrage against his use of chemical weapons on Iraqi Kurds. He apparently concluded that he could invade Kuwait and face little more than formal protests from...
...there any ground fighting, at least initially. The Iraqi troops in Kuwait are totally cut off from the main army in Iraq proper. No supplies or reinforcements can reach them through the "death zone"; no radio messages or other communications can penetrate the electronic blanket. The Iraqis quickly withdraw -- or if they do not, U.S. airborne and amphibious assaults coupled with a ground attack flanking Kuwait break them up quickly (a lot of Iraqi tanks are destroyed by air raids too). In the most optimistic scenario, Saddam Hussein's generals depose him and sue for peace...
...ticket in his tight 1982 race. When rumors arose last spring that Blanchard might choose a new running mate in seeking a third four-year term this year, she snapped, "He should be taken immediately to a psychiatrist." And as Blanchard spread his hopeful view that Griffiths might quietly withdraw, she called a press conference to proclaim that she was "available" to run again. Finally, following his announcement that he did not want her on the ticket, Griffiths declared, "The biggest problem in politics is that you help some s.o.b. get what he wants, and then he throws...
...impose stiff sanctions. Soviet diplomats have repeatedly urged Iraq to retreat and to free all hostages, while rebuffing pleas to ease their support for the international opposition. When the U.N. was debating the crucial fifth vote authorizing force to back up the sanctions, Gorbachev publicly told Saddam to withdraw from Kuwait or face further action from the U.N. Only a few hours later, the Soviets joined the U.S. in approving the historic resolution...
...Moscow's decision to join the international community against Iraq, the country that has long been the pivot for Soviet foreign policy in the gulf. But there are limits to Moscow's willingness to follow Washington's lead. Just because the Kremlin shares the American view that Iraq must withdraw its forces unconditionally from Kuwait does not mean the two superpowers see eye to eye on how to achieve that goal. While the Soviets do not intend to break ranks with the West, they have made it clear they want to proceed in their own way and at their...