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...exactly a profile in courage, especially after all Kennedy had tolerated from Diem and his cronies. At no point did Kennedy, after three years of steadily increasing violence, fundamentally rethink the rationale and feasibility of the American entanglement in Vietnam. Much to his credit, Kennedy was leery of committing combat troops; but he died with almost 17,000 Americans in Vietnam (a terrific increase from 800 in 1960), and almost 70 American deaths there. As Halberstam writes, "[Kennedy] had markedly escalated the rhetoric and rationale for being there." He left that ideological legacy to his vice president...
...close the case of Colonel Charles Scharf. But it is unlikely that his family will accept a few teeth or bone shards as conclusive proof of his demise. For them, Scharf will always be missing in action, no matter how much the evidence indicates that he died in combat nearly three decades...
...Minsk conferees made less headway on the former Soviet conventional forces and weaponry. The numbers are still gigantic: 3.7 million men in uniform, more than 10,000 combat aircraft, 56,000 tanks, nearly 90,000 artillery pieces, 800 warships. Russian President Boris Yeltsin argued for central control over all this too, but Ukraine, Moldavia and Azerbaijan insisted that they had to have their own national armies. Most Soviet naval bases were in Russia, but Ukraine was quick to claim the Black Sea Fleet, which had its home port in Ukraine's Sevastopol. Without warning, Russia ordered the newest aircraft carrier...
...problem with Saddam was not his military might -- the President never doubted that the U.S. had the power to prevail in combat -- but the possibility that the Iraqi leader might withdraw from Kuwait at the last minute, keeping his menacing army and maniacal intentions intact. "I mean, this was worrying me," says Bush. "What happens if he does just haul all this armor back along the border, unpunished, unrepentant, faced down by what he knows is a superior army...
...complex a problem in many ways was the one on Capitol Hill, where critics argued for a say in how and when force was to be committed. But Bush took the bold step of moving U.S. combat troops to the region without seeking congressional approval. His reasoning: "If I had ever conveyed to this Congress that I wasn't going to do anything unless I had their endorsement . . . I really believe Saddam Hussein would still be there." The President now concedes that his action carried enormous political risks -- including a possible impeachment attempt if Desert Storm had failed. "They would...