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...destroying Iraq's ability to produce and deliver weapons of mass destruction. It is unlikely that we could have attained this goal through purely peaceful means. However, both the United States and Iraq know that the costs of military involvement will rise dramatically when ground forces are committed to combat. The U.S. assumes that it must bear these costs in order to achieve other objectives...
...commanders said that because of his [the enemy's] cowardice and fear of combat with the land forces, the enemy tried to avoid establishing any serious contact... and preoccupied itself, for the benefit of public opinion, with bombing from high altitudes," the news agency said...
...student criticized the University for maintaining a business-asusual attitude while U.S. troops were in combat...
...driving west with Vernon and two photographers--Ze'ev, a freelancer, and Mike Rondow, from the Knight-Ridder chain--on the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway. the busiest artery in Israel is deserted save for a few military jeeps whose drivers and passengers are dressed in combat-chemical suits. Vernon asks me what to do in case we are attacked on the highway. As if I know. But as a true Harvard son I give him an answer anyway. He then begins to talk about story ideas. I tune him out as my stomach begins to turn...
...East. Another possibility is that Saddam honestly believes he can win. "The Americans will come here to perform acrobatics like Rambo movies," Saddam declared last Friday. "But they will find here real people to fight them. We are a people who have eight years of experience in war and combat...