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...this assumption is not true. The liberation of Kuwait, the restoration of its legitimate government, and the peaceful settlement of outstanding regional disputes are all goals that could conceivably be attained without a ground war. To get what it wants while minimizing further bloodshed, the United States should consider a carefully crafted settlement--and soon...
Ironically, the stalemate in Geneva may make it easier for Iraq to accept someone else's settlement plan. "Saddam needs to look like he's standing up to the United States," said a White House official. "Slapping us down by refusing to accept the President's letter might help him save enough face to withdraw from Kuwait...
...Last week the Bush Administration rejected a peace plan approved by the E.C. at an emergency session in Luxembourg on the grounds that it provided the linkage Saddam seeks between the gulf conflict and the Palestinian problem. The Community's members had committed themselves to contributing "actively to a settlement" of other problems in the Middle East once the gulf crisis is resolved. The U.S. has reluctantly endorsed the idea of eventually holding an international conference on the Middle East but does not want to tie the session explicitly to Iraq's withdrawal from Kuwait for fear of rewarding Saddam...
...before European and Arab visitors. The aim is to divide and weaken the coalition against him. At best, in his view, allies terrified of war would bring irresistible pressure on Bush to delay war or, if it begins, agree to a quick cease-fire and negotiations for a compromise settlement. In Saddam's view, forcing or luring the U.S. into negotiating would in itself be a victory of sorts; it would amount, he thinks, to Washington's recognition of his paramount role in the Middle East...
...speedily sue for peace or perhaps accede to a panicky U.N. call for a cease-fire (shades of Nasser in 1956). If not, a drawn-out war might fan the worst American fears of "another Vietnam" and eventually build irresistible pressure on Bush to offer some sort of compromise settlement...