Word: stranglehold
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...appearance before the committee, Webster was also careful to caution that even an economic stranglehold on Iraq might not cause Saddam to loosen his grip on Kuwait. There is no guarantee, Webster advised, that "economic hardships will compel Saddam to change his policies, or lead to internal unrest that would threaten his regime." But in the most comprehensive public analysis to date of the impact of the sanctions, Webster went on to outline a picture of an Iraqi economy that would be badly crippled by next summer...
...does, the incumbency factor could become a major issue in future elections. Republicans, including George Bush, believe that limiting the number of terms a Congressman can serve would boost their efforts to break the other party's stranglehold on the House by forcing popular Democrats to quit long before the voters would force them to retire. But any broad effort to restrict the tenure of lawmakers could have an unintended negative effect: it might deflect public attention -- and rage -- away from what the people's representatives are actually doing in Congress to a debate over whether they should be thrown...
...Saddam at his word. The Iraqi's remarks, said U.S. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, are the "first evidence that in fact he's really beginning to feel the pain" of the sanctions. As his discomfort grows, said Cheney, Saddam may "use his military force to try to break the stranglehold...
...shooting war is avoided now, it may come later. When and if the economic stranglehold hits Iraq hard -- perhaps in three to four months -- it is entirely possible that rather than capitulate, Saddam will lash out militarily. No matter how supportive the public may be of Bush's intervention today, its willingness to tolerate flag-draped coffins returning to the U.S. for weeks on end is at best problematic. "This is not Panama or Grenada," says a man who has served both Reagan and Bush. "This is a deal with no known end," and the long haul is not America...
...Lloyd Bentsen (D-Texas) expressed fear that if the Iraqi takeover of Kuwait succeeds "Saudi Arabia might be next--and then Saddam Hussein would have a stranglehold on the West's oil supply...