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THE GULF WAR : Words on the War

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“War is a natural nursery of illusion, both ecstatic and despairing. If the great advantage of Americans in this conflict is a certain technical and human competence, our great disadvantage is impatience, reflected in the wildest mood swings--from raucous cheers on the New York Stock Exchange to grim speculation about how long it will take for the American will to crack. . . .

“This is Saddam Hussein’s secret weapon--not nerve gas or a nuclear device or some exotic chemical--but the fickleness of American beliefs and strategies.”

--Paul Greenberg, a columnist and editor in Pine Bluff, Ark.

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