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Vogel, Jeffrey S. | November 26, 1990 issue

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The article presents views of readers of this journal on the comments of America's radical journalist Alexander Cockburn on the role of the U.S. in Iraq's annexation of Kuwait. Cockburn calls for "the conversion of the forces confronting Iraq in the region into a genuinely multilateral force--with diminished U.S. presence--under a genuine U.N. command." This is basically the position of cost-conscious Secretary of State James Baker as he flies around the globe asking for Soviet mine-sweepers, Syrian airplanes and Japanese jeeps. He claims that by confining itself to a call for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the gulf, the left implicitly endorses Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.

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POLITICS, Practical; INVASION; COCKBURN, Alexander; IRAQ; KUWAIT; UNITED States

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