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PERSIAN GULF POLICY NEEDS RETHINKING U.S. SHOULD SCALE BACK.(FRONT)(Editorial)
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The Virginian Pilot
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September 6, 1996
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President Clinton is dealing this week with Saddam Hussein's latest act of aggression, but the necessity of doing so begs a longer-term question. What should the United States be doing in the Persian Gulf not just next week but next month and next year? A surprising cross section of foreign-policy experts thinks the answer is - less.
Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., believes the United States has assumed too high a profile. We are making ourselves a target by giving demagogues and despots in Iran and Iraq a glamorous enemy to oppose, and we are discouraging regional powers from assuming responsibility for their own security.
Geoffrey Kemp, a foreign-policy adviser in the Reagan ...