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Article: The view from Israel. (Persian Gulf Crisis)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- January 28, 1991
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FOR ISRAEL, the Gulf crisis is a no-win situation. Like most of its Arab neighbors, with whom it is for the first time in agreement, Israel would like to see Saddam's 1.5million-man army, 520 fighter jets, 5,000 artillery pieces, 5,600 tanks, several hundred medium-range missiles, and, of course, his chemical and biological warheads and incipient nuclear capability eliminated.
This is not just for the obvious reason that Israel will feel less threatened if a dictator sworn to destroy it is deprived of the means to do so. Israelis know that if Saddam is now merely forced to withdraw from Kuwait, if he survives the confrontation against "the whole world" with his ...