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Navy commanders in the Persian Gulf are more worried about Iran in the long term than Iraq: Iran's beefed-up navy is capable of cutting off one-fifth of the world's oil supply, and its nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons make it a threat even beyond the Gulf.
In order to preserve post-Cold War relevance, the alliance needs 1) tight European-American cooperation; 2) beefed-up European responsibility for security; and 3) continued expansion of membership to Eastern European nations.
In the wake of the Wyoming anti-gay murder, and President Clinton's resultant call for beefed-up hate-crime laws, the ink is flowing about their advisability.
Is this a low cost means for creating the appearance of beefed-up content?
The chief stressed that this beefed-up security is in no way intended to stifle dissent.