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But how could a conservative Republican senator and major flag waver for the original Gulf War honestly oppose punishing Saddam for violating his surrender terms?
This declared that the Israeli prime minister ran no risks when he refused to go to Washington to talk peace, because "the White House is incapable of punishing his insolence as, six months before the midterm congressional elections, Clinton is disarmed."
The LAT says Madeleine Albright wrapped up her whirlwind tour of the Mideast and Europe without winning a united mandate from U.S. allies to launch what could well be the most punishing military strike against Iraq since Desert Storm.
The Washington Post approves, but William Greider argues in the Washington Post that the Fed is needlessly punishing the masses; instead, it should discipline only banks that lend promiscuously.
It would be a big mistake for Congress to respond to irate seniors by punishing the HMOs.