Nightline (ABC) - 1990-11-16
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[0:00] Our
[0:04] jobs, our way of life, our own freedom,
[0:08] and the freedom of friendly countries
[0:10] around the world would all suffer if
[0:13] control of the world's great oil
[0:15] reserves fell into the hands of that one
[0:18] man, Saddam Hussein.
[0:23] Some people never get the word the fight
[0:25] isn't about oil. The fight is about
[0:27] naked aggression that will not stand.
[0:33] >> If you want to sum it up in one word,
[0:36] it's jobs.
[0:41] >> Ready?
[0:41] >> Since the start of the Gulf crisis,
[0:44] Americans and the world have heard a
[0:46] variety of reasons for supporting the US
[0:48] military buildup in the Gulf. But polls
[0:51] show it's not working. And as the
[0:53] president leaves tonight on yet another
[0:55] round of diplomatic moves, the world
[0:58] considers those mixed messages. [music]
[1:07] [music]
[1:08] This is ABC News Night Line reporting
[1:11] from Washington with the latest on the
[1:12] Gulf crisis. Ted Cppel.
[1:16] Most wars would very likely never take
[1:19] place if those with the power to start
[1:20] them were required first to draw up a
[1:23] fairly simple balance sheet. On one side
[1:25] of the ledger, the projected cost in
[1:28] lives and treasure of fighting the war.
[1:30] On the other side, the cost of not
[1:32] fighting. The problem, of course, lies
[1:34] in the lack of precision that can be
[1:36] applied to either projection. Prophecy
[1:38] is not a gift with which many leaders
[1:40] are equipped, but an informed estimate
[1:42] would do. What so many people in this
[1:45] country are struggling to understand
[1:46] these days is just how badly the US
[1:49] national interest would be damaged if
[1:51] Saddam Hussein is not compelled to
[1:53] withdraw his forces from Kuwait. How
[1:56] much of an