NBC Nightly News - 1991-02-06
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[0:00] Tom Bro tonight. America at war.
[0:06] >> Good evening. The other day, the
[0:07] American commander of Operation Desert
[0:09] Storm warned Saddam Hussein. The best is
[0:12] yet to come, he said. Well, today, a
[0:14] translation from Secretary of State
[0:16] James Baker for the American people. The
[0:18] worst is yet to come. NBC's Andrea
[0:21] Mitchell on Capitol Hill where Secretary
[0:23] Baker spelled out his warnings to
[0:24] Congress today. Andrea
[0:26] >> Tom, Secretary Baker's warning about the
[0:29] sacrifices of war was grim, but after
[0:31] congressional criticism that the
[0:32] administration has not looked ahead for
[0:34] the first time, Baker also outlined his
[0:37] vision of a post-war Middle East.
[0:40] >> Baker suggested that both Iran and Iraq
[0:42] should have a role in postwar
[0:43] arrangements to keep the peace.
[0:45] >> No regional state should be excluded
[0:49] from these arrangements.
[0:51] post-war Iraq could have an important
[0:54] contribution to play and so could Iran
[0:58] as a major power in the Gulf.
[1:00] >> He raised the possibility that a
[1:02] permanent ground force perhaps under
[1:03] United Nations control might be needed
[1:05] after the war. He called for regional
[1:08] arms control and said there may be
[1:10] opportunities to resolve the Israeli
[1:11] Palestinian conflict. But
[1:13] >> let's not fool ourselves though. The
[1:16] course of this crisis has stirred
[1:18] emotions among Israelis and Palestinians
[1:21] that will not yield easily to
[1:24] consiliation.
[1:25] >> The committee applauded his ideas but
[1:27] complained bitterly that the allies are
[1:29] not doing enough to pay for the war.
[1:31] >> How about the details on burden sharing,
[1:34] Mr. Secretary? Why is that a