CBS News - Desert Storm - 1991-01-17 - 7:37 p.m. (E)
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[0:00] make a difference. It's also raised a
[0:02] question because it it's supposed to
[0:03] take a couple of hours even before these
[0:05] mobile Scud missiles can be prepared for
[0:08] launched and launched. So there must
[0:10] have been some some I don't know where
[0:13] in Iraq but launched from somewhere
[0:14] where they weren't under surveillance
[0:16] where they won't weren't being overflown
[0:18] constantly by American fighters.
[0:21] Senator Dole, I I think that many people
[0:23] don't understand uh at least not
[0:26] completely. Uh the the complication of
[0:30] Israel entering the war. Now, the
[0:31] Israelis, as you pointed out, have a
[0:32] long history. Their attitude has been
[0:34] and they tell everybody, "You hit us, we
[0:37] respond immediately." Now, for one
[0:39] thing, if Israel does that, it could
[0:41] change uh the alliance.
[0:44] Two, the Israelis might have to overfly
[0:46] Jordan to get back to attack Iraq. And
[0:50] that could cause some complications,
[0:51] could it not? Oh,
[0:53] >> this this could open up uh depending
[0:55] again on how severe it is and what the
[0:57] response is from the Israeli prime
[0:59] minister and the Israeli government a
[1:02] can of worms because they would have to
[1:04] overfly Jordan. That would certainly
[1:06] cause difficulty. King Hussein's already
[1:08] announced that uh that would be
[1:10] provocation enough for him to to take
[1:12] some action. So I I would hope that what
[1:15] we've heard so far uh you know can be
[1:19] flushed out. I mean it's pretty hard to
[1:21] comment when you don't know what the
[1:22] particular facts are. Uh certainly and I
[1:24] think everyone understands that Senator
[1:26] Doe but indeed it gives us a chance to
[1:28] deal at le