CNN - Crossfire and Desert Storm - 1991-02-22 - 1 a.m. (E)

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[0:00] This is CNN

[0:04] >> from Washington. Crossfire.

[0:07] On the left, Mike Kinsley. On the right,

[0:11] Matthew Cannon.

[0:13] Tonight, the beginning of the end.

[0:17] Good evening and welcome to Crossfire.

[0:19] Is peace at hand. You heard the news.

[0:22] The Soviets and Iraqis have agreed on a

[0:24] deal to get the Iraqi army out of Kuwait

[0:27] without conditions. Clearly, the ball is

[0:30] now in the White House court. Is this

[0:33] enough to bring about a ceasefire? And

[0:36] does it mean an almost certain halt in

[0:38] plans for the US ground war, which was

[0:41] said to be only hours away from now?

[0:44] Michael,

[0:44] >> our guests are Christopher Hitchens,

[0:46] author and columnist for The Nation

[0:48] magazine, America's best known left-wing

[0:49] weekly, and Senator John McCain,

[0:51] Republican of Arizona, member of the

[0:53] Armed Services Committee. Senator

[0:55] McCain, a CNN Gallup poll by coincidence

[0:57] came out today. 71% of Americans say

[0:59] that if Saddam Hussein agrees to pull

[1:01] out of Kuwait, let's call off the war.

[1:03] He has now agreed to pull out of Kuwait.

[1:05] Are 71% of Americans right or wrong?

[1:08] >> I I think that the always with a poll,

[1:11] Michael, it depends on how the questions

[1:12] asked. you as answer it the way I asked.

[1:15] I

[1:15] >> I think that 71% of the American people

[1:17] are right without conditions and clearly

[1:20] there are conditions but let me

[1:21] emphasize that this is a major step

[1:23] forward and is significant and should be

[1:25] examined by the White House even though

[1:27] clearly the present proposal

[1:29] particularly as regards to reparations

[1:31] for Kuwait uh onethird out left at one

[1:33] time and all that is not in keeping with

[1:35] the