CBS Evening News - 1991-02-05
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[0:05] [music]
[0:06] This thing is going to be over sooner
[0:08] than later and it's going to be over
[0:09] with the right outcome.
[0:10] >> An optimistic war assessment from the
[0:13] commander of Operation Desert Storm.
[0:17] This is [music] the CBS Evening News.
[0:19] Dan Rather reporting tonight with a
[0:21] special war update edition. Good
[0:23] evening. Three weeks into the Gulf War,
[0:26] US commanders say Iraq's military may be
[0:28] cracking under relentless bombardment.
[0:31] All signs point toward a looming ground
[0:33] offensive on Kuwait. A huge amphibious
[0:37] force is set to go now in the Persian
[0:39] Gulf, and most allied ground units have
[0:42] moved now up to positions from which
[0:44] they could launch their attacks.
[0:46] President Bush said today he is sending
[0:48] his top military adviserss to Saudi
[0:50] Arabia for a firsthand status report.
[0:52] Though the president denied that that
[0:54] means he's ready to order a ground
[0:56] offensive. In an exclusive interview
[0:59] with CBS News today, Allied field
[1:01] commander General Norman Schwarzoff gave
[1:03] his most optimistic assessment yet for
[1:05] the American people back home that the
[1:07] war won't drag on and that there is no
[1:10] need for a long-term US troop presence
[1:13] after the fighting stops.
[1:15] I would tell them that their their
[1:18] fathers, their mothers, their sons,
[1:20] their daughters are are doing an
[1:21] absolutely magnificent job. They are
[1:24] superbly motivated. They're superbly
[1:26] trained. They show great confidence and
[1:28] they show great determination and all
[1:30] that gives me a very positive feeling.
[1:33] Uh this thing is going to be over sooner
[1:34] than later and it's going to be over
[1:36] with th