When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in August 1990, TIME assessed the political liabilities--and questions of style--associated with the first President Bush's SHOWDOWN with the Iraqi leader. His son would revisit those issues.
Bush may lack an overarching global vision, but he has a clear understanding of the emerging geostrategic realities and the ways in which they can be turned to advantage. Were Reagan still in office, it is almost certain that securing international cooperation would have been way down on the White House agenda. Reagan relished America's role as world policeman, a lone cowboy avenging evil. Bush knows that rounding up...
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