The
showdown with Iraq raised speculation that Clinton might curtail or cancel a 10-day trip
beginning Saturday to Malaysia, Japan, South Korea and Guam. Lockhart said there were no
changes yet. “Obviously there are things going on in the world. We’re watching
the situation in Iraq but I don’t have a change of schedule to pass on to you
today.”
Whatever Arab and European governments may be saying privately,
they are offering little public support for a military attack on Iraq. And that narrows
Clinton’s options and possibly what a solitary U.S. strike could accomplish. |