We are again in one of those periods in which Americans doubt whether our economy can adjust prosperously to ever- increasing global competition.

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Those now living prosperously in Europe, America or the Gulf states have little interest in returning to fight both Israel and Yasser Arafat for this little patch of dry land.

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But whether the economy fares prosperously or poorly in the years ahead, Pentagon spending is not going to stay where it is today, and planning on the assumption it will is bad management.

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