Persian Gulf--or Tonkin Gulf? Illegal "no-fly zones" could be war's trip wire. (Gazette).
American Prospect, The, December, 2002 by Dreyfuss, Robert
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IN A PAIR OF EDITORIALS AFTER THE 1991 Gulf War, one of them titled "Don't Shoot Down Iraqi Aircraft," The New York Times called the plan to create vast "no-fly zones" (NFZs) in Iraq "legally untenable and politically unwise." The editorials, based on a careful reading of United Nations resolutions, were explicit: "The [cease-fire] accord permits Iraq to fly all types of aircraft and sets no restriction on their use.
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Shooting them down would put the United States in the position of breaking an accord it is pledged to uphold." Saying that ...
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