11.  But in fact there is no widespread public clamor for quick American action either in Haiti or in Bosnia.

12.  But right after the bombings, the General Assembly and the Security Council passed powerful resolutions condemning the terrorism and endorsing American action against it.

13.  But now President Boris Yeltsin and his top aides have led the opposition to American military action against Iraq.

14.  But the psychological effect of the American action, with its accompanying suggestion that more is on the way, was immediate, if perhaps only temporary.

15.  By autumn, the CIA began intercepting radio transmissions and phone calls of Bosnian leaders bragging about American covert actions to supply them with arms.

16.  CNN Promises Afghan Coverage CNN promises that the network will be in a position to provide coverage of any American military action in Afghanistan.

17.  Diplomats point out that American allies in the region like Egypt and Jordan criticized the most recent American action while Saudi Arabia maintained an embarrassed silence.

18.  Expectations of decisive American action, even on supposedly vital national interests, have been raised, only to be dashed.

19.  Even the dependable British, who pronounced unequivocal support for American action publicly, counseled in private that the United States needed better legal justification for its raid.

20.  Forceful American action can and should build on multilateral consultation and a sense of purpose and necessity.