“Our strategy is to lead a global alliance, political alliance if you will, to isolate Iraq politically, economically and militarily.We remain the one nation that has the necessary political, military and economic instruments at our disposal to catalyze a successful response by the international community.” (James Baker, U.S. Secretary of State, Testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, September 5, 1990). © 1992 by Association of American Geographers.