<row><cell type=a>Les Aspin, House Armed Services Chairman<cell type=i>10/275<cell type=a>That the public may not support any military action that is not purely defensive.
<row><cell>Sam Nunn, Senate Armed Services Chairman<cell>6/266<cell>That the taking of hostages "cannot be allowed to dominate our policy."
<row><cell>Henry Kissinger, Former Secretary of State<cell>6/170<cell>That America's national interests require forcing the Iraqis out of Kuwait and a long stalemate would be dangerous.
<row><cell>William Crowe, Former JCS Chairman<cell>8/65<cell>That the U.S. could "clean the clocks" of Iraq in combat, but then warns that the operation would be bloody.
<row><cell>Judith Kipper, Brookings expert<cell>4/58<cell>That the crisis has ushered in a new era of belligerence over resources like oil.
<row><cell>James Schlesinger, Former Defense Secretary<cell>2/54<cell>That freeing Kuwait is unrealistic. "We should forget right now about that particular objective."