A. foreshadowing because sensory details are touch,taste,sound,see,smell; and you can't do the majority of those with this passage. Also, there isn't a metaphor in this.
In addition to the potential threat Iraq posed to the U.S., Pres. Bush had to take into consideration the threat against U.S. allies in the region. The 2003 invasion of Iraq resulted in the arrest of Saddam Hussein and the removal of his regime.
That the Schlieffen plan failed, The French were unable to defeat the Germans completely at the Battle of the Marne.