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...reality of Iraq today comes into focus. The "surge" - the Bush Administration???s term for the security crackdown in and around Baghdad - is based on the assumption that Iraqi security forces are competent to do basic jobs such as guarding important structures. That is meant to free Americans for high-risk tasks, such as disposing of roadside bombs. But even before Samarra, there was a growing body of evidence that Iraqis aren't ready or willing to perform their appointed tasks. What does that imply for the U.S. military operation and when it might end? Or for the development...
...Bush Administration??sounded the alarm last week against what it says is a growing threat to the U.S. economy: the value of China's currency. For 10 years, Beijing has fixed the value of the yuan at 8.28 to the dollar. But as the value of the dollar has fallen, complaints from U.S. manufacturers have grown louder that if the yuan were allowed to rise to its true value, Chinese imports wouldn't be so cheap, compared with U.S.- made products. "The situation right now with China's currency," Treasury Secretary John Snow told TIME, "is risky and unsustainable...
...there is one person who remains supremely confident: Ronald Reagan. In his mind the budget reflects his basic principles, and so it must turn out right. That is the approach he has taken with the major acts of his Administration???so much so that the budget decision, and the way in which it was reached, constitutes a kind of microcosm of the Reagan presidency as it approaches midterm. The decision illustrates not only the President's views but his temperament, his outlook and how he handles his job. It indicates, too, the strengths and weaknesses he will carry into...
...number of deeply disturbing issues remain. The first is the increasingly truculent unpredictability of Israel, at least under Menachem Begin. The Reagan Administration???and Congress ?needs to pursue the unpleasant implications of the fact that no hold on Israeli behavior seems to be strong enough. The same examination is needed within Israel which runs the risk of ever increasing isolation if even relatively new friends, like Egypt's Sadat, must brace for a shocking surprise just three days after a public show of Israeli esteem...
...Administration???and for President Carter personally?the seizure of the embassy was a nightmare. At its very worst, it could lead to the deaths of the Americans, and endanger the 300 or so other U.S. citizens still in Iran?all of whom were advised by the State Department to leave the country as expeditiously as possible. However the crisis ends, it seems likely to enhance the impression of American helplessness...