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...Kissinger, out of office, felt free to say in Brussels in 1979 that "it is absurd to base the strategy of the West on the credibility of the threat of mutual suicide." But a senior German general says the bedrock of NATO is still that "the risk to the aggressor must be incalculable," by which he means both immense and uncertain. That may be a better place to leave...
...Israelis that any strike against a nuclear installation that it perceives to be a threat is justified. That course is foolhardy. As Columnist Carl Rowan wrote in the Washington Star: "If Israel's nuclear nonproliferation strike is right and proper, then would it not be equally moral for an aggressor to attack suspected nuclear weapons in Israel...
...broadened that definition on occasion to include pre-emptive attacks when there was overwhelming evidence that an aggressor planned a hostile act in the immediate future. In 1967, for example, the U.N. Security Council did not condemn Israel for its Six-Day War attack on Egypt, since there was evidence of Egypt's aggressive intentions. Says Christian Tomuschat, professor of international law at the University of Bonn: "It always comes down to the same question: Was there a real and imminent danger that would have justified a preventive strike...
Defense. The aim of the Saudis' military program is to build a credible deterrent that would serve notice on any potential aggressor that a move against the country or its oilfields could bring swift retaliation. Their exposed position is obvious: 4,400 miles of difficult-to-defend borders encircled by strategic problems. To the north, two radical neighbors, Syria and Iraq. To the south, Marxist South Yemen, teeming with East bloc advisers. Across the gulf, revolutionary Iran, which regards the Saudi monarchy as corrupt and Saudi society as decadent. To defend itself in this cockpit, the Saudis can deploy...
Princeton took seven out of nine individual swimming events and captured both relays, setting five Blodgett records in the process. They seized the role of the aggressor early on, and each clutch performance seemed to inspire greater ones as the meet developed...