Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Could not the U.S. send in troops with the explicitly limited, and therefore non-provocative, mission of protecting the Strait of Hormuz from any Soviet or radical Arab attempt to exploit the chaos...
...alike, have been stirring the broth in Iran. But they neither cooked the broth nor lit the fire under it. True, the KGB has a big station in Tehran. True, some Iranian leftists have been trained by the Palestinians. But the inescapable fact is that Communist and Arab agitation do not begin to explain the extent of opposition to the Shah, and there fore do not begin to justify a superpower confrontation...
...both are perfunctory and nonprovocative. The King's first question, for example, was whether the U.S. intended to be a full partner in future negotiations on the West Bank, Gaza "and the Palestinian question in general." Answer: "Yes, the U.S. will be a full partner in all the Arab-Israeli peace negotiations [and] will use its full influence to see that the negotiations are brought to a successful conclusion...
Several tougher questions by the King involved the nature of sovereignty for the West Bank and Gaza, the future status of Israeli settlements and security forces in these areas, and the fate of predominantly Arab East Jerusalem. Washington's answers reiterate familiar positions, but it is easy to see why the U.S. phrasing irritated the Israelis...
...than a little unsettling. Like the circus elephant that favors the crowd with his antics, he needs a small army of men to come around after the performance and clean up the mess. Last week, under pressure from the White House, Kahn had to retract his airy statement that Arab oil producers are "shnooks...