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That candid suggestion of U.S. inferiority went well beyond anything said by Reagan's recent predecessors in the White House. The President and his advisers had discussed the issue beforehand. They clearly underestimated the political and diplomatic impact of the statement, which once more conveyed to some observers of the press conference a sense that Reagan lacked command of foreign affairs. Some nuclear experts charged that Reagan was simply wrong-a question on which there is room for argument (see box). Others contended that whether or not the President was right as to the facts, his admission of weakness...
Every Israeli (and American) analysis before October 1973 agreed that Egypt and Syria lacked the capability to regain their territory by force of arms; hence it was assumed they would not attack. The premises were correct. The conclusions were not. What literally no one understood beforehand was the mind of Anwar Sadat. In his view, serious diplomacy was impossible while Israel considered itself militarily supreme and Egypt was paralyzed by humiliation. In 1972 he expelled Soviet troops from his country because of the disrespect shown by Soviet leaders toward Egyptians but above all because they would surely seek to impede...
...right to voice its disappointment in Israel for its action. Though some U.S. policymakers were foolish enough to suggest that Israel was morally or legally bound to notify the United States in advance, common sense and Israeli self-interest dictate that it should have informed its principal ally beforehand...
...Shufu-no-Tomo (Housewives' Friend). He agreed, and on Jan. 21 a reporter and an editor, along with Allen and Mrs. Takase, met with the First Lady for about 15 minutes in the White House. The group mostly exchanged pleasantries, since nearly all the questions had been submitted beforehand and answers were provided after the interview. After the meeting, according to Reporter Fuyuko Kamisaka, Mrs. Takase handed Allen a brown envelope containing $1,000 in cash...
WHEN UNITED Auto Worker president Douglas A. Fraser came to Harvard to deliver a speech in April 1980, he took five minutes beforehand to huddle with the organizing committee of District 65, which had just become affiliated with UAW. Wearing a brown pinstriped suit, Fraser told the organizers, "It's been my experience that if you lose the first time, you can get them the second." He was then whisked away to address about 150 people at the School of Public Health--with which he was involved as a visiting committee member...