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...Beirut Blame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 29, 1984 | 10/29/1984 | See Source »

President Reagan's attempt to evade responsibility for the Beirut embassy bombing [WORLD, Oct. 8] by blaming former President Jimmy Carter injects partisan politics into our military. This is a destructive precedent not in keeping with American tradition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 29, 1984 | 10/29/1984 | See Source »

...crisply articulate Mondale tried to zero in on Reagan's competence and leadership ability rather than his years. The question, declared the challenger, is "Who's in charge?" Mondale accused Reagan of failing to exert control, specifically with respect to security measures in the face of terrorist threats in Beirut, a CIA handbook advising political assassinations, blackmail and kidnapings in Nicaragua, and fights within his Government about arms-control policy. Declared Mondale: "A President must not only assure that we're tough. [He] must also be wise and smart in the exercise of that power...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Tie Goes to the Gipper | 10/29/1984 | See Source »

...Joint Chiefs of Staff and left them exposed to terrorist attack. They had "to leave in humiliation," said Mondale, and the Soviet position in the Middle East was strengthened because of the withdrawal. He also assailed the lack of security evident in the bombing of the American embassy in Beirut last month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Tie Goes to the Gipper | 10/29/1984 | See Source »

...show of patriotism comes after decades of hearing other countries malign us. We have watched our citizens taken hostage in Iran and our servicemen blown up in Beirut. I do not care any more what "they" think. I love America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 22, 1984 | 10/22/1984 | See Source »

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