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...would concentrate on protecting the oil-rich Arab gulf states against Iran, while Israel would help the U.S. handle the Syrian threat in Lebanon. According to the Israeli sources, Shamir also indicated that he would try to discourage Jewish groups in the U.S. from opposing American efforts to bolster moderate Arab governments...
...crisis as depicted is played out over 25 days in May, during which the Soviets send 250,000 soldiers toward the Persian Gulf. The players decide, quickly and early on, to dispatch 25,000 U.S. troops to bolster the pro-American faction in Iran. An informal U.S.-Soviet contact is opened, yet seems to accomplish nothing. As Soviet troops keep moving south, and U.S. troops are endangered, Muskie's aides appear anxious to discuss the nuclear option, but the President cuts off all such talk...
These and other matters will be discussed this week during Shamir's visit to Washington, his first since becoming Israeli Prime Minister two months ago. He and Reagan will undoubtedly concentrate on the problems of Lebanon: how to bolster the fragile Gemayel government, how to bring about a withdrawal of foreign forces, how to deal with the tough and strident Damascus government of the ailing Assad. They will talk about "strategic cooperation" between longtime allies and try to overcome some of the bitterness engendered by the Israeli war in Lebanon. But they will obviously not solve all the outstanding...
...Ambassador to the U.N. Jeane Kirkpatrick [Oct. 31] may be abrasive and supportive of right-wing dictators, but she is honest. She acknowledges that the regimes the U.S. tries to bolster are authoritarian but that these governments are also friendly to the U.S. and necessary to our security. I disagree with Ambassador Kirkpatrick almost 100%, but I respect her for her candidness...
...country for almost eight turbulent years. Argentina is burdened with nearly 1,000% inflation, an unemployment rate of 15% and a $40 billion foreign debt, the world's third largest (after Brazil's $94 billion and Mexico's $91 billion). Moreover, the new President must bolster a nation demoralized by its ignominious defeat in the Falklands war last year and traumatized by the "dirty war" against leftists in which more than 6,000 people disappeared in the 1970s. So pressing are the tasks facing Alfonsin that the military is expected to move up his inauguration from...