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...politics dominates the Bible Belt proves, of course, not only the potential of Christianity for fueling radical change, but also its proven capacity to support the status quo--an ability demonstrated, indeed, since the Holy Roman Empire, when the Church turned from thorn-in-the-side to a flying buttress of the state, legitimizing each of the degradations the powerful have historically devised for the weak. America is no exception--our rulers have always been good to Christianity, and in return the church has supported the traditional distributions of power and privilege...
...political and military analysts are increasingly pessimistic about the corrosive psychological effects of the drawn-out fighting on the armed forces that buttress the civilian-military government of Christian Democrat President Jose Napoleon Duarte. Said a senior U.S. military analyst: "We are trying our damnedest to keep this enthusiasm up. That's why we sent those helicopters in so quickly." Warned a high-ranking U.S. specialist on Central America: "The momentum has gone, and we are within inches of losing control over the situation entirely...
...approving further aid to the ruling government, the Reagan administration has proposed an easy answer to a problem that begs quite a bit more. It aims to buttress what it claims to be a centrist government against the competing forces of the insurgent left and the military right. As easy, perhaps, as to invoke the response of the implacable American liberal and to call American aid to El Salvador emblematic of "another Vietnam" a military embroilment in a national conflict the United States has no purpose pushing. Trite perhaps, for the troubles of the Salvadoran people might bear little...
...opposition to draft registration is based on practical concerns. We oppose the program because it is--to borrow a line from one of Reagan's three-by-five cards--an empty symbol. It will not deter the Russians, or anyone else, from doing anything, and it only helps buttress the assumption that the answer to geopolitical friction is military action. Moreover, registration does nothing to improve the Pentagon's legitimate manpower deficiency in the existing reserve forces; and those are the divisions which would respond initially to a crisis. In addition, registration has already made federal criminals...
...guards seized Hinckley's diaries from his cell. The illegally obtained evidence, Parker ruled, cannot be used to prove Hinckley guilty of the March shooting, the particulars of which the defense has already admitted. But Parker left unclear whether he would allow the evidence to be used to buttress the prosecution's contention that Hinckley was sane at the time of the shooting. His trial is scheduled to begin...