Word: communisme
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...nights of phantom violence dramatized the dilemma that confounds the Reagan Administration in Panama and elsewhere in Central America: Is the U.S. pursuing a logical course to achieve concrete results, or is it firing wildly at uncertain targets? Drug trafficking has replaced Communism as the Administration's overriding policy concern, compounding earlier American inconsistency on the Nicaraguan contras. In switching targets, the U.S. has employed heavy-handed tactics that have failed to anticipate consequences. As a result, Washington has angered some of its closest regional allies and unleashed strong anti-American sentiments. "Things are a mess now," concedes a State...
...arousing passions among all economic groups, from the mean streets of the South Bronx to the manicured lawns of Westchester County. A recent New York Times/CBS News poll showed that Americans believed, 3 to 1, that fighting the flow of drugs into the country was more important than fighting Communism...
...notably in Grenada. Sadly, Congress has given itself a reactive, subsidiary role as a glorified back-seat driver, constantly watching over the shoulder of the White House and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As in Honduras, this relationship prevents the United States from taking a strong military stand against communism and limits our ability to use force when and where we ought to. Divisions also makes our allies doubt our determination and gives our adversaries renewed confidence...
Ronald Reagan is more concerned with communism down the block than ignorance in his own home. Instead of sending young men and women off to fight the next Vietnam, he should make sure they know what the first one was. In the long run, education--because it teaches cooperation--is a more potent weapon than a gun or missile...
Gore is a talented campaigner and a highly formidable debater who would give the Republicans fits in the general election precisely because he can't be pigeonholed as "soft" on communism or as a big spender. While remaining loyal to the Democratic Party's liberal traditions, Gore would be able to bring moderate voters back into its fold, and thereby propel it back into the White House...