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Certainly, Enrile took belligerence to new heights when he addressed last week's rally. Ostensibly an anti-Communism meeting, it was the first time that Enrile aligned himself with Marcos supporters, who have been holding rallies almost weekly. During his speech, Enrile hinted that the Aquino government was tainted by corruption. Filipinos, he said, need a government that is "stable, honest and clean." Although just five days before, Enrile and Aquino had seemed to agree not to criticize each other publicly, the Defense Minister tore into the President for her conciliatory approach to the Philippines' Communist insurgents. Earlier, he demanded...
...will be a cold day in Hades when I go soft on Communism," the President declared last week. "I was bloodied a long time ago in that battle, and I have never changed my view." But Reagan has added a new dimension to his view of the Russians, and he believes the circumstances of the U.S.-Soviet rivalry have changed as well. The result is an apparent contradiction that should be no surprise to veteran Reagan watchers. "He wants a summit. He wants an arms- control agreement -- one that is fair and maybe even verifiable," says a close White House...
Foremost in Reagan's outlook is his perception that circumstances have changed in the U.S.-Soviet rivalry. The Reagan who called the U.S.S.R. the "evil empire" and chose to challenge Communism in Grenada and Nicaragua was driven by the sting of Soviet contempt, his own sense of alarming U.S. military weakness and the need to demonstrate resolve. The Reagan who now reaches out for arms accords is convinced he is dealing from renewed strength and can afford a touch of magnanimity, or at least flexibility...
Brain Darling, president of the campus Republican Club, which organized the rally, called the captive, Eugene Hasenfus, "a good American, who was doing what the United States should have been doing all along--fighting Communism in South America...
...commander, the bearded and burly Sher Mohammed, scans the horizon with a brand-new pair of West German military binoculars. Mahmad Alam confers via walkie-talkie with his forward artillery observer. "God is Great!" the devout guerrillas shout, almost in prayer. "Long live Islam! Long live Afghanistan! Death to Communism...