Word: communistic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Once again the Carter Administration finds itself in a moral dilemma: Do we tolerate the Shah's fascist savagery as long as he satisfies our anti-Communist needs...
Since World War II, the U.S. has supported the worst dictatorships in the world under the pretext of fighting Communism. Yet this policy has always pushed these countries into the arms of Communist nations. Iran is no different from China, Cuba or Viet Nam. Because religious people cannot be called Communists, the people of Iran are now being suppressed under the guise of modernization. Imagine where the Iranians could seek help if America did not assist them...
Somoza's dictatorship defies our philosophy of human rights, but the first principle of our foreign policy must be the security of the U.S. If we jeopardize our own security by permitting Communist bases around us, no freedom and no human rights will be safe in any country of the world...
Investigators in Rome were having no luck getting information from Corrado Alunni, 30, a prime suspect in the kidnap-murder of former Premier Aldo Moro. Alunni has brushed off every question by reciting the terrorist version of name, rank and serial number: "I consider myself a fighting Communist and a political prisoner in a state concentration camp and do not intend to collaborate with this system of justice." Even so, the probe into Alunni's recent whereabouts shed some light on the sybaritic life-style that Europe's leftist outlaws can occasionally afford. Not long before his arrest...
...discussion of Mao's leadership in the Chinese revolution, he recognizes in a few paragraphs the importance of the Communist party hierarchy as the mediator between the masses and the leaders, but he does not explain why it worked when so many other attempts at leadership have failed...