Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...downed planes and a third that escaped with minor damage were hit with concentrated bursts of conventional antiaircraft or machine-gun fire, rather than by Soviet-made SA-7 or SA9 heat-seeking missiles, which can easily be deflected by dropping heat balloons. By contrast, Israeli pilots minimize the danger of antiaircraft fire by attacking with smaller strike forces often spread over several hours...
...more cause for concern. Massive Soviet rearming of Syria after the Lebanese invasion should raise ominous questions for the Israelis and the West as to Russian intentions in the Middle East. And the chance of a change in Egypt's stance under Mubarak is also a major long-range danger Israel must consider in all defense planning...
...them just boys, continue to confound the country's U.S.-trained army of 25,500. Since September, when they began their latest offensive, the insurgents have attacked 128 towns and come to dominate six of the nation's 14 provinces. Though the country is in no imminent danger of falling, the momentum is with the guerrillas. Says a dismayed State Department official: "They've done good things, and the army...
...moderates in the Administration and around Washington are beginning to view the current stalemate in American-Soviet relations as symptomatic of a graver failing. As the moderate Sen. Charles Mathias (R-Md) wrote in Foreign Affairs last June, the real danger in American-Soviet relations is simple: they focus only on arms, a subject on which the United States and Russia clearly have trouble agreeing. During the Reagan Administration that myopia has in fact increased, where once our negotiations with the Soviets included culture and trade, they have now been divided into several types of arms talks entirely bereft...
...doubt this will be a very difficult task, one beset with the danger of making Israel the scapegoat for all the world's ills. Yet the task must be done, courageously and carefully. Thank to Errol Louis for leading the way. Robert A. Watts...