Word: defeats
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Washington policymakers feared that by inflicting a humiliating military defeat on its foe, Britain might wreck any chance of a broad, long-term settlement that would have to involve Argentina. Such a defeat, the U.S. believes, could also precipitate the downfall of Argentina's ruling junta, leading to political chaos and revolving-door governments that might be even more prone to renew attacks on the islands. In addition, protracted hostilities would put an enormous drain on Britain's resources and on NATO, which would be deprived of British ships and troops...
...Stanley, the U.S. was urging the Argentines to withdraw before the British drove them off the islands. Privately, American officials warned Buenos Aires that the U.S. could do nothing to prevent a British assault and that Argentina's bargaining position would be far weaker after a crushing military defeat...
...same time, Washington was preaching moderation to Britain. "We have been telling them in every way that the only thing worse than a British military defeat is the wrong kind of victory," said a senior U.S. diplomat. That concern was shared by Britain's European allies, who were engaging in what one West German official called "a lot of quiet diplomacy" in favor of a peaceful settlement. Stressing the need for "negotiations," French Foreign Minister Claude Cheysson said last week, "I'm a little sorry I have not heard that expression the last few days in any British...
...peace negotiations," La Prensa, the leading daily in Buenos Aires, warned last week. Though John Paul carried no blueprint-only a desire for the two sides to stop shooting and start talking-he could confront a nation in a foul mood, reeling from a bloody and climactic Falklands defeat at the hands of Britain, the country the Pope had just passed through. Moreover, Argentina is a Catholic nation that has, by all accounts, flagrantly violated John Paul's teachings on human rights, a frequent topic that he saw no need to emphasize in democratic Britain. In his expected private...
...quotes its lines with fervor. Olympic Figure Skater David Santee trained to its triumphant sound-track music. Its plot is adapted by feature writers and by coaches for locker-room pep talks. At V.F.W. halls, in cocktail lounges, and surgical scrub rooms, Americans on any occasion of victory or defeat, no matter how evanescent, are liable to exclaim, "It's just like Rocky!" The story of the virtuous and vulnerable heavyweight, Rocky Balboa, the Philadelphia club fighter who "went the distance" (Rocky, 1976) and battled to the championship (Rocky II, 1979), has become a red, white and blue touchstone...