Word: defend
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...help defend the gulf, the U.S. has organized the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (R.D.F.). Established in 1980 after the Iranian revolution and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the R.D.F. draws on units from the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines. Its mandate is "to ensure the unimpeded flow of oil" and "to deter aggression from outside [Southwest Asia and the gulf] and to assist nations in the region in resisting aggression." The R.D.F. has headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa and until now has inhabited a kind of bureaucratic limbo, falling between the European and Pacific commands...
...though we could not talk about it much in public, the Canal was in serious danger from direct attack and sabotage unless a new and fair treaty arrangement could be forged. Our military leaders came to tell me, and also testified to Congress, that the Canal could not be defended permanently unless we were able to maintain good relations with Panama. The commanding Army officer in the Canal Zone estimated that it would require at least 100,000 armed men to defend the Canal within a hostile environment...
...proposed two treaties. One would set forth new arrangements for the joint operation of the Canal for the rest of this century, at the end of which Panama would assume total control. The other would guarantee the permanent neutrality of the Canal, and the right of the U.S. to defend...
There was no need for U.N. forces in the area, he declared; Israel and Egypt could defend themselves. He promised that there would be no restrictions on navigation in the Suez or the Strait of Tiran. A permanent end to belligerency?all this, and more. But, he said, he must terminate the discussions if Begin continued to prove that he wanted land...
...well the Egyptian people had responded to his peace initiative and how they were not interested in hard bargaining with Israel. He added, "They will never accept an encroachment on their land or sovereignty. When Premier Begin says he will keep the Israeli settlements in the Sinai and defend them with force, it is an absolute insult to Egypt. I have tried to provide a model of friendship and coexistence for the rest of the Arab world leaders to emulate. Instead, I have become the object of extreme insult from Israel, and scorn and condemnation from the other Arab leaders...