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...Angeles authorities discovered a few years ago that an empty police car parked alongside a speedway would serve just as well as a manned cruiser to slow down traffic. In fact, at least one Beverly Hills denizen has taken to keeping a fake patrol car in the driveway to deter thieves. Mere burglar alarms are obsolete today; the up-to-date suburban paranoiac installs timers in his house to turn lights off and on while he is away...
...military action raised a more ominous question: whether to retaliate for the Oct. 23 bombing of the Marine headquarters. In his TV speech three weeks ago, Reagan pledged that "those who directed this atrocity must be dealt justice, and they will be." Some U.S. diplomats argue that reprisal would deter future attacks. Said one: "They ought to know the price of another attempt...
...Israel's role in Lebanon. You know, sometimes it is enough to deter somebody with your existence, with your presence. The concept of [former U.S. Special Envoy] Philip Habib was to get us out of Lebanon. Now people would like to have us in Lebanon in order to deter the Syrians from exercising too much pressure on the Lebanese government and taking too much control of Lebanon. If we are not there, you don't have any leverage with the Syrians...
Ostensibly the mobilization is designed to deter the U.S. invasion that Castro regularly warns against in time of crisis. Its real motive is probably to instill enough patriotic feeling to draw the people closer to Castro. If so, it has worked. Says a Latin American diplomat in Havana: "As long as Fidel is around, support for the government will be strong. The people adore him. When they are unhappy with the government, they say, 'Many things happen that the commandante en jefe [commander in chief] doesn't know about...
...should close the window of vulnerability now and in the foreseeable future by recognizing its own innovative technologies and revamping its land based strategic force accordingly. ICBMs should stop being considered sacred, for they deter-deterrence and are therefore dangerous. The cruise missile offers an inexpensive, versatile, powerful and stable strategy that we can live with...