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Most Presidents do not fully understand the exhilaration in waging peace until at last they try it. Take Richard Nixon, who found that playing global diplomat was a fine way for a politician to turn almost magically into a statesman. He got a Viet Nam ceasefire, made friends with mainland China, and signed an arms limitation agreement with the Soviets, all within a year. In a life of fighting one damn thing after another, he never had such a good time...
...exception of France, no Western European country has shown the willingness to spend what it takes to develop a credible military force. "The Europeans made a conscious decision not to emphasize conventional arms buildups way back in the 1950s," says a U.S. diplomat. "They opted for the American nuclear umbrella instead. If they want that umbrella to be folded up, they presumably know the consequences and accept them. We can't graft backbone...
...Soviet diplomat in Copenhagen was expelled by the Danish government after reportedly being caught passing money to peace organizations. But there is no concrete evidence that Moscow has been funding pacifist groups on a large scale, although the Soviets have been engaged in covert activity for so long that they rarely leave traces. Western Europe's well-organized Communists, however, have given organizational and financial support to pacifists. In France and Italy, the main organizations are virtual subsidiaries of powerful Communist parties. In West Germany, the extraordinary discipline of the Oct. 10 protest in Bonn was in good measure...
...contrast to the largely Communist-led peace movements in France and Italy, West German pacifism is not closely identified with any political party. Says a Western diplomat in Bonn: "The majority of West German pacifists do not respond to political pressure. They are acting out of conviction. With them, it's religion...
...apparent deadlock between Egypt and Israel over Palestinian autonomy on the West Bank and Gaza. Just two weeks ago, both sides spoke hopefully of a "breakthrough," but that optimism has all but vanished. "There are dramatic differences just in the concept of the self-governing authority," said a Western diplomat in Cairo about the talks. After 30 months, the two sides have agreed only on how to conduct elections for members of a proposed autonomy council...