Word: diplomatic
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...return, Shamir is hoping for lenient treatment once the U.S. turns its attention to the Arab-Israeli conflict. He may be in for a surprise. Says a U.S. diplomat: "We're going to owe some Arab countries much more than we owe Israel." Distrusting Bush and Baker, Shamir is banking instead on the support of Congress, which will have its eye on the 1992 elections...
Junior tri-captain Jonny Kaye moved up to second seed, recapturing his winning ways with a new double boast shot to trounce on both his Midshipman and Diplomat opponent in three games each. The new strategic shot in which the ball hits the side wall, then the corner front wall, and then drops, could be what Kaye needs to defeat his Yale opponent in the match for the national championship next Wednesday...
...public pronouncements, Iran has expressed only contempt for the goals of the U.S.-led coalition. Yet few diplomats, including top U.S. specialists, doubt that Tehran is determined to remain a bystander in the conflict. "I would be flabbergasted if Iran made a 180 degrees turn, violated the U.N. resolutions and sacrificed its neutrality," says a European envoy in Riyadh. Says a senior British diplomat in London: "Iran has nothing to gain by getting involved in the war against the allies. Among other things, its military is in terrible shape as a result of the Iran-Iraq...
...same time, Schwarzkopf has demonstrated the talents of a first-rate - diplomat, achieving cohesion not only among the traditionally rivalrous U.S. military services but also among the Arab and Western allies with all their conflicting interests. He is especially careful in his dealings with the Saudis. Only last week King Fahd, worried about an attack on Riyadh, wanted reassurance from the top. Schwarzkopf went to the palace and advised Fahd that his main concern was the possibility that Saddam could fire Scud missiles with chemical warheads at the capital. That was not much in the way of reassurance...
...possibility that reactionary generals might come to dominate Soviet security policy. Defense officials in the U.S. and Europe are already rethinking hopes for new reductions in conventional and nuclear forces. "It's lucky we didn't dissolve NATO in the euphoria of Gorbymania," says a senior British diplomat. No one expects the turmoil in Moscow to result in a new attempt to subjugate Eastern Europe or even to slow the departure of Soviet troops. "The Soviet withdrawal will go ahead as planned," predicted Klaus Segbers of Germany's Institute for Science and Policy. But the convulsions will undermine Western confidence...