Word: diplomatized
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...return to former Secretary of State Alexander Haig's "consensus of strategic concerns," in which U.S. and Israeli military cooperation was seen as vital to discouraging Soviet intrusion into Middle East politics and, more broadly, to keep Western oil supplies flowing from the Persian Gulf. Explained one U.S. diplomat: "The U.S. can have a Middle East policy with Israel or one without Israel. For the past 15 months we've had one without Israel. Now we're going back to one with Israel...
...half of the nation. Like most tropical wars, the conflict is cyclical. During the fall harvest, guerrillas make gains while the army pulls back to guard the cotton and coffee crops. By the end of January, the rebels retreat as the military swings to the offensive. Says a Western diplomat in San Salvador: "Washington's summer euphoria fades each November and returns around Christmas...
...great political error," said a Latin American diplomat referring to the visa denial. "People are always worrying that Reagan does not know how to play this delicate game of international relations." Such concerns are hardly new; the Administration has proven remarkably adept at sending the wrong signals in the past, particularly concerning Central America. But what makes last week's two "initiatives" so grating is the fact that Washington botched one clear cut opportunity to reduce tensions in the region and soured the fruit one long term policy had begun to bear...
...coming to Washington at the end of February. Lawrence Eagleburger, whom Haig had designated Assistant Secretary for European Affairs, managed to insert a clear-cut endorsement of the 1979 decision into the text of remarks that Reagan would make during a public appearance with Thatcher. Eagleburger, a career diplomat and former aide to Henry Kissinger, was, like Haig, concerned with reassuring the Europeans that the new Administration felt bound to preserve a certain amount of continuity in U.S. policy. The ploy worked. Now the President had committed his Administration to following both tracks, deployment and negotiation...
...energy rich of the Arab gulf nations, officials have allocated $75.4 billion for the current fiscal year, down 17% from the previous period. But the region's wealth remains so great that such cutbacks have not yet caused much hardship. "The gold rush is over," says one U.S. diplomat stationed in the area. "But that doesn't mean that there's no gold out here. It just means that you can't pick up the nuggets on the street any more...