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...Divert through traffic from the Square in favor of local traffic and pedestrians...
There may, however, be more disturbing implications in the government's use of mythology during the present war. For by raising the spectre of another Munich, the Administration is trying to divert attention to a foreign problem--Communism--that has really lost much of its relevance to the welfare of this nation in 1967. Unfortunately, most citizens, however shaken by the summer's spate of race riots, are far more emotional over international problems than the United States' domestic tranquility...
That is why their Congressmen are enthusiastic about funding new military gadgets and somewhat glum about backing programs to elevate living standards in America's numerous poverty pockets. In fact, the greatest effect of the government's foreign policy mythology may not be to counter dissent, but to divert attention from more explosive problems at home...
...Economic opportunity, jobs, better housing and self-help projects in the ghettos may temporarily divert the rioting and bitterness, but for how long? One morning a dark-skinned, inarticulate, blues-singing Negro will wake up in his new ratless home and realize that he still lives in the annex. This won't be enough. Ghettos and colonies must be eradicated, not subsidized...
...also disposed to hold, or at least insist on the demilitarization of, the Golan Heights of Syria, which not only served as a launching platform for Syrian shells aimed at Israel but also controls one of the sources of the River Jordan, which the Arabs have threatened to divert. For their part, the Israelis hold out, among other things, the possibility of giving Jordan access to a port on the Mediterranean coast, forming a joint development plan and even integrating the communications systems of the two states-all points that would greatly benefit Jordan's economy...