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Given the virtual collapse of the Lebanese Army, that may be the best the U.S. can now hope for. The probable alternatives are endless civil war or some form of partition of Lebanon between Syrian, Israeli, Christian and Muslim areas. Indeed, if the May 17 agreement is formally broken, Israel may withdraw its forces seven miles from the Awali to the Zahrani River, establishing to the south a semipermanent "North Bank" Israeli administration of the type it runs in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The one Lebanese outcome that seems almost impossible to imagine...
...ready, it whirred low over the beachside terrain and headed for U.S. Navy ships on the horizon, there to set down its cargo just as gingerly. Meanwhile, 400 yds. to the west, a steady stream of landing craft nosed into a heavily fortified jetty and began collecting a seemingly endless line of forklift pallets lashed to more wooden crates. "The beach has been working 24 hours a day for the past two days," reported a Marine officer. "They are taking out the heavy equipment first -trucks, bulldozers, engineering equipment...
Preoccupied by Lebanon's disintegration, Western nations have paid little heed to another continuing tragedy, the seemingly endless border war between Iran and Iraq. Yet throughout the 41-month-long struggle that has claimed more than 130,000 lives, vital Western interests have been in jeopardy. That point was driven home again last week as the war entered a new cycle of bloodletting. While thousands of Iraqi and Iranian troops clashed in major battles, the widening conflict reawakened the U.S. and other oil-consuming nations to the threat of a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, the gateway through...
...Estree constructs. We can only endure so many renditions of "O nobly born, do not be afraid" before the intended effect backfires, and as a result we find ourselves getting restless. Even though the show runs for only one hour. Tibetan Book of the Dead at points seems endless...
Kitsch, however, is bearable and can even be fun if there is an easy escape. From Copley Place, you step out into Boston rather than some endless suburban parking lot. -By Wolf Von Eckardt