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...FARAWAY PLANET...
...Administration finds itself under sharp criticism from Congressional opponents of both parties who are wary of sending 20,000 American troops to a faraway land of which they know little. The Administration's detractors come largely in two stands. "Neoisolationists" argue that the U.S. has no national interests in Bosnia worth risking American lives. Those we might call "hawks" suggest that a peace-keeping operation will inevitably end with an ignominious withdrawal as in our operations in Somalia...
...greatest single lesson of the brutal 20th century should be the monumental error of appeasement at Munich. Neville Chamberlain, echoing comments that we hear today from very reputable corners, said the Nazi drive to overtake Czechoslovakia was a quarrel "in a faraway country between people of whom we know nothing." Less than two years after the agreement, Europe was engulfed...
...Pope cautioned Americans about their responsibility to welcome immigrants from faraway lands, to aid the poor and to feed the hungry. In so doing, the Pope did more than make a plea for social justice. He reminded us all that religion, far from being hostile to social reform, can serve as the catalyst for social reform...
...best part of your report on the mind and consciousness [COVER STORY, July 17] is the thought that scientists may have to acknowledge the existence of the soul. In faraway lands, even the most "ignorant" of people understand this. Scientists, on the contrary, get lost trying to find the components, without asking who provided the ingredients in the first place. For the Andean people who live where the sun kisses the morning first, this is no mystery. If we study their rich and ancient culture a bit more, we can probably solve many problems with less blood and more...