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...Gorbachev: Wrong...
...other end of the spectrum, Gorbachev was showing the world that however earnest he may be in wanting to reform the Soviet Union, the system over which he presides -- and for which he bears responsibility -- still relies heavily on the threat and use of force. The Soviet version of the social compact still boils down to the powers that be saying to the citizenry: We are stronger than you; therefore you will do what...
...that proposition seems less clear-cut than it did even a few weeks ago. The horror in Vilnius is a reminder that there is still a lot of trouble, and terror, left in that giant country, not to mention almost 30,000 nuclear weapons. And if Gorbachev's relatively benign foreign policy collapses because of the vicious circle of internal revolt and repression, the West may find itself waging a Cold War II in the coming years. At a minimum, the Soviet Union may be less cooperative in the Security Council the next time Uncle Sam tries to round...
...coalition won an election victory last October. The first acts of the new parliament were to drop the words Soviet and Socialist from the republic's name and inaugurate a transitional period to full independence. Georgia has announced that it will not sign the new Union Treaty proposed by Gorbachev and has sent only 10% of its quota of conscripts to the armed forces. Says deputy parliamentary chairman Akaki Asatiani: "We make no secret of the fact that we are anticommunists committed to Georgian independence...
...weeks ago, Gorbachev struck down both legislative acts and gave the Georgians three days to withdraw their "armed formations" from South Ossetia. Gamsakhurdia rejected the ultimatum. "We understand," he told Moscow, "that you have the power at your disposal to try to suppress the national independence movement in Georgia. But what would be the price of that victory? And would it be a victory?" A visiting Soviet parliamentary commission hinted last week that Moscow might be willing to allow Georgian police to remain in the region but wanted guarantees of its "cultural autonomy...