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...virtually unchallenged? Why should their dismissal of direct questions be perceived as "statesman-like" when a similar action by an American would be called "stonewalling?" Soviet officials routinely dodge accountability for their actions by invoking an alleged "need" for harmonious East-West relations which nasty questions would presumably harm. It's time for us to call their bluff...
President Reagan, however, remains adamantly opposed to any increased tax. Some economists believe that the levy could harm the international competitive position of U.S. companies. Says Michael Tusiani, a New York City energy consultant: "An oil-import fee would make the cost of energy more expensive for U.S. manufacturers." The problem in passing a new tax into law would be persuading the whole country to accept an additional burden that in the short run appears to help only the J.R. Ewing types. "Most Americans seem to have little sympathy or understanding for the plight of the U.S. oil industry," says...
Early action reports from the Gulf of Sidra claimed that half a dozen of Libya's Soviet-made SA-5 missiles had fallen harmlessly into the sea, while the Navy's harm missiles had knocked out a radar station on land. Yet the Libyans were able to replace their radar within a few hours, and there remained some uncertainty whether all four harm (cost: $283,000 each) had actually struck home...
Though final action reports will not be available for some months, Pentagon officials last week continued to defend the performance of the Navy's high- tech weapons. With so-called smart weapons like the harm, which homes in on radar signals to find its way to the target, "you get a higher probability of kill," says Donald Hicks, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. "But you have to recognize that nothing is perfect." Such smart weapons are designed to cripple a radar dish, not destroy an entire missile site...
TAKING THE ANTI-CONTRA people at their word--that is, assuming the Contras to be reprehensible--one must ask what they were trying to hide by censoring such an obvious rogue. The advance of information and understanding will never do harm to a just government or a just cause; only leaders who cannot answer to their people need the services of a censor...