Word: hawkishly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...import projects, officials have serious doubts about the strategic wisdom of allowing too many American consumers to become dependent on the stuff, lest LNG be included in another oil embargo. They are hardly encouraged by the fact that the principal U.S. supplier will be Algeria, one of the most hawkish of the OPEC countries and a nation ruled by a left-wing government that is anything but an ally of the U.S. in foreign policy. Says one senior Energy Department official: "I feel strongly that we shouldn't get hooked on an other imported source of energy...
...eight years to Senator Henry (Scoop) Jackson, that the Senate has adopted a key "qualification" to the 1972 U.S.-So-viet SALT agreement, demanding that there be strategic arms parity in any future pact. Jackson has staked out defense matters as a main interest, and Perle's hawkish skepticism about arms control and his mastery of intricate weaponry arguments have given him as much influence as many Administration officials in the arms infighting...
...strongly oppose territorial withdrawal. The question last week was whether Israel has launched a new settlement program in the northern Sinai. For two weeks there were repeated news leaks to that effect, followed by official denials. Eventually, most observers concluded that the leaks were part of a bid by hawkish Agriculture Minister (and former general) Ariel Sharon to try to force the government to approve the concept of new settlements. On his own initiative, Sharon dispatched eight bulldozers to start work on ground clearing in the northern Sinai. The affair did not amuse Premier Menachem Begin, who told colleagues: "Sharon...
...deep passion: he refuses even to consider any discussions with the Palestine Liberation Organization; and he has repeatedly said he will not accept hostile troops based on the West Bank, which he refers to by its ancient biblical names, Samaria and Judea. To some U.S. officials, Begin's hawkish background now appears to be an asset. Since no one can accuse Begin of being soft on the Arabs, he can be as flexible in dealing with them as that old cold warrior, Richard Nixon, was in negotiating with Peking...
...Brigadier General Ephraim Poran, Begin's intelligence adviser, and Eliahu Ben-Eliassar, director-general of the Premier's office. Dayan discussed the need for alternative diplomatic approaches in case of a Geneva conference impasse. He also urged Begin to tone down all talk of new settlements, including hawkish Agriculture Minister Ariel Sharon's grandiose plans to settle 2 million Jews in occupied territory. Dayan, however, flew on to Washington with instructions to pursue the prospects for an overall settlement within the framework of a Geneva conference...