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...went along with two Security Council resolutions that called for a cease-fire by all parties. But then it cast its veto, against 14 yes votes, on a third text that threatened sanctions unless the Israelis withdrew from Lebanon. The vetoed resolution, explained U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Jeane Kirkpatrick, was "not sufficiently balanced." Summing up the U.S. attempt at evenhandedness, a State Department spokesman declared: "Israel will have to withdraw its forces from Lebanon, and the Palestinians will have to stop using Lebanon as a launching pad for attacks on Israel...
...Falklands crisis. Then, as his advisers in both Washington and London scrambled to formulate a response to the sudden Israeli invasion of Lebanon, distressing news arrived from another quarter. Speaking before a conference of the conservative Heritage Foundation in New York City, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Jeane Kirkpatrick had just delivered a scathing indictment of the U.S.'s conduct of foreign affairs. The former Georgetown University government professor assailed U.S. policymakers for their "persistent ineptitude in international relations that has persisted through several decades, several Administrations." The U.S., she charged, was guilty of "stumbling from issue...
After Argentina invaded the Falklands last April, Kirkpatrick cautioned that the U.S. should remain neutral lest Washington force Buenos Aires into the orbit of the Soviet Union. When the Administration eventually accepted Haig's argument and took Britain's side, Kirkpatrick spoke against providing London with military intelligence and equipment. Alexander Haig...
Haig exploded when he learned that Kirkpatrick had met in New York with Air Force Brigadier José Miret, a political-military strategist in the Argentine government, to discuss U.N. peace initiatives. Haig tracked her down by telephone at an aide's apartment where, TIME has learned, she was conferring with Enrique Ros, the Deputy Argentine Foreign Minister. Haig, understandably angry at Kirkpatrick's apparent disagreement with U.S. support for Britain, blasted her for undermining U.S. foreign policy and blindly supporting Latin interests. Kirkpatrick, in turn, charged Haig with being ignorant of Latin American affairs and suffering from...
Their personal animus aside, Haig and Kirkpatrick disagree frequently on substantive policy matters. Kirkpatrick, for example, threatened to resign last January after Haig refused to push for stronger sanctions by America's European allies following the military crackdown in Poland. In addition, critics claim, she has not been a particularly adept U.N. Ambassador. Yet, as the only woman in the Cabinet and as the most prominent neo-Conservative in the Administration, Kirkpatrick remains politically valuable. Unfortunately, the spat between her and Haig not only diminishes the effectiveness of both officials but raises substantial questions about the direction and intent...