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...recommendations in the Kissinger report remind me of the attempts by the Alliance for Progress to solve Latin America's problems. The Alliance failed despite the expenditure of nearly $10 billion. In all likelihood, the Kissinger suggestions will also come to naught. Unfortunately, the Kissinger panel does not demand basic structural changes in Central American institutions, changes that could prevent more military governments from coming to power and that could reduce the gap between a rich minority and an impoverished majority...
...issue had received only cursory consideration from within the Democratic camp precisely because a consensus has been reached so quickly. But, for the Democrats to present a realistic alternative to the Reagan militarism, they must develop a realistic proposal to bring the arms race under control and lessen the likelihood of Armageddon...
...United States would stop supporting Israeli aggression in the Middle East and stand with the Moslems, the Moslem nations probably would withdraw from their Russian alliances and the likelihood of a Red victory in that area would be ended...
...whole, there appears little likelihood of war in the immediate future, because these preparations are balanced by other factors. The failure of Soviet weapons in the Middle East must give Soviet leaders pause. The same applies to the miserable campaign waged by the Red Army in Afghanistan, where, notwithstanding its immense advantage in firepower, victory seems as clusive as ever, and resort has to be had to mindlessly brutal, almost genocidal, terror tactics The fact that Moscow sees President Reagan as a strong and decisive leader further inhibits its spirit of adventure. The Soviet Union needs militarism and the threat...
...word circulates among minority students, staff and faculty about the raw deal given Black trades employees, the likelihood increases of a new racial crisis at Harvard. And this time, unlike last year at the Law School, the crisis may engage Blacks, other minorities and sympathetic whites throughout the entire University...