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...reason for such fatalism is that American assassins have generally not been political foes whose acts might be anticipated but psychotics or social misfits who kill for bizarre and unpredictable reasons. Says Robert Delaney, a professor at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I., and an expert on terrorists: "The most frustrating thing is that you are dealing with a randomness. There is no knowing when, how or if." Or why or who. Researchers say that assassins in U.S. history have typically been short, white, unmarried men with mental disturbances dating from their childhood. True, but both attempts on Ford...
...Carter resolved a foreign policy impasse by approving the sale of advanced U.S. arms to Morocco. The State Department had argued against the sale, contending that if Morocco's King Hassan II got American weapons, his opponents, the Polisario guerrillas, might solicit more help from the Soviet Union, posing the threat of another superpower confrontation in Africa. Carter instead bought the argument of National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski and Defense Secretary Harold Brown that the U.S. could not afford the downfall of Hassan, a prominent friend in the Third World. An unspoken but very real consideration: coming after...
Connally first startled the political establishment three weeks ago with his maverick call for "Palestinian self-determination." He said that in exchange this might win Arab promises of stable oil prices. He also suggested that the deal be policed by U.S. military power...
...Palestinian "homeland," self-determination is obviously a principle that has widespread support. Indeed, some experts believe it is the only principle that can attract the volatile Palestinians to the negotiating table. Other experts wonder, nonetheless, what coercion would persuade the Israelis to agree to any plan that might bring the Palestine Liberation Organization to sovereign power. And, although the pro-Israeli protests may be exaggerated, any suggestion that political concessions might stabilize the price of oil seems improbable...
Though U.S. diplomats favor resisting So viet pressure on the Middle East, they see little benefit in committing U.S. armed forces to the area. They warn that such a move might goad Moscow to respond in kind, perhaps by dispatching Soviet troops to buttress Syrian positions near the Golan Heights...