Word: musts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...woes, it is doubtful that he can survive politically in his authoritarian position until the next scheduled presidential "election" in 1981. Before then, both he and the United States government which supported him for so long will have to make some difficult choices about the future of Nicaragua. Somoza must decide whether his privileged position is worth the continued destruction of his nation. The Americans must figure out whether they can afford to witness this destruction as a result of their own unrealistic and ambiguous policies...
...against a Soviet invasion of Saudi Arabia-admittedly a most unlikely event, but one that in his mind would call for as massive a response as a Soviet attack on West Germany. Said he: "The answer is usually: 'We have to move in, we should move in, we must move in-but we wouldn't move...
Choices of Action. The U.S. must develop, and quickly, a policy demonstrating a will and commitment to remain involved in the crescent, and to use its power to protect its friends and vital interests there. Said Helms: "We're talking now about power politics, and since we are, let's not apologize for the fact; let's talk about it. We have all kinds of people who would be glad to know that the U.S. is in there and committed, and I think we would find, like a magnet, a whole lot of those filings coming toward...
Second, said Akins, the U.S. must stop "forcing the Saudis into taking actions that are perceived in the government and in the country as a whole as anti-Saudi and anti-Arab. The Saudis tell me: The U.S. is pushing the government into taking positions against our interests in the economic field on oil production, oil capacity, oil prices, and politically is enticing this government to support you on Camp David far more than we think is in the interests of the Arabs...
...finite and risky value of military power is clear proof that the U.S. must not see it as a substitute for sophisticated and imaginative attention to political, social and economic problems hi the area. Not that economic aid is a surefire remedy either. Besides, Levy observed: "I believe our country isn't rich enough to marshal a Marshall Plan for the area...