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Reagan, it seems, holds just such an overblown and dangerous vision of American preponderance and Europeans are rightfully angered by his paternalist policies. The idea that the United States can, or should, dictate terms to the allies is as far off base in the pipeline matter as it is with regard to the Israelis in Lebanon. France, Germany, Great Britain and Italy are our allies, not our satellites. It is a strange state of affairs when Reagan wages war for democracy by attempting to emulate the Soviet system of coercion...
...chapter on Edmund Wilson, "The Critic as Wound-Dresser," is overblown and a bit self-serving. Edel refers to the Greek myth of Philoctetes, a great archer who was banished because a septic injury offended the noses of his countrymen. Wilson himself read this as an allegory of the artist as outcast. As embellished by Edel, Wilson the critic is like Neoptolemus, son of Achilles, who endured the stench and nursed the archer. Wound-dresser is a limited and benign definition of a critic who laid open many a reputation with one stroke...
...skepticism on Capitol Hill is partly a reaction to the Administration's overblown talk about outside influences threatening El Salvador. Yet it is also a cause of such rhetoric. With its increased but scatter-brained role in foreign affairs, Congress has tended to become a troublesome partner for the White House, undermining the ability of any Administration to sustain a coherent program. Haig believes that the only way to avoid a paralysis of policy is to persuade Congressmen that the fate of the Western world depends on their action...
...Begin, reassuring Israel's leader that there had been no cooling of U.S. friendship toward his country, no matter what impression Begin might have got from Weinberger's trip to Arab countries the week before. Two days later, at a White House press conference, Reagan complained about "overblown" reports from that tour, and insisted that "there is no difference in policy between" Weinberger and Haig...
...there is a fifth mistake in the overblown Allen drama, it will turn out to be Ronald Reagan's. Presidents, too, have a difficult time learning that family ties, old friendships, lingering loyalties and personal sympathies must never challenge the national interest. A President's decision to fire an aide who has embarrassed his Administration may initially seem abrupt and heartless. It may sometimes be unfair. But the long eye of history honors those Presidents who understand that the office comes first. Ronald Reagan's decision on the Allen case will tell us much about his understanding...