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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...leave Viet Nam because it was a lost war; we left because it was a wrong war. To hint at anything else is a doomed attempt to hide from the shame that we should all feel in being part of such an atrocity. We should praise the Haydens for serving to remind us and keep us from further evils...
...letters from people who got that impression. I am not supporting Brown's presidential candidacy, nor could I begin to consider such support until he renounces his current endorsement of a constitutional convention. It seems to me that this is a major and dangerous misjudgment on his part, and that he has lent credibility to the ultra-right-wing drive to rewrite and weaken the Constitution...
...were building a "fortress Cuba." He noted that Cuba in the past two years has acquired sophisticated MiG-23s theoretically capable of penetrating the southeastern U.S. The military buildup, said Jackson, represents "a major change in what the Soviets and Cubans believe they can get away with in this part of the world." He demanded that the Soviets withdraw not only their combat troops but their planes, and that they promise to provide Cuba with no more submarines. It was in this atmosphere that Louisiana's influential Senator Russell Long joined the opponents of SALT and announced that...
Officials estimated that Frederic caused $1 billion in property damage in the Mobile area alone. In addition, the hurricane destroyed Alabama's pecan crop and knocked out electric power in the southwest part of the state for at least a week...
...large part of the challenge is to distinguish between viable authoritarian regimes and ones that are doomed, especially among those the U.S. relies on to protect regional security. Where is the status quo best sustained, and where is it a lost cause? When should the U.S. stand by a client, despite his internal regime, and when should the U.S. begin to distance itself from him? In the context of statecraft, these questions are neither moralistic nor cynical. They are a matter of differentiating between those with whom the U.S. must live and those who will try to cling...